Assertion: aspartame | /r/CapableOf | inducing brain tumors
Facets:
value: in experimental animals
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: On August 1, 1985, FDA toxicologist, Dr. Adrian Gross, told the Senate that at least one of Searle's studies has established beyond any reasonable doubt that aspartame is capable of inducing brain tumors in experimental animals and that this predisposition of it is of extremely high significance.
text: “established beyond any reasonable doubt that aspartame is capable of inducing brain tumors in experimental animals and that this predisposition of it is of extremely high significance.
text: Furthermore, Gross later stated that Searle's own studies "established beyond a reasonable doubt that aspartame is capable of inducing brain tumors in experimental animals.
text: He stated in his testimony that Searle's studies were "to a large extent unreliable" and that "at least one of those studies has established beyond any reasonable doubt that aspartame is capable of inducing brain tumors in experimental animals...."
text: This conclusion was reached despite the testimony of Dr. M. Adrian Gross, a former senior FDA toxicologist, who stated that Searle's studies were largely unreliable and that least one of the studies has established beyond any reasonable doubt that aspartame is capable of inducing brain tumors in experimental animals, and that by allowing aspartame to be placed on the market, the FDA has violated the Delaney Amendment, which makes it illegal for any residues of cancer-causing chemicals to be permitted in foods.