Issue #116 - October 25, 2000
*** Timeline for The Approval of Aspartame ***
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Issue #117 - October 25, 2000
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*Table of Contents*
1. *** Timeline for The Approval of Aspartame ***
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*** Timeline for The Approval of Aspartame ***
(From the article by Michael Goodspeed. The content of this article has been provided by Dr. Lendon Smith and edited by Dorothy McDonald. )
** These are the events leading to NutraSweet's approval by the FDA **
1969 - Dr. Harry Waisman fed aspartame mixed with milk to monkeys. One died after 300 days of aspartame and five others had grand mal seizures. Searle deleted this negative study when the company submitted safety evidence to the FDA.
1970 - The FDA banned cyclamate during the time that the safety of saccharin was being questioned. The time seemed ripe for aspartame.
1971 - Dr. John Olney, a research psychiatrist, told Searle that aspartic acid caused "holes in the brains of mice."
1974 - Searle people said these studies raised "no health problems." Searle told the FDA about these findings after approval was granted.
1975 - Many of the test animals fed aspartame developed large TUMORS. These were NOT reported to the FDA.
1977 - Despite the many complaints about aspartame, William Conlon and Thomas Sullivan, the US attorneys, took no action, in five years the statute of limitations for a grand jury investigation expired. A year later Conlon took a position with the law firm that represents Searle. (U.S. Attorney, Samuel Skinner did the same and ended up Chief of Staff in Bush's White House. ed.)
1980 - A Public Board of Inquiry of three scientists was activated. These (2 MDs and one Ph.D.) voted to ban aspartame. . Because of those negative findings a five member Commissioner's Team of Scientists was impaneled: Three said ban; two said it was safe. Another member was added, resulting in a deadlock. Dr. Jacqueline Verrett, PhD, toxicologist on the team said, "Bureau officials were working up to a whitewash. Safety questions remain unanswered."
1981 - Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr. was appointed the new FDA Commissioner and overruled the Public Board of Inquiry's recommended ban of aspartame. He said his approval was part of the Reagan administration's new reform! Throughout the 1980's Searle argued that the best evidence of aspartame's safety was the fact that it had been approved in more than 60 countries. But these foreign approvals had been based on the controversial test noted above and the questionable approval of the FDA. It was approved as a "food additive," and hence, exempt from continued safety monitoring. (Searle is not obligated to monitor any adverse reactions.)
1983 - THE NATIONAL SOFT DRINK ASSOCIATION wrote to the FDA that aspartame was breaking down in warm climates. But the Association later accepted aspartame. Dr. Hayes office approved the use of aspartame in soft drinks just two months before he quit his job as FDA chief. He then obtained a job with a public relations firm who represents NutraSweet.
1984 - Seven million pounds of NutraSweet are swallowed by about 100,000 people.
1985 - Reports of side-effects mount.
1987 - ACSN is founded by Mary Nash Stoddard and consumer advocate, James Turner. They believe aspartame should be recalled and retested as a drug.
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