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Originally Posted by Stompy
Think of it this way: If it was REALLY a problem, the FDA would do something about it.
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Sorry. You may be right and aspartame may be harmless. But FDA action or reaction is no guideline. At the top, politics rule, especially when the issue and/or proof on either side is inconclusive. Rather than keep digging, the FDA will make a finding that is a compromise between scientific rigor and corporate pressure (through friends of the drug industry in Congress and the administration).
Sometimes it's a bad compromise. A few years back, there was pressure from Congress (and industry) to "fast-track" testing of certain drugs if the drug company's own test results were positive. One particular drug, a weight-loss pill, got fast-tracked out into the marketplace after minimal testing. Six months later they pulled it from the market because many users' cardiovascular systems were failing castastrophically; some died, some needed heart-lung transplants to keep going. I talked to a guy whose wife was on machines until her transplant came up.
We all have to have unstinting faith in something or someone. God may deserve it, but not the FDA.