Aspartame Battle Moves from New Mexico Boards to As Yet Undelivered Attorney General's Opinion on how an FDA approved product and neurotoxic food and medicine additive can be challenged despite industry claims of federal preemption; Commendations to Roger Williams Both the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy and the Environmental Improvement Board have petitions before them to amend the Administrative Code with a new chapter which bans neurotoxic additives, to medications and to foods. SEE FULL REPORT AT INDIA INDEPENDENT MEDIA.COM FROM STEPHEN@SANTAFEFINEART.COM
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Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@comcast.net 505-501-2298 1943 Otowi Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages group with 149 members, 1,269 posts in a public, searchable archive http://RoomForAll.blogspot.com http://AspartameNM.blogspot.com Dark wines and liquors, as well as aspartame, provide similar levels of methanol, above 100 mg daily, for long-term heavy users, 2 L daily, about 6 cans. Methanol is inevitably largely turned into formaldehyde, and thence largely into formic acid. It is the major cause of the dreaded symptoms of "next morning" hangover. Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame in 2 L diet soda, almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of the methanol is turned into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde, 37 mg, is 18.5 times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in drinking water, 2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water.
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SOFT-DRINKS COMPANIES SHOULD PAY THE PRICE FOR THEIR CONSUMERS HEALTH With the enormous variety of sweeteners available on the global markets, why don’t other leading brands follow the example of innovative soft-drinks manufacturer T&T Beverages who, in offering the consumer a healthier soft-drink, are willing to absorb the higher associated costs. Tony Parente, Managing Director, T&T Beverages states: "At T&T Beverages ( http://www.ttbeverages.com ) we have always monitored trends and been sensitive to scientific and social issues relating to the manufacture and sale of soft drinks particularly as children often drink our products. We have striven to keep our products free from contentious ingredients, starting three years ago with the removal of refined sugar ahead of many of our competitors as we could foresee serious issues surrounding sugar consumption and a rise in obesity amongst kids.
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