RTM: ATSDR: EPA limit 1 ppm formaldehyde in drinking water July 1999
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This is the same limit published May 2, 2002 for California. The
aspartame in 6 cans of Diet Coke will provide
14 times this daily limit of formaldehyde.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts111.html
[excerpts]

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Division of Toxicology
1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E-29
Atlanta, GA 30333 888-422-8737 FAX: (404)498-0057
ATSDRIC@...
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/contacts.html

Dr. Christopher T. De Rosa, Director, Division of Toxicology
(404) 498-0160 Fax: (404) 498-0094 cyd0@...

Spengler, Robert, Sc.D., Associate Administrator for Science
(404) 498-0003 FAX: (404) 498-0081 : RSpengler@...

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/science/bscroster01.html
Board of Scientific Counselors Roster June 2001

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/COM/omweb.html
Mr. Ronnie D. Wilson, the ATSDR Ombudsman
(404) 498 0004 (888) 422 8737] Fax (404) 498 0083 RWilson2@...
When all routine avenues have been
exhausted, the ATSDR ombudsman can be
called to impartially investigate, mediate,
and assist in areas where the "system" has
failed. In doing so, this office is not an
advocate for the interests of ATSDR, nor is
it an advocate for business, nor industry,
nor private citizens, nor any other
government entity. It is an advocate for
problem resolution.

ToxFAQsTM for Formaldehyde CAS# 50-00-0 July 1999

Has the federal government made recommendations to protect human health?

The EPA recommends that an adult should not drink water containing more
than 1 milligram of formaldehyde per liter of water (1 mg/L) for a
lifetime exposure, and a child should not drink water
containing more than 10 mg/L for 1 day or 5 mg/L for 10 days.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set a
permissable exposure limit for formaldehyde of 0.75 parts per million
(ppm) for an 8-hour workday, 40-hour workweek. [in air]

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
recommends an exposure limit of 0.016 ppm. [in air]

Source of Information:
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). 1999.
Toxicological profile for formaldehyde. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp111.html July 1999
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RTM: Tholen: Diet Coke has 5 ppm formaldehyde from aspartame
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Both Tholen in 2002 and Cohen in 1997 found that formaldehyde levels
from aspartame in Diet Coke were lower after weeks at 104 and 130
degrees F.
However, Tholen found about 5 ppm formaldehyde, versus the maximum of
0.231 ppm by Cohen for 7 new cans kept 70 days at about 69 degrees F.
This is about 20X more. Could it be that Tholen's Diet Coke was much
older, allowing much more time for its aspartame to decompose into
formaldehyde?
Or did Tholen's Diet Coke contain much higher levels of aspartame to
begin with?
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FOOD & DRUG BRANCH (916) 445-2263
DEPARTMENT OF TOXICS (916) 324-1826
DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER &
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (916) 323-2308
http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/ps/ddwem/chemicals/AL/actionlevels.htm
California Dept. of Health Services
Drinking Water Action Levels: Contaminants of Current Interest
Last Update: May 2, 2002 [extracts]
Action Levels (ALs) are health-based advisory levels established
by DHS for chemicals in drinking water that lack
maximum contaminant levels (MCLs). Chemicals for
which ALs are established may eventually be regulated
by MCLs, depending on the extent of contamination,
the levels observed, and the risk to human health.

An AL is the level of a contaminant in drinking water
that is considered not to pose a significant health risk to
people ingesting that water on a daily basis. It is calculated
using standard risk assessment methods for
non-cancer and cancer endpoints, and typical exposure assumptions,
including a 2-liter per day ingestion rate, a
70-kilogram adult body weight, and a 70-year lifetime.

Removal of Source from Service (Recommendation):
DHS recommends that the drinking water system take
the source out of service if a contaminant is present at more than:
10 times the AL, if the AL is based on noncancer endpoints.
A level greater than 10 times the AL reduces
the margin of safety provided by the AL.

Formaldehyde (noncancer) 0.1 mg/L [ppm] Action Level
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This means that a level 10X greater, 1 ppm, would not be allowed in
drinking water. For an average 2 L daily drinking water,
that would be 2 mg maxium allowable daily ingestion
of formaldehyde for an adult.

Two liters equals 5.6 12-oz cans of Diet Coke, which, according to
Tholen, would provide as much as 5 ppm formaldehyde, 28 mg,
14 times more than the EPA and California allowable limit.
Likewise, the methanol supplied, 112 mg in 2 L Diet Coke,
is also 14 times the EPA limit for drinking water.
Many aspartame reactors, reporting a typical serious symptom suite,
use diet drinks and other sources of aspartame at
a level of 2 L daily and more.

http://www.dorway.com/wmonte.txt
Dr. Woodrow C. Monte, "Aspartame: Methanol, and the Public Health,"
Journal of Applied Nutrition, Volume 36, No. 1, pages 42-54, 1984.
(62 references) Professsor of Food Science
Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Laboratory
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
6411 South River Drive #61 Tempe, Arizona 85283-3337
602-965-6938 woody.monte@...
The methanol from 2 L of diet soda, 5.6 12-oz cans, 20 mg/can, is
112 mg, 10% of the aspartame. The EPA limit for water is 7.8 mg daily
for methanol (wood alcohol), a deadly cumulative poison. Many users
drink 1-2 L daily. The reported symptoms are entirely consistent
with chronic methanol toxicity. (Fresh orange juice has 34 mg/L, but,
like all juices, has 16 times more ethanol, which strongly protects
against methanol.)
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RTM: Tholen: Diet Coke has 5 ppm formaldehyde from aspartame
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For 6 cans of diet soda, this is 14 times more than the daily limit for
formaldehyde in drinking water, set by the EPA in July, 1999 and the
California Dept. of Health Services,
Div. Drinking Water and Environmental Management (916) 323-2308
Drinking Water Action Levels: Contaminants of Current Interest
Last Update: May 2, 2002

http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
"Aspartame (NutraSweet) Addiction"
H.J. Roberts in "Townsend Letter", Jan 2000 HJRobertsMD@...
http://www.sunsentpress.com/ sunsentpress@...
Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416
800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax

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1038-page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases
available at http://www.amazon.com
over 600 references from standard medical research
http://www.aspartameispoison.com/contents.html 34 chapters
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Ann Pharmacother 2001 Jun;35(6):702-6
Relief of fibromyalgia symptoms following
discontinuation of dietary excitotoxins.
terpening@... cterpeni@...
Smith JD, Terpening CM, Schmidt SO, Gums JG.
Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
gums@... siggy@...

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Rich Murray: Professional House Doctors: Singer: EPA: CPSC:
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Rich Murray: 18 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] abstracts
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