According to Dr. Rona there has never been a report of an adverse reaction linked to stevia, while complaints flood in which blame seizures, blindness, brain tumors and even death on aspartame. The FDA Report itself lists 92 documented symptoms, including death. They are not even acknowledging to the press the true number of complaints and even in Congress it was admitted that they have gone so far as to refer complaints to the AIDS Hotline to prevent their record. A paper distributed at the First International Conference on Emerging Diseases written by Dr. Roberts has declared Aspartame to be a disease and worldwide epidemic. In 1991, the FDA banned stevia imports for use in foods at the request of an aspartame manufacturer.
Stevia is also non- patentable, another undesirable feature for the drug barons.
Dozens of well-designed studies of stevia's safety, chemistry and stability for use in different food products have been published worldwide.