From: Jaffe, Lyle D Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:58 AM To: Dockets, FDA Subject: FW: Sierra Times on Aspartame -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Betty Martini [mailto:Bettym19@mindspring.com] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:02 AM To: Activist List-yahoogroups.com Cc: Jeannie.Ertter-Prego-cfsan.fda.gov Subject: Sierra Times on Aspartame > > >http://www.sierratimes.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard//topic.cgi?forum=14&topic=517 > >By: Henrietta Bowman > >A spotlight post on aspartame may seem to be a strange subject for me to >write about. As you will soon see, it is not. It is no secret our federal >government is controlled by the financial-corporate elites of America. One >of the reasons the Internet is so dangerous to the powers that be is that >major search engines like Google have literally opened the world to >researchers like myself. Like Forrest Gump said, "Life is like a box of >chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." The same is true when >you type in a few search words into Google. Such is the case for today's post. > >G.D. Searle & Co. developed aspartame. Donald Rumsfeld was Chief Executive >Officer of G.D. Searle & Co. from 1977 to 1985. Controlling interest of >G.D. Searle & Co. is owned by the Rockefeller's Chase Manhattan Bank, as >is Monsanto. > >James Turner, the anti-aspartame advocate alleges that Searle hired >Rumsfeld to handle the aspartame approval difficulties as a "legal problem >rather than a scientific problem." > >A former G.D. Searle salesperson, Patty Wood-Allott, revealed that Donald >Rumsfeld, president of Searle, told his sales force that, if necessary, >"he would call in all his markers and that no matter what, he would see to >it that aspartame would be approved that year." (mgold, Gordon, US Senate >Record) The FDA had >refused to approve aspartame for 16 years because it triggered brain tumors. > >Rumsfeld has served in every Republican presidential administration since >Nixon, and he has been an executive of and/or on the boards of numerous >companies, including G.D. Searle & Co. (now a subsidiary of Pharmacia); >General Instrument (bought by Motorola); Gulfstream Aerospace (bought by >General Dynamics); Gialead Sciences; The Tribune Co. (owner of The Chicago >Tribune); Amylin Pharmaceuticals; Asea Brown Boveri; Kellogg; Sears; and >Allstate. These are Rockefeller-controlled companies. To call Rumsfeld a >Rockefeller Republican is an understatement. He was definitely bought and >paid for, groomed to represent Rockefeller interests. Through these >corporations, Rumsfeld is connected to some of the most powerful >non-governmental men in America. > >Anyone who uses aspartame may want to stop after reading the linked >articles in this post. According to researcher Alex Constantine, regarding >the safety of aspartame, "Deficiencies in testing were aggravated by a >lack of laboratory training at Searle. One of the pivotal safety studies >involved fetal damage, but the FDA task force found that the medical >researcher in charge was 'inexperienced in conducting studies of this >nature and yet given full responsibility.' They were appalled to discover >that his sole credential was a field study of the cottontail rabbit for >the Illinois Wildlife Service, yet at Searle he'd been assigned to >laboratory training and supervision. When asked about his *curriculum >vitae* in fetal research, he replied that he'd once attended a seminar on >the subject, and the company had provided him with a stack of reference >works.(Yet G.D. Searle, in its 1981 Annual Report, billed itself as 'a >research based pharmaceutical company.') > >Says Constantine, "Based on the ersatz assurances of the CDC report, >PepsiCo announced that it would drop saccharine and begin sweetening its >diet drinks entirely with aspartame. The decision would have been approved >by Wayne Calloway, then CEO of PepsiCo and director of the multinationals >Citicorp, General Electric and Exxon." These are all >Rockefeller-controlled interests. > >Attention Deficit Disorder children and ADHD, which is the hyperactive >form of Attention Deficit Disorder > >Since aspartame was approved, Attention Deficit Disorder dianoses have >literally exploded among our children. The two happenings are definitely >linked. Toddlers as young as two years old are being drugged with Ritalin >and other psychotropic drugs. Parents, be sure to read 'Interview with >Neurosurgeon Russell >Blaylock'( >http://aspartamekills.com/blaylock.htm >. > >In defining ADD, clinical psychologist Grad L. Flick said, "Recent >research suggests that ADD is a physiological disorder characterized by >some structural or chemically-based neurotransmitter problem in the >nervous system. It appears to be inherited, although ADD-like behavior can >also be acquired through brain injury, exposure to toxins, or high fever." >Dr. Flick should concentrate on the toxins angle, specifically the toxins >in aspartame. > >Recall if you will, Bush recently called for all Americans to be screened >for mental illness. The president's commission found that "despite their >prevalence, mental disorders often go undiagnosed" and recommended >comprehensive mental health screening for "consumers of all ages," >including preschool children. According to the commission, "Each year, >young children are expelled from preschools and childcare facilities for >severely disruptive behaviours and emotional disorders." Schools, wrote >the commission, are in a "key position" to screen the 52 million students >and 6 million adults who work at the schools. Again, most symptoms relate >to aspartame poisoning. > >Neuroleptic drugs (also known as antipsychotics or antipsychotic drugs, >tranquilizers, psychotropics or psychotropic drugs), which are used to >treat Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD, shorten life span, destroy >sexual function and fertility, take away sense of well being, precipitate >violent behavior, etc. The main function of neuroleptics is blockage of >dopamine receptors in the brain. (Or as a future report of mine will >prove; the destruction of dopamine receptors.) Neuroleptics block dopamine >D2 receptors in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter and a receptor >is the "keyhole" which dopamine (like a key) plugs into for neuronal >communication. Aspartame changes the ratio of amino acids in the blood, >blocking or lowering the levels of serotonin, tyrosine, dopamine, >norepinephrine, and adrenaline. Therefore, it is typical that aspartame >symptoms cannot be detected in lab tests and on x-rays. Textbook disorders >and diseases may actually be a toxic load as a result of aspartame poisoning. > >Is there a diabetic in your family? Anti-aspartame advocate Nancy Marle >states, "Aspartame is especially deadly for diabetics. All physicians know >what wood alcohol will do to a diabetic. We find that physicians believe >that they have patients with retinopathy, when in fact, it is caused by >the aspartame. The aspartame keeps the blood sugar level out of control, >causing many patients to go into a coma. Unfortunately, many have died. >People were telling us at the Conference of the American College >of Physicians, that they had relatives that switched from saccharin to an >aspartame product and how that relative had eventually gone into a coma. >Their physicians could not get the blood sugar levels under control. Thus, >the patients suffered acute memory loss and eventually coma and death. >Memory loss is due to the fact that aspartic acid and phenylalanine are >neurotoxic without the other amino acids found in protein. Thus it goes >past the blood brain barrier and deteriorates the neurons of the brain." > >My mother-in-law is a diabetic and consumes a lot of aspartame and the >above paragraph could have been written expressly describing her >condition. I will be calling my sister-in-law this evening and tell her to >take Gracie off of aspartame immediately. While suffering all the symptoms >listed here, Gracie's mental condition has deteriorated to the point my >76-year-old mother-in-law recently informed the family she was pregnant by >her 22-year-old boyfriend. Needless to say, the pregnancy is as imaginary >as the boyfriend. > >Woodrow Wilson stated during his first presidential campaign in 1912: "The >masters of the government of the United States are the combined >capitalists and manufacturers of the United States. It is written over >every intimate page of the record of Congress, it is written all through >the history of conferences at the White House, that the suggestions of >economic policy in this country have come from one source, not from many >sources. The benevolent guardians, the kind-hearted trustees who have >taken the troubles of government off our hands have become so conspicuous >that almost anybody can write out a list of them... The big bankers, the >big manufacturers, the big masters of commerce, the heads of railroad >corporations... The government of the United States at present is a foster >child of the special interests." > >Congressman E.E. Cox (Dem-Georgia) said that in the field of social reform >and international relations, many foundations "have brought down on >themselves harsh and just condemnation." The first foundation he mentioned >was the Rockefeller Foundation. Cox asserted that its funds "have been >used to finance individuals and organizations whose business it has been >to get communism into the private and public schools of the country, to >talk down America and play up Russia . . ." > >I.G. Farben-Rockefeller progeny and beneficiaries include Bayer, American >Home Products, Abbott Laboratories, Merck, Pfizer, and Sterling Drug. > >In addition to financing the eco-nuts, anti-gunners and NWO folks, the >Rockefellers have financed Hitler and the Russians -- from Lenin onwards >-- the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood, the Eugenic Society (where Hitler >got his "final solution" ideas), helped the U.N.'s World Health >Organization spread AIDS all over Africa, helped kill thousands with >Merck's AZT for AIDS patients, made zombies out of our children with their >psychotropic drugs and dumbed our kids down with their control over public >education. They control our money supply and politicians, control the >healthcare, insurance and pharmaceuticals. They also have heavy influence >in our food supply. > >I find it more than just a bit coincidental, that the folks who gave us >aspartame, also profit mightily from the drugs used to treat the myriad of >health problems associated with aspartame. This post is a huge one. Don't >try to absorb it all at one sitting. > >--Henrietta > >Adverse reactions and side effects of aspartame include: > >Eye >blindness in one or both eyes >decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright >flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision >pain in one or both eyes >decreased tears >trouble with contact lenses >bulging eyes > >Ear >tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound >severe intolerance of noise >marked hearing impairment > >Neurologic >epileptic seizures >headaches, migraines and some severe >dizziness, unsteadiness, both >confusion, memory loss, both >severe drowsiness and sleepiness >paresthesia or numbness of the limbs >severe slurring of speech >severe hyperactivity and restless legs >atypical facial pain >severe tremors > >Psychological/Psychiatric >severe depression >irritability >aggression >anxiety >personality changes >insomnia >phobias > >Chest >palpitations, tachycardia >shortness of breath >recent high blood pressure > >Gastrointestinal >nausea >diarrhea, sometimes with blood in stools >abdominal pain >pain when swallowing > >Skin and Allergies >itching without a rash >lip and mouth reactions >hives >aggravated respiratory allergies such as asthma > >Endocrine and Metabolic >loss of control of diabetes >menstrual changes >marked thinning or loss of hair >marked weight loss >gradual weight gain >aggravated low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) >severe PMS > >Other >frequency of voiding and burning during urination >excessive thirst, fluid retention, leg swelling, and bloating >increased susceptibility to infection > >Additional Symptoms of Aspartame Toxicity include the most critical >symptoms of all >death >irreversible brain damage >birth defects, including mental retardation >peptic ulcers >aspartame addiction and increased craving for sweets >hyperactivity in children >severe depression >aggressive behavior >suicidal tendencies > >Aspartame may trigger, mimic, or cause the following illnesses: >Chronic Fatigue Syndrome >Epstein-Barr >Post-Polio Syndrome >Lyme Disease >Graves Disease >Menieres Disease >Alzheimers Disease >ALS >Epilepsy >Multiple Sclerosis (MS) >EMS >Hypothyroidism >Mercury sensitivity from Amalgam fillings >Fibromyalgia >Lupus >non-Hodgkins Lymphoma >Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) > >These are not allergies or sensitivities, but diseases and disease >syndromes. Aspartame poisoning is commonly misdiagnosed because aspartame >symptoms mock textbook disease symptoms, such as Graves Disease. > >http://www.newswithviews.com/NWVexclusive/exclusive27.htm > > >NEW MOVIE, 'SWEET MISERY', CHRONICLES MEDICAL HORRORS OF ASPARTAME > >July 6, 2004 > >Posted 1:06 AM Eastern > > >NewsWithViews.com > >The controversy over aspartame, found in all diet soft drinks, popular >diet lemonade products, pudding and more than 5,000 food products, >continues to draw concern in light of recent media reports. Aspartame, >distributed by G. D. Searle & Co., has been called on the carpet by the >FDA in the past for making misleading and potentially dangerous claims >about their products. > >Decades ago, Dr. John W. Olney informed G.D. Searle that aspartic acid >caused holes in the brains of mice. Dr. Olney insisted Searle replicate >studies in his office. They showed brain damage. Searle never gave those >studies to the FDA nor did Searle inform the FDA of this study until after >aspartame's approval. None of the tests submitted by G.D. Searle to the >FDA contradicted these findings (Olney 1970, Gordon 1987, page 493 of US >Senate 1987). > >Now comes a new movie, 'Sweet Misery,' which chronicles the medical >horrors of aspartame. Claims have been made that aspartame may produce an >MS-like syndrome as well as Parkinson's symptoms, i.e. shaking. Dr. Betty >Martini, who has spent decades on this issue brings up the case of Michael >J. Fox and Parkinson's. According to Dr. Martini, Fox is a former Diet >Pepsi spokesman and reportedly is addicted to that product. "Indeed, how >could Michael Fox develop Parkinson's at the age of 30, an old man's >disease? But aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal, etc.) can precipitate >Parkinson's and as a neurotoxic drug even interacts with L-dopa." > >http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/hambone/npoi2.html > > >Nutrapoison Part 2 > >Rumsfeld's part in the aspartame cover-up > >http://presidiotex.com/nutrapoison.html > > >The entire Nutrapoison report -- a real eye-opener. HB > > > >http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Lbushmonsanto.htm > > >Subject: FW: Bush & Monsanto: Today's Pelican Brief >Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 20:47:35 -0700 > > >BUSH AND MONSANTO >*************************** > >The information below is from Robert Cohen, Executive Director of the >Dairy Education Board. (http://www.notmilk.com). It shows how the >corporations control our government so as to continue to dilute and even >poison our food supply in the name of profit. > >John Grisham wrote the best selling novel, the Pelican Brief. Julia >Roberts and Denzel Washington starred in the blockbuster movie in which >two Supreme Court justices are assassinated so that an evil oil >billionaire can petition the president to appoint environmentally >unfriendly justices to America's highest court. It's all about politics, >multi-national firms, and dollars. > >Today's Pelican Brief >In 1994, Monsanto Agricultural Company gained approval for their >genetically engineered bovine growth hormone. That hormone became the most >controversial drug application in the history of America's Food and Drug >Administration (FDA). Monsanto's hormone caused cancer in laboratory >animals, and was banned in Europe and Canada. Monsanto's genetically >engineered crops continue to make headline news throughout the world, and >their patented seeds have become the seeds of controversy. > >http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=1148 > >Cheney, Rumsfeld Help Coverup CIA Scientist's Murder >Gordon Thomas - Globe-Intel 23 August, 2002 > >The following report may be more than a year old, and and refer to an >event fifty years ago, but it throws interesting new light current >affairs. Largely ignored by the mainstream media, what follows explores >the murky past of two key members of the Bush administration, Cheney and >Rumsfeld. Ed. > >Secret documents have revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney and >Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld are "linked to the murder" of a >former senior CIA scientist. > >In 1953 Frank Olson, who was a key member of the CIAs secret brainwashing >programme MK-ULTRA, was sent plunging from a New York hotel window. > > > >http://www.dorway.com/guilford.html > >ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER, ASPARTAME, (EQUAL, NUTRASWEET) >LINKED TO BREAST CANCER AND GULF WAR SYNDROME > >A compilation of relevant research evidence >By Carol Guilford > > Strong statistical evidence links the artificial sweetener, aspartame >(Equal, NutraSweet) to breast cancer. Aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet) is >added to over 5,000 food and drink products and is sold in almost 100 >countries. > > There is chemical proof that the synthetic amino acids that compose >aspartame-- phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and the methanol in which >they are bound, are poison, neurotoxins. Phenylalanine (50% of >aspartame) causes seizures and degrades into DKP, a tumor causing agent. >Aspartic acid (40% of aspartame) caused holes in the brains of mice >(Dr. John Olney, neuroscientist, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.) > > Methanol (wood alcohol, 10% of aspartame) is a cumulative toxin in >the body. Since it is "free" methanol", appearing without ethanol (the >antidote for methanol toxicity always present in natural food such as >fruit juice), the methanol in aspartame is lethal. Methanol destroys >the optic nerve and can cause blindness. Fetal tissue cannot tolerate >methanol. > > > >http://www.wnho.net/aspartameandgulfwar.htm > > >THE CASE FOR ASPARTAME DISEASE BEING GULF WAR ILLNESS, LOU GEHRIGS >By Dr. Betty Martini > >About this issue of Gulf War Illness and Lou Gehrigs, you probably know >there was an article published in Neurology in September. Many articles >have appeared about two studies. > >Bob Mackle, Director of Public Information (News from MDA) said on March >10, 2003: > > >"ALS, also known as Lou Gehrigs disease, attacks the muscle controlling >nerve cells called motor neurons, causing the muscles connected to them to >waste away. There is no cure and many people with the disease succumb to >respiratory failure within three to five years of diagnosis. A new study >published on-line by Nature Genetics shows that genetic defects affecting >a supply line within motor neurons can lead to an ALS-like disease." > >So what does aspartate (excitotoxin in aspartame) do? On the back cover of >Dr. Blaylock's book it gives the definition of an excitotoxin: "A >substance added to foods and beverages that literally stimulates neurons >to death, causing brain damage of varying degrees. Can be found in such >ingredients as monosodium glutamate, aspartame (NutraSweet), cysteine, >hydrolyzed protein, and aspartic acid." (Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills) > > > >http://www.juiceguy.com/Gulf-War-Syndrome.shtml > > >Tests on 26 Navy veterans with Gulf War syndrome reveal >brain damagesymptomatic of chemical poisoning >reported Dr. Jim Hom of the University of Texas Medical Center. >(Reuters 8/1/97). The victims showed fatigue, >imbalance, confusion, pain, sleep problems and a "global" >pattern of brain damage including depreciated memory, >intelligence, attention span, language use, co-ordination >and the entire function of the brain. > >Identical symptoms are on a list of 10,000 consumer >complaints of aspartame disease compiled by the FDA. >92 reactions on the list including seizures, tremors, >comas, loss of vision, disequilibrium, memory loss, >fatigue, neurological, headaches, speech impairment, >sleep problems, unsteady gait and DEATH. >Aspartame is the technical name of the chemical >sold as NutraSweet and Equal by Monsanto Chemical Co., >the largest manufacturer of poisons on the planet. >In l986 a petition to ban aspartame because consumers >were going blind was ignored by the FDA who are loyal to >Monsanto. > >In a game of musical desks many Monsanto/Searle NutraSweet >executives and Government officials including federal attorneys >assigned to prosecute Searle for fraudulent test reports have >swapped jobs. 83 independent studies have found serious >problems with aspartame (60 Minutes 12/29/96). >Studies funded by the manufacturer say aspartame is healthy >as rain, yet even a pivotal study, RAO, on 7 infant monkeys >caused 6 out of 7 (one died) to have grand mal seizures >which only stopped when the chemical was withdrawn. > > > >http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=17812 > > >2-year-olds now get psychotropic drugs >Report revives debate over causes, cures for 'attention deficit disorder' > > >By Julie Foster >) 2000 WorldNetDaily.com > >The Journal of the American Medical Association has released a report >showing "psychotropic medications prescribed for preschoolers increased >dramatically between 1991 and 1995," causing a revival in the debate over >a "medical condition" some are saying is not a behavioral disorder >requiring medication, but rather the result of bad parenting. > >JAMA's report, issued last week, said the number of 2- to 4-year-olds on >psychiatric drugs including Ritalin and anti-depressants like Prozac >soared 50 percent in the early '90s. > >http://rense.com/general53/screen.htm > >Bush To Screen Everyone >For 'Mental Illness' >All 'Disruptive' Children To Be Forcibly Medicated? >By Jeanne Lenzer >British Medical Journal >6-19-4 > > >NEW YORK -- A sweeping mental health initiative will be unveiled by >President George W Bush in July. The plan promises to integrate mentally >ill patients fully into the community by providing "services in the >community, rather than institutions," according to a March 2004 progress >report entitled New Freedom Initiative >(www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/newfreedom/toc-2004.html). While some praise >the plan's goals, others say it protects the profits of drug companies at >the expense of the public. > >Bush established the New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in April 2002 >to conduct a "comprehensive study of the United States mental health >service delivery system." The commission issued its recommendations in >July 2003. Bush instructed more than 25 federal agencies to develop an >implementation plan based on those recommendations. > >The president's commission found that "despite their prevalence, mental >disorders often go undiagnosed" and recommended comprehensive mental >health screening for "consumers of all ages," including preschool >children. According to the commission, "Each year, young children are >expelled from preschools and childcare facilities for severely disruptive >behaviours and emotional disorders." Schools, wrote the commission, are in >a "key position" to screen the 52 million students and 6 million adults >who work at the schools. > > > >http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/aspartame.htm > > >The Connection between Aspartame (Artificial Sweetener) and Panic Attacks, >Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Memory Problems, and Other Mental Symptoms > >(The following article is a letter to the editor written to Time Magazine. >It is posted here because of its excellent references on the relationship >between aspartame and mental symptoms. Further references are at the end >of this article) > >http://www.medical-library.net/sites/_aspartame_disease.html > > >Aspartame Disease > >Article written by Nancy Markle (11/20/97) (Note from Martini - I was the >one who lectured for the World Environmental Conference rather than Nancy >Markle. Information on www.dorway.com/nomarkle.html including invitation >to speak.) > >I have spent several days lecturing at the World Environmental Conference >on "Aspartame, Marketed as 'NutraSweet', 'Equal', and 'Spoonful'." In the >keynote address by the EPA, they announced that there was an epidemic of >multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus, and they did not understand what >toxin was causing this to be rampant across the United States. > >I explained that I was there to lecture on exactly that subject. When the >temperature of Aspartame exceeds 86 degrees F, the wood alcohol in >aspartame coverts to formaldehyde and then to formic acid, which in turn >causes metabolic acidosis. (Formic acid is the poison found in the sting >of fire ants). The methanol toxicity mimics multiple sclerosis; thus >people were being diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis in error. The >multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is. > >In the case of systemic lupus, we are finding it has become almost as >rampant as multiple sclerosis, especially Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi >drinkers. Also, with methanol toxicity, the victims usually drink three to >four 12 oz. cans of them per day, some even more. In the cases of systemic >lupus, which is triggered by aspartame, the victim usually does not know >that the aspartame is the culprit. The victim continues its use >aggravating the lupus to such a degree, that sometimes it becomes life >threatening. When we get people off the aspartame, those with systemic >lupus usually become asymptomatic. Unfortunately, we can not reverse this >disease. > > >http://www.sumeria.net/health/drug1b.html > > >In 1939 the Drug Trust was formed by an alliance of the world's two >greatest cartels in world history - the Rockefeller Empire and the German >chemical company, I.G. Farbenindustrie (I.G. Farben). Drug profits from >that time onwards curved upwards into gigantic proportions and by 1948 it >became a 10 billion dollar a year industry. (57) > >I.G. Farben's unsavoury past is highlighted by the fact that during the >Second World War it built and operated a massive chemical plant at >Auschwitz using slave labour. Approximately 300,000 concentration-camp >workers passed through I.G. Farben's facilities at Auschwitz and at least >25,000 of them were worked to death. (58) Also, others were brutally >killed in I.G. Farben's drug testing programs. (59) Twelve of I.G. >Farben's top executives were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for >slavery and mistreatment offences at the Nuremberg war crime trials. (60) > >Hoechst and Bayer, the largest and third largest companies in world >pharmaceutical sales respectively, are descended from I.G. Farben. In >September 1955, Hoechst appointed Friedrich Jaehne, a convicted war >criminal from the Nuremberg trials, as Chairman of its supervisory board. >Also, a year later, Bayer appointed Fitz ter Meer, another convicted war >criminal, as Chairman of its board. > >http://www.rawfoodinfo.com/articles/art_pharmaterror.html > > >Pharmaceutical Terrorism >The Backbone of Modern Medicine > >The people who bring you your Bayer Aspirin (Rockefeller company --HB) are >the same folks who built and ran the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. > >Auschwitz was the largest mass extermination factory in human history. Few >people know that Auschwitz was a 100% subsidiary of IG Farben which now >lives on as the Bayer Aspirin company. On April 14, 1941, in Ludwigshafen, >Otto Armbrust, the IG Farben board member responsible for the Auschwitz >project, stated to his IG Farben board colleagues, "our new friendship >with the SS is a blessing. We have determined all measures integrating the >concentration camps to benefit our company." The pharmaceutical >departments of the IG Farben cartel used the victims of the concentration >camps in their own way: thousands of them died during human experiments >such as the testing of new vaccines. > >Bayer experimental drugs were tested on Auschwitz prisoners. One of the SS >doctors at Auschwitz, Dr. Helmut Vetter, a longtime Bayer employee, was >involved in the testing of Bayer experimental vaccines and medicines on >inmates. He was later executed for giving inmates fatal injections. "I >have thrown myself into my work wholeheartedly," he wrote to his bosses at >Bayer headquarters. "Especially as I have the opportunity to test our new >preparations. I feel like I am in paradise." > >http://www.health-report.co.uk/aspartame_deadly_deception.html > >The Deadly Deception of Aspartame by the FDA and Searle > >"The Deadly Deception" cites chapter and verse of the cover up by Searle >and the FDA. Here are some highlights from the book "The Deadly Deception" > >----- >"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a >reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the >very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for >independence." -- Charles A. 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