Originally published February 22 2006
Advocate writes on behalf of New Mexico aspartame ban
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Stephen Fox, a driving force behind the push in New Mexico to ban aspartame, writes about the legal process that could lead to greater consumer protection in his home state.
Bills to ban Neurotoxic Sweetener Aspartame in New Mexico Legislature will result in a New Era of Consumer Protection in the USA, but their survival and further progress in short session depends entirely on Gov.
Aspartame's days may be numbered, given the implications of this national precedent for a state legislature to consider prohibiting specifically this FDA approved product.
Aspartame, sometimes called NutraSweet, is a proven neurotoxin and carcinogen found in 6000 food products and in over 500 pharmaceutical preparations, despite clear proof of its toxicity.
For example, the Ramazzini Foundation Report is posted on the website of the USA National Institute of Health.
Regulatory mechanisms at the state level have largely failed, been postponed and even ignored, due to corporate pressure and manipulation, largely by Ajinomoto of Japan, the world's largest Aspartame and Monosodium Glutamate manufacturer.
Why not immediately switch to a non-toxic harmless natural sweetener like Stevia?
Indeed, conversations between Coca Cola's lobbyist and Vice President of New Mexico operations and the bill's author occurred January 17, in which the bill's author recommended precisely such a course of action to the CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board of Coca Cola, presumably by now relayed by the lobbyist to them.
Hoping to hide behind their product's FDA approval, industry lobbyists and corporate lawyers will bitterly complain to legislative committees that any state action to ban an incontrovertibly proven neurotoxic multi-potential carcinogen like aspartame is automatically preempted by the Supremacy Clause and the Interstate Commerce Clause in the Constitution.
For more information on the Ramazzini Foundation for Oncology study proving carcinogenicity, go to the website for the United States National Institute of Health, where it has been posted since mid-November 2005, with seemingly little comprehension of this in any branch of government.
If you don't do Internet, call the office of Senator Bingaman and Congressman Udall.
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