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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1246
recent research re low dose aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) toxicity
in children's medicines and vitamins,
for New Mexico Board of Pharmacy: Murray 2005.11.14

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

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 146 members, 1,246 posts in a public, searchable archive
http://RoomForAll.blogspot.com

Methanol is inevitably largely turned into formaldehyde,
and thence largely into formic acid.

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 lifetime daily formaldehyde in drinking water,
2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water.

Research on rats and monkeys indicates that about 40%
of the formaldehyde from methanol is retained daily,
indubitably as toxic reaction products.

Thus, these toxins can accumulate from chronic, low-level exposures.

Some users gradually become symptomatic, allergic, and hypersensitive,
up to the point of multiple chemical sensitivity.

Common initial symptoms are persistent headache,
body aches and pains, fatigue, weakness, irritability,
poor memory, depression, confusion, anxiety,
vertigo, tinnitus, and vision and eye problems.

Some common medicines supply low doses of aspartame in pills
that dissolve under the tongue or in medicinal chewing gums,
as well as in sugar-free gum, in the range of 4 - 8 mg aspartame.

This translates to 0.4 - 0.9 mg methanol,
which in turn at 30% conversion
gives about 0.1 to 0.3 mg formaldehyde -- well below the EPA limit.

The 1999 USA EPA lifetime limit for formaldehyde in 2 L average
daily drinking water is 1 ppm,
which translates into 2 mg for adults and about 1 mg for children.

However, reputable clinicians have published cases
of neurological symptoms in adults for single exposures
from absorption in the mouth at these very low levels of aspartame.

Children are also directly exposed to aspartame in aspirins, vitamins,
pain medicines, laxatives, and Metamucil type products,
as well as from diet soda, diet cocoa, fruit juice drinks, sports drinks,
high protein drinks, Koolaide type drinks, breakfast cereals, popsicles,
candy, and ice cream.

For example, Metamucil Smooth Texture Sugar-Free Orange Flavor
contains aspartame (phenylalanine content per dose is 25 mg),
a dose of 50 mg, a quarter of a diet soda,
which gives 5.5 mg methanol,
then giving 1.7 mg formaldehyde at 30% conversion.

A single packet of Equal sweetener gives 37 mg aspartame.

Children are exposed to formaldehyde from second hand tobacco smoke
and wood smoke,
malfunctioning natural gas stoves and heaters,
vehicle exhaust,
new cars, furniture, carpets, drapes, and particleboard,
new mobile homes, houses, and schools,
and even leather in shoes -- a cause of dermatitis.

Aspartame in children's medicines and vitamins may be,
in an unknown number of cases,
"the straw that breaks the camel's back."

As of summer, 2002, these products use aspartame:

Rx drug approvals for which aspartame is an inactive ingredient include:
Maxalt-MLT,
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP Zomig,
Eli Lilly and Company Zyprexa,
Singulair Chewable Tablets,
Zyvox Oral Suspension,
Videx Chewable Tablets,
Amoxil Chewable Tablets,
and J&J Merck Pepcid AC (Famotidine 10mg) Chewable Tab.

OTC products include:
Tylenol Cold Chewable Tablets,
Triaminic Softchews,
TheraFlu Flu & Sore Throat Powder,
Children's Advil Chewable Tablets,
Children's Motrin Chewable Tablet,
and Pfizer Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks.

Please inspect the 1996 list, given below, of 83 such products.

Since liver damage is a common side effect of many pain medications,
it is of concern that formaldehyde from low levels of oral ingestion
of aspartame for ten days in rats was proved
by C. Trocho and M. Alemany in 1998
to accumulate in plasma, liver, fats, muscles, brain, cornea, and retina.

There is already plenty to evidence to justify banning this unnecessary risk
to the health of children in New Mexico.

Certainly, it is high time to warn all families
about the many kinds of evidence of risk to kids.

Visit the title URL for full details.

In mutual service, Rich Murray, MA
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/925
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 1/2
full text, Trocho & Alemany 6.26.98: Murray 12.22.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/926
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 2/2
full text, Trocho & Alemany 6.26.98: Murray 12.22.2 rmforall

http://ww.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
Trocho C, Pardo R, Rafecas I, Virgili J, Remesar X,
Fernandez-Lopez JA, Alemany M ["Trok-ho"]
Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds to tissue
components in vivo. Life Sci 1998 Jun 26; 63(5): 337-49.
Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia,
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
http://www.presidiotex.com/barcelona/index.html
Maria Alemany, PhD (male) alemany@...
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/846
aspartame in Merck Maxalt-MLT worsens migraine,
AstraZeneca Zomig, Eli Lilly Zyprexa,
J&J Merck Pepcid AC (Famotidine 10mg) Chewable Tab,
Pfizer Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks: Murray 2002.07.16 rmforall

Migraine MLT-Down: an unusual presentation of migraine
in patients with aspartame-triggered headaches.
Newman LC, Lipton RB Headache 2001 Oct; 41(9): 899-901.
[ Merck 10-mg Maxalt-MLT, for migraine, has 3.75 mg aspartame,
while 12 oz diet soda has 200 mg. ]
Headache Institute, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center,
NewYork, NY

Department of Neurology newmanache@...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Innovative Medical Research RLipton@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/855
Blumenthall & Vance: aspartame chewing gum headaches Nov 1997:
Murray 2002.07.28 rmforall

Harvey J. Blumenthal, MD, Dwight A Vance, RPh
Chewing Gum Headaches. Headache 1997 Nov-Dec; 37(10): 665-6.
Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,
Tulsa, USA. neurotulsa@...
Aspartame, a popular dietetic sweetener,
may provoke headache in some susceptible individuals.
Herein, we describe three cases of young women
with migraine who reported their headaches
could be provoked by chewing gum sweetened with aspartame.
[ 6-8 mg aspartame per stick chewing gum ]
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/831
Horner: Pfizer Inc hides behind FDA re aspartame: Murray 2002.05.29

Subject: RE: aspartame
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 10:38:53 -0400
From: Consumer Affairs #1 <ConAff1@...>
To: "'Rich Murray'" <rmforall@...>

Dear Mr. Murray,

Thank you for contacting Pfizer Inc regarding our usage of aspartame
in some of our products.
The FDA began approving the use of aspartame in new prescription drug
products over 10 years ago.*
Its' use continues in both life-sustaining and life-saving products
for both adult and pediatric use.**
It is also widely used as a sweetener in over-the-counter drug
products.***
The FDA has approved the use of aspartame as a sweetening agent
and flavor enhancer in food products including, but not limited to,
baked goods, baking mixes,
carbonated beverages and beverage mixes.****
Given the number of acceptable alternatives to this sweetener,
if the FDA had any safety concerns with aspartame,
they would withdraw the approval for this sweetener immediately.*****


* The 1996 copy of the FDA's Inactive Ingredient Guide cites an NDA
drug, using aspartame as an inactive ingredient,
with an approval date of 12/23/91.

** Recent Rx drug approvals for which aspartame was an inactive
ingredient include Singulair Chewable Tablets, Zyvox Oral Suspension,
Videx Chewable Tablets and Amoxil Chewable Tablets.

***OTC products include Tylenol Cold Chewable Tablets Triaminic
Softchews, TheraFlu Flu & Sore Throat Powder,
Children's Advil Chewable Tablets
and Children's Motrin Chewable Tablets.

****21 CFR 172.804 and Federal Register, June 28, 1996
(Volume 61, Number 126, pages 33654-33656).

*****Given what FDA did with phenylpropanolamine, this is a given.

For further assistance, please call one of our representatives at
1-800-223-0182 (U.S.) or 1-800-661-4659 (Canada),
weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST or reply by e-mail.

Chip Horner, Senior Director
Consumer Affairs Department Pfizer Inc /tp

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Murray [mailto:rmforall@...]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:56 AM
To: Consumer Affairs #1; william.kirkland@...
Subject: RTM: aspartame toxicity: recent research 5.27.2 rmforall
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http://www.zomig.com/
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
ZOMIG is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine with or without
aura in adults.
Because ZOMIG is prescription medicine, only your doctor or health care
provider can help you decide whether it's right for you..
Patients with the inability to process the amino acid phenylalanine
should be aware that each 2.5 mg and 5 mg
ZOMIG-ZMTTM(zolmitriptan)
Orally Disintegrating Tablet contains 2.81 mg and 5.62 mg of
phenylalanine [ a 50% component of aspartame ], respectively.
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pi.lilly.com/zyprexa-pi.pdf
www.zyprexa-side-effects.com/
Eli Lilly and Company Zyprexa (olanzapine) antipsychotic
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http://www.pepcidac.com/
Johnson & Johnson - Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co.
Mint-flavored Chewable tablets
Tracey Ely <pwebmast@...>
PEPCID AC Consumer Relationship Center
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Nov 18 2001 Hello, Merck needs to take action regarding the research
by two eminent reserchers, L.C. Newman and R.B. Lipton, that the
4.20 mg aspartame in each $ 14 10-mg tablet of Maxalt-MLT, a potent
migraine drug, worsens migraine in some people.
While this dose is just 2% of the 200 mg aspartame in 16 oz of diet
soda, its toxicity may be increased by direct absorption,
as the wafer melts in the mouth.
Aspartame reactors often have severe symtoms from a single stick of
chewing gum.

Dennis W. Choi, PhD, your new Exec. VP, Neurosciences, who has a
particular expertise on excitotoxicity, is well qualified to assess
this problem. The end of this post offers a summary of informed experts.

I hope this information is helpful.

Best regards, Rich Murray Room For All rmforall@...
1943 Otowi Road Santa Fe New Mexico 87505
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http://www.wnho.net/use_of_aspartame.htm

USE OF ASPARTAME BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
By Leading Edge Research

31 January 2005

Copyright 1996 Leading Edge Research
** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107,
this material is distributed without profit
to those who have expressed a prior interest
in receiving the included information
for research and educational purposes. **
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Aspartame is not only used in food, per se,
but is also used in pharmaceutical products.
You might be surprised by the number of products
that contain aspartame.
A sample research project was initiated in April 1994,
with requests to companies that produce pharmaceuticals.
A number of companies failed
to respond to a request for information.
Some companies did respond.
Pumping aspartame into children is a priority:

Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals:
J&J/Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals:
Mylanta Natural Fiber Supplement, Sugar Free.

Lederle Laboratories:
Centrum,Jr vitamins contain aspartame.

McNeil Consumer Products:
The following McNeil Products contain aspartame:
Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen
Fruit Flavored Chewable Tablets
Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen
Grape Flavored Chewable Tablets
Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen
Cold Multi-Symptom Chewable Tablets
Junior Strength TYLENOL acetaminophen
Fruit Flavored Chewable Tablets
Junior Strength TYLENOL acetaminophen
Grape Flavored Chewable Tablets
PEDIACARE Cold-Allergy Tablets for Ages 6 to 12
PEDIACARE Cough-Cold Tablets for Ages 6 to 12
PEDICARE Childrens Cold Relief Tablets *
TYLENOL Cold and Flu Hot Medication
TYLENOL Cold and Flu No Drowsiness Formula Hot Medication
Childrens Chewable CO-TYLENOL

Miles Incorporated:
ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Night-time Cold Medicine
ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Cold and Cough Medicine
ALKA-SELTZER PLUS Sinus Allergy Medicine
BUGS BUNNY Vitamin Products (ALL)
FLINTSTONES Plus Calcium Multivitamin Supplement
FLINTSTONES Complete Multivitamin Supplement
FLINTSTONES Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

A.H. Robbins Company, Inc:
DIMETAPP Cold and Allergy Chewable Tablets

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company:
CEFZIL

Mead Johnson Nutritionals:
TEMPRA 3 Chewable Tablets,
80mg acetaminophen tablet (3.3mg phenylalinine/tab)
TEMPRA 3 Double Strength Chewable Tablets,
160mg acetominophen (6.6mg Phen/tab)

Glaxo Pharmaceuticals:
Zantac Efferdose

Bio-Pharmaceutics:
Childrens Chewable Acetiminophen

Pennex Products:
The following Pennex Products subsidiaries
manufacture products containing aspartame: (Most introduced in 1987):
American Stores:
SKAGGS ALPHA BETA Childrens Pain Reliever
Consumer Value Stores:
CVS Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Drug Guild Dist:
DRUG GUILD childrens anti-pain Chewable Tablets
First Nat'l Supermarkets:
FINAST Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Greenbax Enterprises:
PRICE-WISE Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Hannaford Bros:
SHOP'N SAVE Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
J.C.Penny:
TREASURY Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Kinney Drugs:
KINNEY"S Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
LaVerdiere's Super Drug:
LV ACTION SOOTHSALL Childrens Non-Aspirin
Legend Pharmaceuticals:
LEGEND Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin P.R.
Malone & Hyde:
HYDE PARK Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Marsh Supermarkets:
MARSH Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Osco Drug:
OSCO Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Pay'n Save Stores:
PAY'N SAVE Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Penned Products:
GOOD HEALTH Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Peoples Drug Stores:
PEOPLES Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Piggly Wiggly Corp:
PIGGLY WIGGLY Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin P.R.
Rite Aid Corp.:
RITE AID Childrens Aceteminophen Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever
Scriver:
SUPER TRU Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever (Acetaminophen)
Wegman's Food Markets:
WEGMANS Childrens Chewable Acetaminophen

Whitehall Labs:
Childrens Anacin-3 Chewable Tablets

Cenci Powder:
NATURLAX Natural Fiber Laxative
LIFE LINE Natural Fiber Laxative

H & PC Products:
SUGAR FREE METAMUCIL

L.Perrigo:
The following subsidiary product lines contain aspartame:
Eckerd:
ECKERD Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative
Fay's:
FAY'S Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Laxative
Longs:
LONGS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative
Payless:
PAYLESS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative
Perrigo:
Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder
Perry:
PERRY Drug Stores Sugar Free Natural Veg.Powder Bulk Laxative
Raley's:
RALEY'S Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder
Rite Aid:
RITE AID Sugar Free Regular Flavor Nat.Veg.Bulk Powder
Squibb:
SQUIBBCARE Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative
Thrifty:
THRIFTY Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Laxative

Hall Laboratories:
HEALTH BALANCE Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
ZOO CHEWS Animal-Shaped Chewable Multivitamin

Mediguard:
MEDIGUARD Children's Multivitamin Supplement (Cherry, Orange and Grape)

Equate:
EQUATE Chewable Vitamins Animal-Shaped (with Iron)

Meijer:
MEIJER CIRCUS SHAPES (Complete with Calcium, Iron and Minerals)
MIEJER CIRCUS SHAPES (with Iron)

Perrigo:
ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins Plus Extra C
ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins Complete
ANIMAL SHAPES Chewable Vitamins With Iron

Raley's:
Childrens Chewable Vitamins With Iron

Lifeline Nutritional:
Lucky Stores: Mediguard Childrens Multivitamin Supplement with Iron

P.Leiner:
The following Leiner subsidiary products contain aspartame:
Carls Drug Co:
CARLS DRUG Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
Malone & Hyde:
HYDES PARK Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
Hills Dept Stores:
HILLS Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
Kent Co:
DART Childen's Chewable Multivitamin
Big B Discount Drugs:
BIG B Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
LKS Products, Inc:
MEDI-GUARD Childrens Chewable Multivitamins
Revco Drug Stores:
REVCO Childrens Chewable Multivitamins
Longs Drug Stores:
LONGS Children's Chewable Multivitamin
Gray Drug Fair, Inc:
GRAY DRUG FAIR Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Pharmavite Corp:
ECKARD DRUG:
Childrens Chewable Multivitamin
LONGS DRUG Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

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REFERENCES Data obtained from Aspartame Research Group
forwarded to Leading Edge Research.
Web sites with more information on aspartame:
http://www.wnho.net
http://www.dorway.com
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame
Dr. Betty Martini, Founder
Mission Possible International
BettyM19@...
WNHO Aspartame Information at:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/
WNHO-Aspartame-Information
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/752
Newman & Lipton: aspartame triggers & worsens migraine:
Murray 2001.11.17

Headache 2001 Oct;41(9):899-901
Migraine MLT-Down: An Unusual Presentation
of Migraine in Patients With Aspartame-Triggered Headaches.
Newman LC, Lipton RB.
Headache Institute, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York
NY Department of Neurology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Innovative Medical Research

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener added to many foods and beverages,
may trigger headaches in susceptible individuals.
We report two patients with aspartame-triggered
attacks in whom the use of an
aspartame-containing acute medication (Maxalt-MLT) worsened
an ongoing attack of migraine. PMID: 11703479

http://www.docnet.org/physicians/phys_bios.asp?phys_id=574
Lawrence C. Newman, MD 212-523-5869
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Headache Institute
1000 10th Avenue, Room 1C-10
New York, NY 10019
Prof. Neurology, Epidemiology & Social Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University

http://msl.montefiore.org/newmsl/default.htm
Dr. Richard B. Lipton, Department of Neurology
RLipton@...
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
FAX 203-321-1044
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY 10461
718-430-3886 fax 3870
MMC - Headache Unit
111 E. 210th Street Bronx , NY 10467 718-920-4638

http://www.imrinc.com/ webmaster@...
Innovative Medical Research, Inc.
Alberto R. Yataco, M.D.
Richard B. Lipton, M.D., Chief Science Officer
RLipton@...
1001 Cromwell Bridge Rd., Suite 302
Towson, MD 21286 USA
410-825-0500 Fax: 410-339-7086
http://www.centerwatch.com/professional/pro111.html

Merck and Co., Inc. http://www.merck.co

Peter S. Kim, PhD Exec. VP, R&D age 43
kimadmin@... 617-258-5184 fax 5737
MRL 770 Sunnytown Pike West Point PA 19486

Edward M. Scolnick, MD Exec. VP, Sci & Tech, Pres. of MRL
MRL P.O.Box 2000 Rayway, NJ 07065-0900 732-594-3761

William A. Peck, MD Exec V. Chancellor for medical affairs WUSOM
peckw@... 314-362-6827

Bennett M. Shapiro, MD, Exec. VP, Merck Worldwide Basic Research
732-594-3761

Raymond V. Gilmartin, CM, Pres., CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.
One Merck Drive P.O.Box 100 Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100
fax 908-735-1253
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Any unsuspected source of methanol,
which the body always quickly and largely turns into formaldehyde
and then formic acid, must be monitored,
especially for high responsibility occupations, often with night shifts,
such as pilots and nuclear reactor operators.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1237
ubiquitous potent uncontrolled co-factors in nutrition research are
formaldehyde from wood and tobacco smoke and many sources,
including from methanol in dark wines and liquors, in pectins
in fruits and vegetables, and in aspartame: Murray 2005.11.13


As a medical layman, I suggest that evidence mandates immediate
exploration of the role of these ubiquitious, potent formaldehyde sources
as co-factors in epidemiology, research, diagnosis, and treatment in a
wide variety of disorders.

Folic acid, from fruits and vegetables, plays a role by powerfully
protecting against methanol (formaldehyde) toxicity.

Many common drugs, such as aspirin, interfere with folic acid,
as do some mutations in relevant enzymes.

The majority of aspartame reactors are female.

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

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 147 members, 1,245 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,

185 times the New Jersey limit,
615 times the California and Maine limits,
1850 times the Maryland limit.

The 1999 July EPA 468-page formaldehyde profile admits that
four states substantially exceed the federal EPA limit:

Environmental Protection Agency 2.00 mg in 2 L daily
drinking water

California and Maine------------ 0.06 mg
Maryland---------------------- 0.02 mg
New Jersey-------------------- 0.20 mg

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1108
faults in 1999 July EPA 468-page formaldehyde profile:
Elzbieta Skrzydlewska PhD, Assc. Prof., Medical U. of
Bialystok, Poland, abstracts -- ethanol, methanol,
formaldehyde, formic acid, acetaldehyde, lipid peroxidation,
green tea, aging: Murray 2004.08.08 2005.07.11

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/835
ATSDR: EPA limit 1 ppm formaldehyde in drinking water July
1999: Murray 2002.05.30 rmforall

Aspartame is made of phenylalanine (50% by weight) and
aspartic acid (39%), both ordinary amino acids, bound
loosely together by methanol (wood alcohol, 11%).
The readily released methanol from aspartame is within hours
turned by the liver into formaldehyde and then formic acid,
both potent, cumulative toxins.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1106
hangover research relevant to toxicity of 11% methanol in
aspartame (formaldehyde, formic acid): Calder I (full text):
Jones AW: Murray 2004.08.05 2005.09.28

Since no adaquate data has ever been published on the exact
disposition of toxic metabolites in specific tissues in
humans of the 11% methanol component of aspartame, the many
studies on morning-after hangover from the methanol impurity
in alcohol drinks are the main available resource to date.

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).

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1182
Joining together: short review: research on aspartame
methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray
2005.07.08 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1071
research on aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid)
toxicity: Murray2004.04.29 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1226
USA National Institutes of Health National Toxicology
Program aids eminent Ramazzini Foundation, Bologna, Italy,
in more results on cancers in rats from lifetime low levels
of aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde), Felicity Lawrence,
www.guardian.co.uk: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1186
aspartame induces lymphomas and leukaemias in rats, full plain text,
M Soffritti, F Belpoggi, DD Esposti, L Lambertini: Ramazzini Foundation
study 2005.07.14: main results agree with their previous methanol and
formaldehyde studies: Murray 2005.09.03

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1189
Michael F Jacobson of CSPI now and in 1985 re aspartame
toxicity, letter to FDA Commissioner Lester Crawford;
California OEHHA aspartame critique 2004.03.12; Center for
Consumer Freedom denounces CSPI: Murray 2005.07.27

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1143
methanol (formaldehyde, formic acid) disposition: Bouchard M
et al, full plain text, 2001: substantial sources are
degradation of fruit pectins, liquors, aspartame, smoke:
Murray 2005.04.02 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1141
Nurses Health Study can quickly reveal the extent of aspartame
(methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid) toxicity: Murray 2004.11.21
[ Any scientist can get access to this data for free by submitting a proper
research proposal. No one has admitted mining the extensive data on diet
soda use and many symptoms for decades for about 100,000 nurses. ]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1213
aspartame (methanol, phenylalanine, aspartic acid) effects,
detailed expert studies in 2005 Aug and 1998 July,
Tsakiris S, Schulpis KH, Karikas GA, Kokotos G, Reclos RJ, et al,
Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece: Murray 2005.09.09

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/939
aspartame (aspartic acid, phenylalanine) binding to DNA:
Karikas July 1998: Murray 2003.01.05 rmforall
Karikas GA, Schulpis KH, Reclos GJ, Kokotos G
Measurement of molecular interaction of aspartame and
its metabolites with DNA. Clin Biochem 1998 Jul; 31(5): 405-7.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
http://www.chem.uoa.gr gkokotos@...
K.H. Schulpis inchildh@... G.J. Reclos reklos@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1088
Murray, full plain text & critique: chronic aspartame in rats affects
memory, brain cholinergic receptors, and brain chemistry, Christian B,
McConnaughey M et al, 2004 May: 2004.06.05

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1067
eyelid contact dermatitis by formaldehyde from aspartame,
AM Hill & DV Belsito, Nov 2003: Murray 2004.03.30

Thrasher (2001): "The major difference is that the Japanese
demonstrated the incorporation of FA and its metabolites into the
placenta and fetus.
The quantity of radioactivity remaining in maternal and fetal tissues
at 48 hours was 26.9% of the administered dose." [ Ref. 14-16 ]

Arch Environ Health 2001 Jul-Aug; 56(4): 300-11.
Embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of formaldehyde. [100 references]
Thrasher JD, Kilburn KH. toxicology@...
Sam-1 Trust, Alto, New Mexico, USA.
http://www.drthrasher.org/formaldehyde_embryo_toxicity.html full text

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1052
DMDC: Dimethyl dicarbonate 200mg/L
in drinks adds methanol 98 mg/L [ becomes formaldehyde in body ]:
EU Scientific Committee on Foods 2001.07.12: Murray 2004.01.22

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/925
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 1/2
full text Trocho & Alemany 1998.06.26: Murray 2002.12.22

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1223
complete info on NM EIB aspartame ban meeting, Oct. 4, Santa
Fe, Leland Lehrman, www.MotherMedia.org: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1224
Aspartame disease: an FDA-approved epidemic, H. J. Roberts,
MD 2004: Murray 2005.09.30

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1233
Aspartame -- the shocking story, The Ecologist, 2005 Sept.,
p. 35-51, full text: Murray 2005.09.30: the correct author, Pat Thomas,
What Doctors Don't Tell You www.wddty.co.uk : 2005.10.11

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1131
genotoxicity of aspartame in human lymphocytes 2004.07.29
full plain text, Rencuzogullari E et al, Cukurova University,
Adana, Turkey 2004 Aug: Murray 2004.11.06

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1227
New Mexico EIB should use its authority to ban aspartame,
a methanol (formaldehyde) source, Gail Chasey Beam, NM CPAC:
California, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey set stronger limits
than the EPA, 468-page 1999 EPA formaldehyde profile,
Murray 2005.10.02

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1228
NM EIB votes 4-2 for 5-day aspartame toxicity hearing July,
2006, requesting a Hearing Officer and a medical expert from
Environmental Dept. and legal advice from NM Attorney
General: Murray 2005.10.04

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1229
(New Mexico) State plans sweetener (aspartame) hearings;
critics -- aspartame linked to cancers, Jackie Jadrnak,
Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe North: Murray 2005.10.05

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1234
Not so sweet (aspartame): Jerry Ortiz y Pino, NM State Senator,
D-Albuquerque: Fox: Murray 2005.10.14

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1237
ubiquitous potent uncontrolled co-factors in nutrition research are
formaldehyde from wood and tobacco smoke and many sources,
including from methanol in dark wines and liquors, in pectins
in fruits and vegetables, and in aspartame: Murray 2005.11.11

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1236
Banning aspartame in New Mexico children's medications and vitamins,
petition to Board of Pharmacy on Nov 14-15:
Fox: Stoller: Murray 2005.10.16

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1243
rationale to ban thimerosal (mercury) in vaccines and to ban aspartame
(methanol, formaldehyde), speech from Kenneth P Stoller, MD
to New Mexico Board of Pharmacy: Murray 2005.11.10

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1245
Fox, Stoller, Murray to give Citizen's Petition
to ban aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) and mercury
in children's medicines and vitamins: New Mexico Board of Pharmacy,
2:45-3:45 pm Monday Nov. 14, Albuquerque: Murray 2005.11.13

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1246
recent research re low dose aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) toxicity
in children's medicines and vitamins, for New Mexico Board of Pharmacy:
Murray 2005.11.14
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