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References: (* Note: Most titles available from the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network.) * Blaylock, Russell L., Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Health Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 1994. (One of the best books available on excitotoxins; well worth reading!) * Roberts, H. J., M.D., Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is it Safe? + Sweet'ner Dearest. * Stoddard, Mary Nash (ed.), The Deadly Deception. * Mullarkey, Barbara (ed.), Bittersweet Aspartame: A Diet Delusion. * The Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, The Aspartame Consumer Safety Network Synopsis. ¢ Remington, Dennis, M.D. and Barbara Higa, R.D., The Bitter Truth About Artificial Sweeteners. I have been told that. aspartame has been found in products where it is not listed on the label. One must be particularly care- ’ ful of pharmaceuticals and supplements. I have been informed that even some supplements made by well-known supplement . Manufacturers such as Twinlabs contain aspartame. The information I have related above is just the tip of the ice- berg in terms of damaging information about aspartame. In order for the reader to find out more, I have included some resources below. ’ Footnotes: 17, FDA Searle Investigation Task Force, "Final Report of Investigation of G. D. Searle Company”, 24 March 1976. 18. National Cancer Institute SEER Program Data. 19, FDA Adverse Reaction Monitoring System. 20. Walton, Ralph G., Robert Hudak, Ruth Green-Waite, "Adverse Reactions to Aspartame: Double-Blind Challenge in Patients from a Vulnerable Populatiog', Biological Psychiatry (1993), 34:13-17, 21. Mullarkey, Barbara, "How Safe Is Your Artificial Sweetener?", Informed Consent Magazine, September/October 1994. _ 22, US Air Force, "Aspartame Alert", Flying Safety, 48(5):20-21, May 1992, " 23. Reported by the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. 24. Mullarkey, Barbara (ed.), Bittersweet Aspartame: A Diet Delusion. 25. Millstone, Eric, "Sweet and Sour", The Ecologist, no. 25, March/April 1994, 26. Testimony of Dr Jacqueline Verrett, FDA Toxicologist, before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, 3 November 1987. 27. Stoddard, Mary Nash (ed.), The Deadly Deception, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. 28. ADA Courier, vol. 32, no. 1, January 1993. 29. Blumenthal, Mark, “FDA Rejects AHPA Stevia Petition", Whole Foods, April 1994, For further information, contact: ASPARTAME CONSUMER SAFETY NETWORK PO Box 780634 Dallas, Texas 75378, USA Phone: +1 (214) 352 4268 FIND OUT HOW POLLUTION IS AFFECTING WEATHER, ECOSYSTEMS AND YOU. SUBSCRIBE TO: — Blazing Tattles — Extend your subscription, or subscribe at the low rate of USD$25.00 a year for 12 issues (USD$35.00 outside USA/Canada/Mexico). Ask about special rates for students, pensioners, unemployed, etc. PO Box 1073, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, USA Phone: +1 (415) 712 0772; Fax: +1 (415) 712 8547 E-mail: blazing@crl.com 34 © NEXUS — Blazing Tattles — ey ny DECEMBER 1995 - JANUARY 1996