Originally published October 11 2005
Showdown begins to develop in New Mexico over aspartame hearings
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson supports the Environmental Protection Board's proposal for hearings to ban aspartame in the summer of 2006, but a legal confrontation seems inevitable, as food industry attorneys are beginning to publicize their side of the argument.
Bill Richardson doesn't think the federal government is doing enough to protect the public from possible dangers of aspartame.
He said Wednesday that he supports a decision this week by the Environmental Improvement Board to hold hearings next summer on the safety of the sugar substitute, commonly known as Equal or NutraSweet.
It is an ingredient in about 6,000 products.
Critics of the sweetener have claimed it causes cancers and other health problems, despite the fact that it has been approved as safe in countries around the world.
T. J. Trujillo, Santa Fe attorney for a low calorie products industry group, said Wednesday he and his clients are still exploring whether they have any grounds for an immediate appeal to block the hearing.
In the meantime, industry representatives will reach out to New Mexico government officials and policy advisers, he said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for determining the safety of food additives, approved aspartame in l981.
FDA spokeswoman Kimberly Rawlings said officials there are aware of the New Mexico board's action and are keeping an eye on what happens next.
I would suspect they are the same in other states and countries.
I think its of interest that attorneys for Calorie Control Council, the aspartame industry front group, said they are exploring whether they have grounds for appeal to block the hearing.
Since they push this toxin as safe, they should embrace this hearing.
Perhaps the thousands and thousands of victims who are invited to New Mexico to testify?
Or maybe because now Italian researchers who declared malignant brain tumors, lymphoma and leukemia after a three year study have now added kidney cancer among other cancers.
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