Howard Metzenbaum of the Senate Committe on Labor and Human Resources to Senator Orrin Hatch, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources February 25, 1986. Dear Orrin: "I am at a loss to comprehend the thrust of your recent letters on my request for hearings on the safety concerns raised in the scientific community regarding NutraSweet..." (asapartame) ttp://www.russellblaylockmd.com Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills Dr. Blaylock discusses the toxic effects of a number of food additives, including MSG (monosodium glutamate), aspartame and L-cystein. Aspartame Letter to Food Products Association "Because aspartame is so widely consumed, it is urgent that the FDA evaluate whether aspartame still poses a 'reasonable certainty of no harm,' the standard used for gauging the safety of food additives," said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson. "But consumers, particularly parents, shouldn't wait for the FDA to act. People shouldn't panic, but they should stop buying beverages and foods containing aspartame... ...As a result of the new study, for the first time CSPI downgraded aspartame on its online Chemical Cuisine directory from a "use caution" rating to "everyone should avoid." CSPI also urges everyone to avoid the artificial sweeteners acesulfame potassium and saccharin..." A Request to the Public and the Media We ask you to tell the truth, if you dare, and stop the cover-up concerning the poison marketed as aspartame. It is has been yet another SAD SAD week for truth and journalism. On the 23rd October 2007, the Daily Mail in the UK