>From: "orwilly" <orwilly@...>
>To (More information on aspartame on www.dorway.com
>Subject: Betty Martini has asked me to write to you to help your efforts.....
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 01:24:53 -0400
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>Dear Trish....
>
>I am a former investigator who worked with the U.S. Food and Drug
>Administration. This is what
>I have to say about Aspartame, and the people who brought it to our tables.
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>written by: Arthur M. Evangelista,
> former FDA investigator
> April 26, 2002
>
>To my neighbors of all nations:
>
>
>As former FDA investigator, I was charged with overseeing two major projects
>for FDA. These concerned Pesticides and Chemicals in Foods, and
>Illegal Drug Tissue Residues in Animals (including milk related issues).
>
>I worked closely with sister federal/state agencies, oversaw contracts,
>and was
>coordinator and lead investigator on projects involving EPA and USDA.
>
>The FDA (back in the mid-70's to mid-90's) was not a large organization,
>having an
>annual budget no larger than a medium-sized hospital by 1995.
>
>The problems with aspartame, includes not only the biochemical nature of this
>toxin, but also sheds light on the political nature of the players
>involved, and the
>changes in regulatory policies and regulations resulting from
>corporate-government
>ties and the politicians closely associated with these ties.
>
>What I can tell you, regarding toxicology, histology, and biochemistry, is
>that
>aspartame IS neurotoxic. It's components easily transcend the blood-brain
>barrier,
>interfering with normal nerve cell function. This affects the glutathione
>and calcium
>mechanisms in place, destroying nerve cell integrity.
>
>The methanol, then breaks down into formaldehyde-formic acid components,
>which denaturizes/mutates the DNA, a known scientific fact. The subsequent
>result from this interaction, and from isolates of genetically modified
>amino acids
>and the methanol, is nerve cell necrosis, and subsequent, organ system
>degradation.
>
>The hypothalamus alone, the major controller for much of the endocrine
>system,
>is at especially high risk to these effects...thereby, affecting many
>other organ systems.
>
>I have seen first-hand the effects on symptoms when individuals
>have abstained from ingesting the artificial sweetener, aspartame.
>Make no bones about it, that aspartame is a major factor in many
>symptomologies due to its effects upon brain chemistry.
>
>Coming from a family (and relatives) of physicians, if there was even a
>chance
>that something was wrong with a patient, a truly committed physician would
>thoroughly investigate any etiology (or cause) regarding an illness (both
>chronic and subchronic),
>rather than retain a close-minded approach to available data.
>
>This just boggles my mind when those who are supposed know better, choose to
>adhere to the organized rhetoric of industry-backed misinformation,
>without giving
>the true scientific facts an opportunity to sink in. At the least,
>consider the possibilities.
>I guarantee, the truth will then become self-evident !!!
>
>The biggest lie told, is one of self-deceit; not to mention all the people
>made ill or
>killed in the process of "ignorant medicine", or a doctor who has sold
>his skills
>and M.D. diploma to industrial chemical manufacturers or pharmaceutical firms,
>or even the National Soft Drink Association !! Money is money...right, Doc ?
>
>Prior to the approval of aspartame, the FDA sent two specialized teams to
>G.D. Searle,
>and found an ghastly 95% level of mis-directed testing, concealed tests,
>collusion
>between corporate and their company-funded research, inappropriate
>antemortum issues,
>withholding of material facts, alteration of records, lying to
>investigators, lost records,
>no records, falsification of reports, bribery, poor test methodology or
>design....et al.
>
>FDA investigators Brodsky and Bressler, both seasoned federal
>investigators, each led investigative
>teams to review Searle's lab practices. These practices at Searle were
>despicable,
>and should have been thrown out. This is a fact. The actual reports are
>displayed on <http://www.dorway.com>www.dorway.com .
>
>Unfortunately, many ethics laws were also violated during this time period,
>by DHHS/PHS/FDA. This was further corrupted by politicians involved
>with corporate constituents; who in turn affected the regulatory process
>in favor of these constituents. Another name for it, of course, is bribery.
>
>This was nothing less than full-blown collusion. The "revolving door" at
>FDA,
>is very much a reality. Former corporate officials, who began working for
>the Food and Drug Administration (and vice versa), were very cavalier about
>issues uncovered at Searle regarding their drug processing, and about
>aspartame.
>Some, with a hidden agenda of promised secret money or better industry
>jobs, actively
>hindered the investigation into G.D. Searle's laboratory practices. It is
>obvious when you
>see the records and numbers, and WHERE those jobs were.
>These are a matter of public and Congressional record.
>
>Subsequently, many former FDA officials, due to their "favorable
>influences" with regulatory
>enforcement and rulings, were in fact, rewarded with corporate
>positions and lucrative incomes, including former FDA commissioner Arthur
>Hull Hayes,
>who was about to be brought up on ethics and misconduct charges !
>
>The whole process was (is still) rotten throughout. The various
>independent research
>completed on aspartame proves this (in part, a chem-warfare agent) is a
>neurotoxin.
>It is unlike any other compound on the market. Each of its three
>components are toxic.
>
>The only people I have met or communicated with, who have steadfastly
>refused to look
>at this picture for what it is, have been found to have other agendas,
>other than the truth.
>Not even a skeptic, like my brother (a chief microbiologist) could ignore
>the factual
>evidence of aspartame's neurotoxicity when presented with the evidence.
>
>Being a skeptic is one thing, but to deny the evidence, the motives, and
>the pieces of a
>rather complex and sordid puzzle with common denominators is ludicrous;
>you'd have to be brain-dead.
>
>To still adhere to the narrow focus of the corporate spin-doctors and
>corporate-backed
>rhetoric from federal regulators, means that you have clearly chosen to
>purposefully close
>your mind to the evidence, and/or you are operating with a pro-industry
>(hidden) agenda.
>
>There is rampant corruption in these processes, and it behooves all
>educated, law enforcement,
>and scientific-minded individuals to look at the entire picture to piece
>together one of the
>biggest travesties in public health history. The common thread which ties
>this together
>is the strong political influences and the monumental amounts of money
>used to
>purchase the souls of those who have placed greed above common sense,
>public health,
>and the trust of public office.
>
>As an investigator, I found this hard to believe at first, that so many
>factors have come
>together to collude in such a way, to allow aspartame into our food supply.
>Regardless of how I initially felt about it, the evidence is factual....
>it happened.
>Now we have to do something about it, because its nothing less than mass
>murder.
>
>Additionally and historically, many recalled products, including FDA
>regulated products,
>were once thought safe.
>
>DDT was once thought safe, remember ?
>
>History of regulatory problems, fraud, deceit, and scientific corruption
>with various drug
>products would serve you well to remember here;
>
>Regulatory problems and corruption resulting in mass-illness or deaths
>with: Prozac;
>Tomoxifen; the pesticide, sulfonylurea; Halcion; Rezulin;
>Redux; Dow Chemical; drug-tissue residues in foods (antibiotics) which was
>known by
>FDA since the mid-80's , perpetuating further our problem with antibiotic
>resistant germs.
>
>Remember Agent Orange ? How long did it take for the U.S. government
>to even acknowledge that there was a problem with spraying a dioxin compound
>all over the Asian forests during Vietnam ? Monsanto never
>said a word during this period; no chemical manufacturer did. It was
>years before the
>veterans who gave their lives, or who's lives were ruined, were even given
>the
>acknowledgement that there was a problem. The Gulf War vets were in the
>same boat for a while.
>Maybe someone will pay attention to their plight.
>
>Many policies, I came to find out, was not to protect the public health, but
>rather, to provide leverage at appropriations time before Congress, and to
>protect
>the industry and their political connections, as to not upset those
>at the White House. This is especially true when they were paid for their
>"services"
>by the pharmaceutical or chemical industries. This is what I call "social
>cancer".
>
>Many systems for protecting the public health are (were) less than
>effective...
>making very little difference on public health issues. Much of it was
>for "show", and as I said, for funding. Its was the folks in Rockville and
>Washington which made the final decisions on how to play most of these
>issues out. Unfortunately for us, it was not to favor the public health
>processes.
>The entire process reeks of political and corporate influences. Many
>mainstream media
>newscasts, and reports have exposed this problem.
>
>The FDA (USDA, EPA, and other regulatory or enforcement agencies)
>have questionably close ties with industry, aside from an unethical
>revolving door.
>These ties are even illegal in some aspects and compromise an agency's
>ability to regulate.
>It compromises, not only the integrity of the agency, but the information
>being disseminated,
>as well. Everything becomes suspect. Then the spin-doctors are called into
>action.
>
>So, tell me then, why do government agencies support and make policy around
>industrial concerns, like pharmaceutical or chemical manufacturing
>firms ? The answer is easy: Money and/or power !! Why aren't the
>government
>agencies remaining impartial ?? Somebody has a little influence, that's
>why...
>and this influence is not in the public's best interest. Follow the money
>trail.
>
>The truth has been difficult to come by, yet many, many investigators, lay
>people, teachers,
>educators, regulators, and whistle-blowers have, piece by piece, put this
>highly complex puzzle together,
>and now see this issue for what it is. The evidence is there.
>
>Unfortunately, I have found that many physicians, including those who can
>make
>substantial incomes from treating the effects of the neurotoxin,
>aspartame, (and other
>medically 'healable' issues) would rather people not find out about its
>effects on brain chemistry.
>Giving doctors the benefit of the doubt, if he does not consider aspartame
>poisoning as a cause
>for concern or instigator of symptoms, he is, simply, not a very good
>investigator. Then maybe the
>doctor should try carpentry, or other non-patient related work.
>
>In truth, doctors have a business. This is sub-set of business treatment
>practices
>that is making money based on the introduction of a poisonous product.
>
>I also found out that the AMA, and many other so-called health groups,
>have received
>substantial monies, contributions, or stipends from Monsanto regarding
>their products.
>
>This includes the very people who are supposed to be helping the public...
>like the Diabetic Association, Dietetic Association, and many others who
>diabolically support aspartame and the money it has made them. They are
>businesses....
>and business before public health. Look at their list of contributors,
>and tell me what you see ?
>
>Regarding aspartame, I wrote articles about this substance. These were
>about the
>processes allowing aspartame into the marketplace, through various reports
>and
>information uncovered while with the agency, and afterwards, with the
>help of other
>investigators and agency data. Much of this information
>is available for review...you can draw your own conclusions.
>
>Open your mind. Know that the government-corporate issues have shocked us
>before,
>to our collective dismay.
>
>I urge you to consider all the factors; ...the political, physiological,
>and regulatory processes,
>which created the mistaken and unfortunate acceptance of this toxin into
>our food supply.
>
>This information is not "what I think", nor how I feel....
>....It is a fact, that aspartame should not have been approved based on
>the information
>submitted to the FDA, including the information that wasn't. It is a fact
>that politics and
>those with "hidden agendas" illegally affected the regulatory processes,
>misused and
>abused their authority, to bring to market this toxic food additive.
>
>If you drink aspartame, and have experienced health problems, then cease
>your consumption
>of aspartame (and its cousin, MSG), and see if your symptoms
>disappear. You have nothing to
>lose. If you do not take this simple experiment for 60 days, you could
>lose your life.
>Additionally, educate yourselves. Its your body, your health, your life.
>Be smart.
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