The Medical Freedom Channel

“A new study links small doses of the popular artificial sweetener aspartame to leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it will review the data, but will not rush to judgment on the sweetener, which can be found in the sugar substitutes Equal and NutraSweet, as well as in diet sodas and food. The study followed a group of 4,000 rats who were given low daily doses of aspartame (comparable to what a dedicated human diet soda drinker might consume) beginning during ‘prenatal’ life, according to a report in the Consumerist.com. The rats were dissected after natural death and the effects of the aspartame calculated.” [editor’s note: Now that someone other than CSPI is raising this issue, it might get some notice even from the FDA - SAT] (06/28/07)