http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/989
EU votes 440 to 20 to approve sucralose, limit cyclamates & reevaluate
aspartame & stevia: Murray 4.12.3 rmforall

"It also wants the use of two other sweeteners, aspartame and Stevia, to
be re-examined and calls for proposals to improve the labelling of
products containing aspartame.

Parliament also wants the new directive to be implemented in the Member
States within a year of its entry into force."

http://www.europarl.eu.int/press/index_recherche_en.htm
How to find documents in the European Parliament Press Service

European Parliament Daily Notebook: Thursday April 10 2003

Sweeteners used in food

Anne FERREIRA (PES, F)
Report on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of
the Council amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in
foodstuffs
(COM(2002) 375 – C5-0341/2002 – 2002/0152(COD))
Doc.: A5-0049/2003
Procedure : Codecision procedure (1st reading)
Debate : 09.04.2003
Vote: 10.04.2003

Vote

Parliament adopted a resolution today calling on the Commission to
tighten up the new restrictions it is proposing on cyclamates in soft
drinks in line with its consistent drive to make sure that foodstuffs
and drinks consumed in the EU are safe.

It is concerned at claims that cyclamates, used as low-calorie
sweeteners in drinks consumed in large quantities by children and
teenagers in particular, pose health hazards and may cause reduced
testosterone levels in rats and are carcinogenic.

It believes that the Commission's plan to reduce the maximum levels of
cyclamates from the current level of 400 mg/l to 350 mg/l. does not go
far enough.

The full House passed a Green amendment at first reading today by 237
votes to 229, with 6 abstentions, which reduces the limit to 100 mg/l
(and brings it down further from the limit of 250 mg/l previously
demanded by the Environment Committee).

It also voted to extend the new limit to milk-based drinks in addition
to water-based drinks.

The resolution, which was adopted by 440 votes to 20, with 13
abstentions, accepts the Commission's proposal, in the same draft
directive, to authorise two new sweeteners, sucralose and
aspartame-acesulfame salt.

However, it calls for a review of their use within three years.

It also wants the use of two other sweeteners, aspartame and Stevia, to
be re-examined and calls for proposals to improve the labelling of
products containing aspartame.

Parliament also wants the new directive to be implemented in the Member
States within a year of its entry into force.

Press enquiries: Mary Brazier
(Strasbourg)Â tel.(33) 3 88 763969
(Brussels) Â tel.(32-2) 28 42672
e-mail :  envi-press@...
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/985
details on EU Environment Committee vote 2.19.3 to reevaluate aspartame
and stevia and limit cyclamate-- EU vote April 9: Murray 4.8.3 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/968
EU MEPs vote to re-evaluate aspartame and stevia:
Martini: Murray 3.21.3 rmforall

http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/scf2002-response.htm
Mark Gold exhaustively critiques European Commission Scientific
Committee on Food re aspartame (12.4.2): 59 pages, 230 references

http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/fs/sc/scf/members_en.html
19 members of Scientific Committee on Food

Contact: Taina Sateri <Taina.Sateri@...>
European Commission
Health & Consumer Protection DG
Directorate C
Unit C2 - Management of scientific committees; scientific co-operation
and networks
Rue de la Loi 200, Office G-1 1/243
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tél : +32-2-298.46.98 Fax : +32-2-299.48.91

Jan Alexander <jan.alexander@...>
National Institute of Public Health
Department of Environmental Medicine
P.O. Box 4404, Torshov, N - 0403 Oslo, Norway

Susan M. Barlow <suebarlow@...>
8 Harrington Rd Brighton
East Sussex BNI 6RE United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1273-553845 Fax: 44-1273-500723
NEUROBEHAVIORAL TERATOLOGY SOCIETY http://www.nbts.org/

Angelo Carere <acarere@...>
pegaso.bio.uniroma1.it/sima/soci.htm Italy

Karl-Heinz Engel <k.h.engel@...>
Technische Universitat Munchen, Lehrstuhl fur Allgemeine
Lebensmitteltechnologie, Am Forum 2, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan,
Germany. k.h.engel@...

Professor Albert Flynn BSc, PhD. <a.flynn@...>
Position: Associate Professor in Nutrition. Ireland
Tel: 353.21.4902649. Fax: 353.21.4270244.
www.ucc.ie/acad/departments/foodtech/albert_flynn.htm

Werner Grunow
Dr., Berlin (Deutschland)

Professor Timo Hirvi
Eläinlääkintä- ja elintarviketutkimuslaitos EELA
PL 368, 00231 Helsinki, Finland p. (09) 393 101

Ada G.A.C. Knaap Dr., Senior Researcher
National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection,
Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Berthold Koletzko <berthold.koletzko@...>
Prof. Dr. Kinderklinik und Poliklinik im Dr. von Haunerschen
Kinderspital Allergien bei Kindern
Kontakt: Phone: 089/5160-3967
Dr. von Hauner Childrens’ Hospital, which is part of the
Ludwig-Maximilians-University. Prof. Dr. Berthold Koletzko, the
team leader, is also Head of the Division of Metabolic Disorders and
Nutrition at the hospital.

John Christian Larsen <jcr@...>
Dr., Head of Department, Institute of Food Safety and Toxicology, Danish
Veterinary and Food Administration, Soborg, Denmark.
http://www.madogsundhed.dk/12_presseresume/8862i.htm
Aspartam er ikke farligt
En norsk undersøgelse skulle have vist, at sødemidlet aspartam kan slå
hjerneceller ihjel på mus. Fødevaredirektoratet afviser forsøget fra
Norge og siger, at der blev brugt så store mængder, at musecellerne
ville have været slået ihjel, uanset hvilket stof der var brugt.

Sven E. Lindgren is professor at the Swedish National Food
Administration and at the Department of Microbiology, Swedish University
of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Dr. Anna Ferro-Luzzi <afl@...>
(1934), Italian, Director (1980-2001) Unit of Human Nutrition at
National Institute for Research on Foods and Nutrition (INRAN),
currently Head WHO Collaboration Centre on Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
Medical nutritionist. Member of SCF of European Commission (1989-2000),
member/adviser on several consultations/ study groups of FAO and WHO.
Editorial responsibilities for several international nutrition journals.
Research interests: links between diet and chronic diseases, nutritional
surveillance, nutrition policy, nutritional epidemiology, population
studies on human adaptation to chronic energy deficiency and
agro-climatic seasonality in Third World countries.

Prof. Bevan Moseley <bevmos@...>
before he retired, Bevan Moseley was head of the Institute of Food
Research, Reading Laboratory
Reading, Berkshire, UK

Andreu Palou <andreu.palou@...>
University professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Fundamental Biology and Sciences of the Health
University of the Balearic Islands
Edifício Guillem Colom Casasnovas Cra Valldemossa, km 7.5
07071 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Tel: 971 173170 Fax: 971 173184 Page Web: http://palou.uib.es

Wim H.M. Saris <W.SARIS@...> Professor, Scientific Director
Maastricht University, Nutrition Research Centre, Dept. of Human
Biology, P. O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Josef Schlatter <josef.schlatter@...>
Dr., Head of Department
Abteilung für Toxikologie, Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen
Zürich (Schweiz) Switzerland

Paul P. Tobback Prof. Em. Dr. ir.
Departement Levensmiddelen en Microbiële Technologie
Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee (België)

Philippe Verger <philippe.verger@....>
Dr., Direction Scientifique
"Nutrition Humaine et Sécurité Alimentaire", Institut National de la
Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France

Jean-Michel Wal <wal@...> Dr, Director,
Laboratoire d'Immuno-Allergie Alimentaire, Service de Pharmacologie et
Immunologie (SPI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Centre d'etudes de Saclay, Gif sur Yvette (France)
INRA - Laboratoire Associe Service de
Pharmacologie-Immunologie Centre d'Etudes de Saclay
F - 91191 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX FRANCE
Telephone: 33169089224 Fax: 33169085907

Ronald Walker Professor of Food Science, Food Safety Group
School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey
Guildford (United Kingdom)

Jan Alexander <jan.alexander@...>,
"Susan M. Barlow" <suebarlow@...>,
Angelo Carere <acarere@...>,
Karl-Heinz Engel <k.h.engel@...>,
Albert Flynn <a.flynn@...>,
Berthold Koletzko <berthold.koletzko@...>,
John Christian Larsen <jcr@...>,
Anna Ferro-Luzzi <afl@...>,
Bevan Moseley <bevmos@...>,
Andreu Palou <andreu.palou@...>,
"Wim H.M. Saris" <W.SARIS@...>,
Josef Schlatter <josef.schlatter@...>,
Philippe Verger <philippe.verger@....>,
Jean-Michel Wal <wal@...>,
Taina Sateri <Taina.Sateri@...>
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Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@...
1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-986-9103

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/984
aspartame review: methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid toxicity:
Murray 4.12.3 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/983
aspartame & formaldehyde toxicity: Murray 4.12.3 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
for 989 posts in a public searchable archive

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/ 633 member group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/910
formaldehyde & formic acid from methanol in aspartame:
Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall

It is certain that high levels of aspartame use, above 2 liters daily
for months and years, must lead to chronic formaldehyde-formic acid
toxicity, since 11% of aspartame (1,120 mg in 2L diet soda, 5.6 12-oz
cans) is 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol), immediately released into the
body after drinking (unlike the large levels of methanol locked up in
molecules inside many fruits), then quickly transformed into
formaldehyde, which in turn becomes formic acid, both of which in
time become carbon dioxide and water-- however, about 30% of the
methanol remains in the body as cumulative durable toxic metabolites of
formaldehyde and formic acid-- 37 mg daily, a gram every month.
If 10% of the methanol is retained as formaldehyde, that would give 12
mg daily formaldehyde accumulation, about 60 times more than the 0.2 mg
from 10% retention of the 2 mg EPA daily limit for formaldehyde in
drinking water.

Bear in mind that the EPA limit for formaldehyde in
drinking water is 1 ppm,
or 2 mg daily for a typical daily consumption of 2 L of water.

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

This long-term low-level chronic toxic exposure leads to typical
patterns of increasingly severe complex symptoms, starting with
headache, fatigue, joint pain, irritability, memory loss, and
leading to vision and eye problems and even seizures. In many cases
there is addiction. Probably there are immune system disorders, with a
hypersensitivity to these toxins and other chemicals.

Confirming evidence and a general theory are given by Pall (2002):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/909
testable theory of MCS type diseases, vicious cycle of nitric oxide &
peroxynitrite: MSG: formaldehyde-methanol-aspartame:
Martin L. Pall: Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/946
Functional Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Disease Part 1/2:
Perlmutter 7.15.99: Murray 1.10.3 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/915
formaldehyde toxicity: Thrasher & Kilburn: Shaham: EPA: Gold: Murray:
Wilson: CIIN: 12.12.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/934
24 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] reports:
Murray 12.31.2 rmforall

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/935
Comet assay finds DNA damage from sucralose, cyclamate, saccharin in
mice: Sasaki YF & Tsuda S Aug 2002: Murray 1.1.3 rmforall
[Also borderline evidence, in this pilot study of 39 food additives,
using a test group of 4 mice, for DNA damage from for stomach, colon,
liver, bladder, and lung 3 hr after oral dose of 2000 mg/kg aspartame--
a very high dose.]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/961
genotoxins, Comet assay in mice: Ace-K, stevia fine; aspartame poor;
sucralose, cyclamate, saccharin bad: Y.F. Sasaki Aug 2002:
Murray 1.27.3 rmforall [A detailed look at the data]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/939
aspartame (aspartic acid, phenylalanine) binding to DNA:
Karikas July 1998: Murray 1.5.3 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@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/960
aspartame & MSG: possible role in autoimmune hepatitis:
Prandota Jan 2003: Murray 1.15.3 rmforall

http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
Roberts HJ Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
Townsend Letter 2000 Jan; 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

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/669
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://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@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/864
Murray: Butchko, Tephly, McMartin: Alemany: aspartame formaldehyde
adducts in rats 9.8.2 rmforall
Prof. Alemany vigorously affirms the validity of the Trocho study
against criticism:
Butchko, HH et al [24 authors], Aspartame: review of safety.
Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 2002 April 1; 35 (2 Pt 2): S1-93, review
available for $35, [an industry paid organ]. Butchko:
"When all the research on aspartame, including evaluations in both the
premarketing and postmarketing periods, is examined as a whole, it is
clear that aspartame is safe, and there are no unresolved questions
regarding its safety under conditions of intended use."
[They repeatedly pass on the ageless industry deceit that the methanol
in fruits and vegetables is as as biochemically available as that in
aspartame-- see the 1984 rebuttal by Monte, below.]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/911
RTP ties to industry criticized by CSPI: Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall

http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame 603-225-2100
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
mgold@... 12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301
http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame/abuse/methanol.html
"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"
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