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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1115
corporate crime in aspartame toxicity research: President Bush and John
Edwards both victims: has Al Gore quit it?: William Thomas: Murray
2004.09.24

2004.09.23 Hello Will, http://www.willthomas.net/Contact/index.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-09-21-macho\
-men-cover_x.htm
Jill Lawrence and Judy Keen reported in USA Today 2004.09.22 page 1:
Cover story: Election is turning into a duel of the manly men:
It's more than posturing: Image may win key states.

""Bush, who uses a treadmill on Air Force One during long trips, is the
first presidential candidate to run ads in health clubs.
He was once an avid runner, but aging knees put an end to that.
Now he works out aboard a mountain bike.
He loves to fish, and he hunts and golfs occasionally."

Joint pain, especially in the knees, are among the major complaints with
chronic
aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity.

In The New Yorker 2004.09.13 pages 56-71, David Remnick in
PROFILES The Wilderness Campaign Al Gore, four years later,
describes Al and Tipper drinking coffee, tea, and alcohol, but no Diet Coke,
at several meals.

In the 2000 campaign, there were were many stories describing him drinking
as much as 6 Diet Cokes daily.

Can you check this out? If he has quit it, and is finding much improved
health, that gives an unusual opportunity to spotlight at a crucial juncture
yet another serious failure in the Bush administration and to help many
unaware victims by making discussion of this contentious issue legitimate.

Let me know if I can help in any way. You may utilize anything I have ever
posted.

In mutual service, Rich Murray

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@...
1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-501-2298
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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/da/Ayb57167729.RLJD_EaG.html

Judge Orders U.S. to Find Bush Records Thursday, 16-Sep-2004 7:30 PM
Story from AP / MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press (via ClariNet)

16-SEP-2004: Tara Morrissey, left, who works the counter at Brick House
Deli, reacts as President Bush, right, buys a diet soda in Anoka, Minn.,
during an unscheduled stop during a campaign bus tour Thursday, Sept. 16,
2004. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) [Photo copyright 2004 by AP]
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1114
review of sweeteners 2004, Weihrauch MR, Diehl V: formaldehyde from 11%
methanol component of aspartame, methanol in dark wines and liquors,
fermentation of fruits in colon, also smoke, new buildings, furniture,
drapes, carpets, personal products: available database from Harvard Nurses'
Health Study II of 91,249 women in 1991-1999: Murray 2004.09.18 rmforall

A very detailed, highly credible account of the dubious approval process for
aspartame in July, 1981 is part of the just released two-hour documentary
"Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World: An Industry Case Study of a Food Supply
In Crisis" by Cori Brackett: cori@...
http://www.soundandfuryproductions.com/ 520-624-9710
2301 East Broadway, Suite 111 Tucson, AZ 85719

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/927
Donald Rumsfeld, 1977 head of Searle Corp., got aspartame FDA approval:
Turner: Murray 2002.12.23 rmforall

http://www.willthomas.net/911/Bush/
Is Bush Nuts?: William Thomas willthomas.net 2004

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1016
President Bush & formaldehyde (aspartame) toxicity: Ramazzini Foundation
carcinogenicity results Dec 2002: Soffritti: Murray 2003.08.03 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/874
re "dry drunk": Bisbort: danger to President Bush from aspartame toxicity:
Murray: 2002.02.24 2002.09.29 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1065
politicians and celebrities hooked on diet sodas (aspartame):
Murray 2004.03.24 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1101
John Edwards gives up Diet Coke: The Cult of Diet Coke, Eric Gillin:
Murray 2004.07.12 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1102
John Edwards still drinks Diet Coke (aspartame): TIME Europe July 19 issue:
Murray 2004.07.12 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/876
hyperthyroidism (Graves disease) in George and Barbara Bush, 1991--
aspartame toxicity? Roberts 1997: Murray 2002.10.09 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/upipart1.txt
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/262
aspartame expose 96K Oct 1987 Part 1/3: Gregory Gordon, UPI reporter:
Murray 2000.07.10 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/enclosur.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/53
aspartame history Part 1/4 1964-1976: Gold: Murray 1999.11.06 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/928
revolving door, Monsanto, FDA, EPA: NGIN: Murray 2002.12.23 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/841
RTM: Merisant Co., MSD Capital, Dell Computer Corp., NutraSweet Co.,
JW Childs Assc.: aspartame-neotame toxicity 2002.07.10 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/857
www.dorway.com: original documents and long reviews of flaws in
aspartame toxicity research: Murray 2002.07.31 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/858
Samuels: Strong: Roberts: Gold: flaws in double-blind studies re
aspartame and MSG toxicity: Murray 2002.08.01 rmforall

http://www.truthinlabeling.org/ Truth in Labeling Campaign [MSG]
Adrienne Samuels, PhD The toxicity/safety of processed
free glutamic acid (MSG): a study in suppression of information.
Accountability in Research 1999; 6: 259-310. 52-page review
P.O. Box 2532 Darien, Illinois 60561
858-481-9333 adandjack@...

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@...
1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-501-2298

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unexamined co-factors in Nurses Health Study: formaldehyde and formic acid
from methanol in dark wines and liquors and the 11% methanol part of
aspartame: Murray 2004.09.23

Formaldehyde, an acknowledged human carcinogen, which is prevalent in
modern society, is a largely unacknowledged co-factor that must impact many
of the studies based on the Nurses Health Study.

One major source is the methanol impurity, about one part in ten thousand,
in dark wines and liquors, which is converted by the body into formaldehyde
and then formic acid, both potent, cumulative toxins that affect every
tissue, and are seen by experts as the main cause of the infamous "morning
after" hangover.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/search.dtl search to get free full text
British Medial Journal 1997 (4 January); 314(7073): 2.
Ian Calder, F.R.C.A. [ Tel/Fax: 0171 720 9279 Consultant Anaesthetist at
the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery,
London WCIN 3BG, UK ]

Editorials Hangovers: Not the ethanol - perhaps the methanol

"Chapman found that hangover symptoms were almost twice as common in
volunteers who drank 1.5 ml/kg [ body weight ] of bourbon whiskey - which
has methanol concentrations of 26 mg/l - as in those drinking the same dose
of vodka ( 3.9 mg of methanol per litre ). (5) [ For a 60 kg person, this
would be 90 mg bourbon, 0.09 l, giving 2.34 mg methanol, which led to twice
as many symptoms as the 0.35 mg methanol from vodka. The bourbon gave as
about as much methanol as an ounce of diet soda. ]

Pawan compared the hangover produced by different types of drink (but only
one brand of each) in his study of 20 volunteers. The severity of hangover
symptoms declined in the order of brandy, red wine, rum, whisky, white wine,
gin, vodka, and pure ethanol.(6) Vodka and pure ethanol caused only mild
headaches in two volunteers.

Jones has suggested that it is the metabolism of methanol to formaldehyde
and formic acid that causes symptoms of hangover, with quicker methanol
metabolisers suffering more.(7) The justification for this suggestion is
threefold:
the types of drink associated with more severe hangovers contain higher
levels of methanol;
the time course of methanol metabolism corresponds to the onset of symptoms;
and a small dose of ethanol, which blocks the formation of formaldehyde and
formic acid, provides an effective treatment for hangovers ("the hair of the
dog")."

Jones AW (1987) found next-morning hangover from red wine with
100 to 150 mg methanol
(9.5% w/v ethanol; 100 mg/l methanol = 0.01%, one part in ten thousand).

The expert review by Monte WC (1984) states: "An alcoholic consuming 1500
calories a day from alcoholic sources alone may consume between 0 and 600 mg
of methanol each day depending on his choice of beverages (Table 1)...."
Table 1 lists red wine as having 128 mg/l methanol, about one part in ten
thousand.

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) -- the same
amount that produces hangover from red wine.

"Between a quarter and a half of drinkers claim not to experience hangover
symptoms despite having been intoxicated. (three citations)" This
indicates a remarkable range of individual vulnerability to formaldehyde and
formic acid exposure.

Other strong formaldehyde sources are tobacco and wood smoke, and the
particleboard and new furniture, carpet, and drapes especially concentrated
in mobile homes. Many personal care products contain formaldehyde; for
instance, leather shoes can cause foot dermatitis.

Similar levels of methanol, and its inevitable products in the human body,
formaldehyde and formic acid, can also ensue from fermentation of fruit
pectins in the colon.
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