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Another Formaldehyde Cocktail, Darling?

 

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Another Formaldehyde Cocktail, Darling?

A New Era of Consumer Protection

By Stephen Fox

5-25-5

 

What if someone or some corporation, without telling you, poured

formaldehyde into your morning coffee, your favorite yogurt, your

chewing gum, your diet beverage and your children's vitamins? In

essence, this is what happens every single time you consume aspartame,

the neurotoxic additive whose assimilated by-product includes

formaldehyde.

 

What if their sole defense was that this additive had been approved by

the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) almost 25 years

ago? Would you go on consuming those products, or would you want to

talk with your legislators and your governor about getting rid of this

neurotoxin by statute by creating a new law addressing all neurotoxic

food additives as soon as possible?

 

In the 2005 legislative session, the Senate President Pro Tempore, Ben

Altamirano of Silver City, introduced Senate Bill 525 to create a new

New Mexico Nutrition Council, which would have strong powers to

correct the terribly flawed approval processes of the FDA, most of

which have been subverted by industrial and corporate powers. This has

resulted in a gigantic FDA " generally recognized as safe " list of food

additives, which are in reality anything but safe.

 

Many people go to great lengths to avoid chemicalized food, as well as

make strong efforts to keep their children away from junk food and

fast food, since both are loaded with many egregious and harmful

additives. Similarly, through legislation, the state of New Mexico

must create and maintain a higher standard for food quality through a

council of physicians, biochemists, educators and others. This council

must, by statute, be able to operate completely free from the same

corporate influences that have subverted the FDA and turned America

into a " fast-food nation.

 

Senate Bill 525 from 2005 was hijacked and delayed by lobbyists from

the Altria Corporation, parent company of Philip Morris and Kraft, and

the Glutamate Association, those folks who tell you that your MSG

headache is " just your imagination " and that MSG is no different from

salt or pepper. The Nutrition Council bill was to be voted on during

the last day on the House floor, but it was killed along with 50 other

important bills and memorials by Roswell Republican " Filibusterin' Dan

Foley " running out the clock.

 

There is no consumer power stronger than the individual's

point-of-purchase prerogative. However, if hundreds of millions of

individuals have been lied to with corporate slogans and jingles, and

if they still naively believe that the FDA will always be there to

protect them in the battle to destroy health for profit, then the

state legislatures must enter into this equation with new

consumer-protection legislation in many vital areas, not just

regarding nutrition. It is indeed a matter of life and death.

 

The 2006 legislative session will see a bill that is similar to, but

even stronger than, the 2005 Nutrition Council Act, which will again

be sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Altamirano, one of the few in

leadership positions who are willing to use their powers to benefit

New Mexicans' health. In 2006, all bills must receive an " Executive

Message " from the governor: this is a special endorsement by him that

ensures that the bill gets presented, voted on and funded. Governor

Richardson controls the agenda in the Legislature every other year,

for the short fiscal session, and all of this is entirely contingent

on how many New Mexicans write to him about this issue.

 

Thus, if all goes well in 2006, the Nutrition Council will be

comprised of six physicians (pediatrician, internist, toxicologist,

oncologist, cardiologist and neonatologist) and designees from the

departments of Health, Education and Environment and the attorney

general's office, plus parents and educators. The text is on the New

Mexico Legislature website as Senate Bill 525.

 

You can personally participate in creating a higher standard than is

possible through the FDA, getting rid of junk food in the schools, and

getting neurotoxins and carcinogens permanently out of New Mexico

food. You can do this by writing to Governor Richardson and asking him

to work toward these goals through 2006 legislation. By taking

participatory democracy seriously and writing to the governor, the

attorney general and your legislators, they will in turn take the

appropriate actions much sooner.

 

The same day you read this, please also write to Attorney General

Patricia Madrid, asking her to file compensatory and punitive suits

against food-polluting companies, especially those that add aspartame

to 7000 food products, consumed by 40 percent of the children in the

United States. The most toxic end product assimilated from aspartame

is formaldehyde, which has enormously neurodegenerative effects,

including seizures, headaches, asthma, nausea, depression,

convulsions, loss of vision and 85 other aspartame-attributed symptoms

compiled by the FDA!

 

Aspartame is found in diet beverages, chewing gum, several yogurts,

sweeteners for coffee and tea, even in children's vitamins! It was

approved for general food use by the FDA in 1981 and for soft drinks

in 1983, despite the FDA's 16 years of objections, in one of the more

sordid chapters in the FDA's history. The pharmaceutical company G.D.

Searle discovered and patented aspartame, and the president of the

company at that time (who is now the present U.S. secretary of

defense) told his board of directors that he was going to " call in all

of his markers " to get aspartame approved, including getting a

pro-aspartame FDA commissioner appointed by Ronald Reagan.

 

Several New Mexico statutes (25-2-6, 25-2-7, 25-2-10 and 25-2-13) give

the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board the responsibility for

determining whether an additive is poisonous, as part of the EIB's

overall responsibility for food quality. The chair is Gay Dillingham,

and I will make a presentation about aspartame's incontrovertible

neurotoxicity at the next EIB monthly meeting on June 7, to which the

public is invited. Letters to Environment Secretary Ron Curry and

Health Secretary Michelle Grisham will also be very helpful to

strengthen the EIB's decision. If the board concurs that aspartame is

poisonous and deleterious, the attorney general is expected by statute

to prosecute the offending corporations ( " prosecute " is the word the

statute uses). The most egregious of these are Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola,

Dannon Yogurt, Wrigley's Gum, Nutrasweet and Monsanto, which are all

presently being sued for using aspartame in California.

 

Compensatory and punitive lawsuits could be similar in structure to

the tobacco suits of the 1990s, except that instead of lung cancer and

emphysema, the afflictions would include Lou Gehrig's disease,

seizures, loss of vision and a plethora of neurodegenerative

illnesses. If you and/or any of your friends or family in New Mexico

are victims of aspartame poisoning, please write to Deputy Attorney

General Stuart Bluestone.

 

Superficially, the causes of neurodegenerative illnesses might seem

harder to prove in court than the causes of lung cancer. However, the

duplicitous actions of the corporations and their more insidious

practice of not admitting or labeling the harm caused by their

products - of which they are often fully aware and have been for over

two decades - along with the brazen corporate manipulations of the FDA

processes, are much easier to prove.

 

Patricia Madrid has been generally resistant to federal preemption of

state's rights. In a Minnesota federal case, the FDA's myth of

preemption is about to come to an end, thanks to Minnesota Attorney

General Mike Hatch's amicus brief, filed in response to Pfizer asking

for a summary judgment of dismissal of a suit against them for a

suicide believed to have been caused by Zoloft, solely based on the

FDA approval for their product. (An " amicus curiae brief " is one filed

by an interested party and comes from Latin for " friend of the court. "

It is frequently used to remind a judge that there are higher legal

questions at stake, in this case, the principles of a state's tort

laws not being preempted or " trumped " by corporate-manipulated FDA

approvals.)

 

Even if Minnesota's Chief Federal Judge Rosenbaum rules against the

amicus brief, which is doubtful, the arguments Hatch advanced

(primarily that the original act of Congress that created the FDA

never intended to supersede the consumer protection laws of any state)

are very sound, and in my estimation, this amicus brief permanently

dumps the FDA and all of its history of corporate manipulation on its

ear. When you write to Attorney General Madrid, please ask her to

adapt the details of Hatch's amicus reasons to take on the aspartame

corporations, which will not be able to hide behind their FDA approval

much longer.

 

This will help New Mexico immensely, like the tobacco suits helped

Mississippi, whose Attorney General Mike Moore was their prime mover.

The grounds for the tobacco suits and the subsequent 5 billion

judgments were based on the corporate deceptions resulting in losses

to the 50 states for health care due to the illnesses their products

caused. The vast " court of public opinion " hinges on the public being

thoroughly informed, and in the case of aspartame, the public remains

almost completely ignorant of its harmful effects, as well as its

interaction with other drugs and chemicals.

 

These interactions may be one of the underlying causes of the

so-called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which results in

at least 1 percent of New Mexico children being administered

amphetamines by the schools. The teachers and the school nurse

essentially arrange for a prescription from a physician, who often

never even meets the student, and this is sometimes as a punishment

for inattentiveness, a problem that frequently touches every human being.

 

There is no real neuropathological definition for ADHD, and

unfortunately for the children who are diagnosed with it, there are no

statutes in New Mexico that regulate the administration of drugs by

schools - a shocking, gaping hole in New Mexico laws that even a

half-awake plaintiff's lawyer could drive an 18-wheeler through. (One

of the ADHD amphetamine-derivative drugs, Pemoline, has over the years

killed so many children and required liver transplants in so many

others that it is finally beginning to be " phased out, " according to

the Academy of Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatrists.) Since there

are no statutes, the system is subject to abuses like sending

inattentive children to the school nurse for their daily Ritalin. That

truly is unfortunate for those children, and this might be avoided by

creating new statutes.

 

I strongly encourage readers to speak with their legislators and

request them to ask Governor Richardson to include in his call to the

2006 Legislature three bills sponsored by the Pro Tem Ben Altamirano:

(1) the Nutrition Council Act, (2) a bill banning aspartame from human

consumption in New Mexico, and (3) a bill to regulate prescription

drugs administered by schools. As well, letters should also request

the governor to personally request Attorney General Madrid and Deputy

Attorney General Bluestone to

 

* file compensatory and punitive suits against the aspartame corporations,

* issue an advisory opinion against schools administering drugs.

 

Legislators, letters help, but our own letters are absolutely

essential. The United States has dropped to 29th in life expectancy

due to our predilection for junk food, fast food, carcinogens and

neurotoxins, as well as our self-ruinous overdependence on

pharmaceutical treatments for almost every ailment.

 

Democracy works well when its citizens participate; it disintegrates

and becomes weak, lazy and dysfunctional when citizens don't

participate. The rest is up to you and your letter writing.

 

 

WHERE TO SEND YOUR LETTERS

 

Note: It is very important when writing to officials and legislators

to request a prompt reply.

 

The Honorable Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, [Attention

David Contarino, Chief of Staff], 4th Floor, The Capitol, Santa Fe,

New Mexico 87501

 

The Honorable Patricia Madrid, Attorney General of New Mexico, Bataan

Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

 

The Honorable Stuart Bluestone, Deputy Attorney General of New Mexico,

Bataan Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

 

The Honorable Ben Lujan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1st

Floor, The Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

 

The Honorable Ron Curry, Secretary of the Environment, 1190 S. St.

Francis Dr., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502

 

The Honorable Michelle Lujan Grisham, Secretary of Health, 1190 S. St.

Francis Dr., Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502

 

Readers can contact Stephen Fox at stephen and at

(505) 983-2002. For more information, go to http://www.dorway.com/ and

the website of neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, as well as the website

for the World Natural Health Organization, http://www.wnho.net/.

 

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board will hear Stephen Fox's

presentation about aspartame's neurotoxicity on June 7 at 9 a.m. in

the New Mexico State Capitol, Room 321. The public is invited to

attend and show their support on this issue as well as to learn more

about it and to see our state government at work.

 

 

http://www.rense.com/general65/formr.htm

 

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DIET SODA.........be sure and read if it says " SUGAR FREE " on the

label, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!

 

I have spent several days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL

CONFERENCE on " ASPARTAME, " marketed as 'NutraSweet,' 'Equal,' and

'Spoonful.'

 

In the keynote address by the EPA, it was announced that in the United

States in 2001 there is an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic

lupus. It was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing

this to be rampant.

 

I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on exactly that

subject. I will explain why Aspartame is so dangerous: When the

temperature of this sweetener exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol

in ASPARTAME converts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which

in turn causes metabolic acidosis. Formic acid is the poison found in

the sting of fire ants. The methanol toxicity mimics, among other

conditions, multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus.

 

Many people were being diagnosed in error. Although multiple sclerosis

is not a death sentence.. methanol toxicity is!

 

Systemic lupus has become almost as rampant as multiple sclerosis,

especially with Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi drinkers. The victim usually

does not know that the Aspartame is the culprit. He or she continues

its use; irritating the lupus to such a degree that it may become a

life-threatening condition. We have seen patients with systemic lupus

become asymptotic, once taken off diet sodas.

 

In cases of those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, (when in reality,

the disease is methanol toxicity), most of the symptoms disappear.

We've seen many cases where vision loss returned and hearing loss

improved markedly.

 

This also applies to cases of tinnitus and fibromyalgia.

 

During a lecture, I said, " If you are using ASPARTAME (NutraSweet,

Equal, Spoonful, etc.) and you suffer from fibromyalgia symptoms,

spasms, shooting, pains, numbness in your legs, cramps, vertigo,

dizziness,headaches, tinnitus, joint pain, unexplainable depression,

anxiety attacks, slurred speech, blurred vision, or memory loss...you

probably have ASPARTAME poisoning! "

 

People were jumping up during the lecture saying, " I have some of

these symptoms. "

 

Is it reversible? " Yes! Yes! Yes! STOP drinking diet sodas and be

alert for Aspartame on food labels!

 

Many products are fortified with it!!!

 

This is a serious problem. Dr. Espart (one of my speakers) remarked

that so many people seem to be symptomatic for MS and during his

recent visit to a hospice; a nurse stated that six of her friends, who

were heavy Diet Coke addicts, had all been diagnosed with MS. This is

beyond coincidence!

 

Diet soda is NOT a diet product! It is a chemically altered, multiple

SODIUM (salt) and ASPARTAME containing product that actually makes you

crave carbohydrates. It is far more likely to make you GAIN weight!

 

These products also contain formaldehyde, which stores in the fat

cells, particularly in the hips and thighs. Formaldehyde is an

absolute toxin and is used primarily to preserve " tissue specimens. "

 

Many products we use every day! contain this chemical but we SHOULD

NOT store it in our body!!!

 

Dr. H. J. Roberts stated in his lectures that once free of the " diet

products " and with no significant increase in exercise; his patients

lost an average of 19 pounds over a trial period.

Aspartame is especially dangerous for diabetics. We found that some

physicians, who believed that they had a patient with retinopathy, in

fact, had symptoms caused by Aspartame. The Aspartame drives the blood

sugar out of control. Thus diabetics may suffer acute memory loss due

to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are NEUROTOXIC when

taken without the other amino acids necessary for a good balance.

Treating diabetes is all about BALANCE. Especially with diabetics, the

Aspartame passes the blood/brain barrier and it then deteriorates the

neurons of the brain; causing various levels of brain damage,

seizures, depression, manic depression, panic attacks, uncontrollable

anger and rage.

 

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in non-diabetics,

as well.

 

Documentation and observation also reveal that thousands of children

diagnosed with ADD and AHD have had complete turnarounds in their

behavior when these chemicals have been removed from their diet. So

called " behavior modification prescription drugs " (Ritalin and others)

are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were never NEEDED in the

first place!

 

Most of these children were being " poisoned " on a daily basis with the

very foods that were " better for them than sugar. "

 

It is also suspected that the Aspartame in thousands of pallets of

diet Coke and diet Pepsi consumed by men and women fighting in the

Gulf War, may be partially to blame for the well-known Gulf War Syndrome.

 

Dr. Roberts warns that it can cause birth defects, i.e., mental

retardation, if taken at the time of conception and during early

pregnancy. Children are especially at risk for neurological disorders

and should NEVER be given artificial sweeteners. There are many

different case histories to relate of children suffering grand mal

seizures and other neurological disturbances due to the use of NutraSweet.

 

Unfortunately, it is not always easy to convince people that Aspartame

is to blame for their child's illness. Stevia, which is a sweet herb,

NOT A MANUFACTURED ADDITIVE, helps in the metabolism of sugar, which

would be ideal for diabetics. It has now been approved as a dietary

supplement by the FDA. It is known that for many years the FDA

outlawed this true sweet food, " due to their loyalty to MONSANTO

Chemical Company. "

 

Books on this subject are available:

 

EXCITOTOXINS: THE TASTE THAT KILLS written by Dr. Russell Blayblock

(Health Press 1-80-6432665) AND: DEFENSE AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S

DISEASE-written by DR H. J. Roberts, also a diabetic specialist.

 

These two doctors will soon be posting a position paper with case

histories on the deadly effects of Aspartame on the Internet.

According to the Conference of the American College of Physicians, " We

are talking about a plague of neurological diseases directly caused by

the use of this deadly poison. "

 

Herein lies the problem: There were Congressional Hearings when

Aspartame was included 100 different products and strong objection was

made concerning it's use. Since this initial hearing, there have been

two subsequent hearings and still, nothing has been done. The drug and

chemical lobbies have very deep pockets. Sadly, MONSANTO'S patent on

Aspartame has EXPIRED!!

 

There are now over 5,000 products on the market that contain this

deadly chemical and there will be thousands more introduced.

 

Everybody wants a " piece of the Aspartame pie. " I assure you that

MONSANTO, the creator of Aspartame, knows how deadly it is. And isn't

it ironic that MONSANTO funds, among others, the American Dietetic

Association and the Conference of the American College of Physicians?

This has been recently exposed in the New York Times. These cannot

criticize any additives or convey their link to MONSANTO because they

take money from the food industry and are required to endorse their

products.

 

Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote and presented a bill that would

require label warnings on products containing Aspartame, especially

regarding pregnant women, children and infants. The bill would also

institute independent studies on the known dangers and the problems

existing in the general population regarding seizures, changes in

brain chemistry, neurological changes and behavioral symptoms. The

bill was killed.

 

It is known that the powerful drug and chemical lobbies are

responsible for this, letting loose the hound of disease and death on

an unsuspecting and uninformed public.

 

 

Tami Meyers, NREMT-P, EMSI Assistant Director, Health Occupations/EMS

Continuing Education Southeast Community College

8800 O Street Lincoln, NE. 68520 402-437-2506 800-828-0072, ext.

2506 fax: 402-437-2704

 

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Sucralose (Splenda) Is Synthetic

 

5/27/05 Author: Dr. Betty Martini, Source: Mission Possible

International

 

From NUSCAAN http://www.scaansweet.com/news_letter.htm -

 

" Aspartame has come under a lot of pressure in recent times of having

a negative image in health circles even though it has undergone many

studies supporting its safe use in foods. There will be more pressure

on it as the new sweetener sucralose makes in roads. Its saving grace

will be economic as it is much more cost effective. Marketing

strategies may be looking to move it out in favour of Sucralose. "

 

About Sucralose they say: " The new sweetener gaining much news and

interest from the market. It is PROMOTED AS BEING MADE FROM SUGAR, and

taste like sugar. It is really a SYNTHETIC SWEETENER, LET'S BE HONEST

HERE. However, despite its high price it is gaining popularity in

marketing circles who want to be seen taking steps TO MOVE ASPARTAME

OUT OF PRODUCTS. "

 

Indeed, confession is good for the soul. What they don't say is

sucralose has a chlorinated base like DDT and can cause autoimmune

disease. The research is on http://www.dorway.com/,

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame, and http://www.wnho.net/.

 

We are already getting complaints on health problems from sucralose.

Also, you have to remember that aspartame being a chemical

hypersensitization agent, as well as a neurotoxic drug, not only

interacts with other drugs, especially those used to treat the

problems it causes, but also with toxins which is all some of these

so-called other sweeteners are. Don't forget they outlawed DDT.

 

Aspartame, of course, has been shown to be a deadly neurotoxic drug

with 92% of scientific peer reviewed studies showing the problems. If

you eliminated one pro-industry summary and 6 studies the FDA had

something to do with because of their loyalty to industry, 100% of

independent scientific peer reviewed studies show the problems. This

research is on http://www.dorway.com/ by Ralph Walton, M.D.

 

There is already a medical text on the global plague, Aspartame

Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, by H. J. Roberts, M.D.,

http://www.sunsentpess.com/ or 1 800 827 7991.

 

Neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock, M.D., wrote about aspartame, and MSG,

Excitootxins: The Taste That Kills, http://www.russellblaylockmd.com/

 

These physicians also have other books on the subject. Original

studies by the manufacturer of aspartame were the target of an

indictment for fraud, rather than showing safety. Both U.S.

Prosecutors hired on with the defense team of the manufacturer and the

statute of limitations expired. For 16 years no FDA Commissioner would

approve aspartame because it was never proven safe and in original

studies triggered brain, mammary, uterine, ovarian,

testicular,pancreatic and thyroid tumors - for starters, as well as

grand mal seizures. CEO Don Rumsfeld, now Secretary of Defense, said

he would call in his markers and get it approved anyway, as documented

in the 8 month investigation of aspartame by United Press

International (http://www.dorway.com/) and in the congressional record.

 

Unfortunately, Rumsfeld was on President Reagan's transition team and

the day after he took office appointed an FDA Commissioner who would

approve this toxin. The FDA set up a Board of Inquiry and said to

revoke the petition for approval that aspartame had not been proven

safe and had caused brain tumors. Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes over-ruled the

Board of Inquiry and then went to work for the PR Agency of the

manufacturer, and has refused to talk to the press ever since. You can

get a copy of the entire Board of Inquiry report on

http://www.greatfallspro.com/ on CD. The summation is on

http://www.dorway.com/ along with industry's flawed research.

 

Along with these confessions from Scaansweet is: " It can be shown that

all intense sweeteners have problems when trying to emulate the gold

standard of sweetness, sugar. At least God made sugar. Chemical

sweeteners are good for nobody. Diabetics can use Stevia which is a

safe herb and has been used in Brazil for thousands of years as a

sweetener, especially for diabetics because it helps in the metabolism

of sugar.

 

Aspartame (Canderel,E951,Equal, Spoonful,NutraSweet, etc.) actually

can precipitate diabetes, aggravates and simulates diabetic

retinopathy and neuropathy, keeps blood sugar out of control, can

cause diabetics to go into convulsions and interacts with insulin.

Aspartame not only has caused an epidemic of diabetes but also of

obesity since it is a drug that makes you crave carbohydrates so you

gain weight. (See protest of National Soft Drink Assn on DORway, very

end) Also the formaldehyde converted from the methanol has been shown

to accumulate in the cells and damage DNA with most toxicity in the

liver but substantial amounts in the kidneys, adipose tissue (fat

cells), brain and retina, on the Trocho Study. So when you see

somebody with heavy hips and thighs they just may be on aspartame. If

you want to get fat NutraSweet is where it's at.

 

As the epidemics of obesity and diabetes rage the word is out that

aspartame is the cause. The negative publicity showing the real facts

about aspartame is, indeed, out, as confessed by Scaansweet. The

manufacturers cannot put out the fire no matter how much they lie. And

because of the depletion of serotonin it is triggering manic

depression (bipolar), insomnia, suicidal tendencies, mood swings,

panic attacks, anxiety, hallucinations, etc., and interacts with all

anti-depressants. Aspartame triggers behavioral and psychiatric

problems. Look what they've done to our kids.

 

Dr. Betty Martini

Founder, Mission Possible International

9270 River Club Parkway

Duluth, Georgia 30097

http://www.dorway.com

http://www.whno.net/