Canada MP Francis Scarpaleggia calls for ban on bisphenol A: review re environmental sensitivity (4 million in Canada) by Michel Gaudet, Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec: Murray 2007.05.10

Canada MP Francis Scarpaleggia calls for ban on bisphenol A: review re
environmental sensitivity (4 million in Canada) by Michel Gaudet,
Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec: Murray
2007.05.10
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1424


http://thesuburban.com/content.jsp?s...0&cnid=1011493

Toxic items a far-reaching problem

By Irene Chwalkowski, The Suburban May 5 2007

Francis Scarpaleggia calls for a ban on bisphenol A,
a toxic substance found in common household goods. [ photo ]

A toxic substance found in many common household goods
is still widely used in North America and Europe,
despite scientific studies that show bisphenol A
leeches into food and beverages.

Lac St. Louis MP Francis Scarpaleggia,
introduced a private member's bill to the House of Commons
last Friday calling for a ban on bisphenol A -
which acts like the hormone estrogen -
and is found in items that include water and baby bottles,
the plastic linings in most food cans, dental sealants,
microwaveable plastics, sports helmets and CDs.

"Numerous studies have linked it to lowered sperm counts,
increased risks of infertility, breast and prostate cancer,
neurological disorders and obesity,"
said Scarpaleggia in a press release.

"Bisphenol A is so toxic it is one of 200 substances
recently identified by Environment Canada
as potentially dangerous to humans
and most in need of further study."

Scarpaleggia pointed out that 90 percent
of the more than 150 independent and government funded studies
conducted over the last 10 years say that bisphenol A
"is damaging to humans even at very low doses."

Yet industry representatives argue the science is controversial.

Michel Gaudet, vice-president of
The Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec (AEHAQ)
said in a phone interview Monday that this controversy exists
and that not a single of the dozen major studies
funded by the chemical industry
has come up with results similar to the independent studies.

"For the industry there's never a problem.
It's like (what) the tobacco industry used to say.
We have to wait for more people to get sick before we do anything,"
Gaudet said.

"It's in baby bottles.
Babies represent only 30 percent of the population,
but 100 percent of our future."

The problem is far-reaching.

A recent report commissioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission
prepared by prominent doctors and architects on
environmental sensitivities identified a syndrome called
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

MCS is a disorder that occurs when people become
sensitive to chemical exposures in their everyday environment
at levels well below those commonly tolerated
or considered acutely toxic.

Statistics Canada reported in January 2007
that approximately three percent of Canadians
have been diagnosed with MCS,
which commonly overlaps with chronic fatigue syndrome
and fibromyalgia.

Five percent of Canadians (1.2 million people)
have been diagnosed with at least one of these disorders.

Of the five percent of Canadians diagnosed,
2.4 percent reported MCS, 1.5 percent FM and 1.3 percent CFS.

Among these individuals, at least 14 percent had two of the three
conditions.

The AEHAQ strongly advises the Canadian government
to take responsibility for the many Canadians who suffer with MCS
and to push vigorously for MCS to be included in the
International Statistical Classification of Diseases
and Related Health Problems,
published by the World Health Organization.

They would also like to see MCS supported by the federal government
for inclusion in provincial health care billing codes.

Claudine Lanoix, a mother of twin boys,
said she is very careful about not using plastic containers,
especially in the microwave and the freezer.

"I didn't know the name of the toxin," she said.

"But I've been really careful about using glass bowls
and I don't refill my water bottles."

She said she's not sure about the safety of the big water bottles
that are used at her workplace,
and there is a filter incorporated in her fridge,
which she isn't sure about either.

"I also never use aspartame," she said,
adding that she thinks that poses a health risk as well.

Gaudet said that he doesn't know when the ban on bisphenol A
is likely to come into effect.

"With the Environmental Protection Act, they throw [at researchers]
15-20 of the 200 dangerous chemicals to be reviewed.
They give them six months to come up with new data,"
he said, adding that the government
then makes a decision whether or not to ban it.

"We know what the process is, but how will they enforce it?" he said.

2007-05-09 10:47:08

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Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec
Association pour la santé environnementale,
les hypersensibilités et les allergies du Québec

REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT
(CEPA 99)
PRESENTED TO
HOUSE OF COMMONS STANDING COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
on November 6, 2006
by Michel Gaudet, Vice-President
Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec (AEHAQ)
6 Trianon, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Québec H9A 2H8 Canada
Tel : (514) 683-5701 Fax : (514) 683-2468
aehaq@aeha-quebec.ca, www.aeha-quebec.ca


Respected Chair and Members of the Standing Committee on the
Environment
Development. On behalf of the Allergy and Environmental Health
(AEHAQ) I thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment on
Review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999).

AEHAQ is a non-profit organization, created to secure the facilities
and services needed to enhance the lives of people suffering from
environmental sensitivities (ES).

Since the enactment of CEPA 1999, several reports on body burden
testing for chemicals in the USA and Canada have revealed that humans
carry an assortment of chemicals in their bodies.

This synthetic chemical burden has been measured in all parts of the
body and some of them can linger for decades in body fat and be
released during lactation, pregnancy, weight loss and stress.

While some chemicals are known to cause some diseases, complete
information is not available on most of them and the synergistic
effect of carrying this load is unknown.

Also unknown is the effect this will have on future generations.

The effects will certainly not be good.

The recent coverage of this widespread pollution of the population has
been published in the October 2006 issue of the National Geographic.1

This mounting crisis is being exposed and
there is real concern that, without its knowledge or permission,
the public has been part of a chemical experiment,
in which no records have been kept.

Many chemicals are known to initiate or trigger chemical sensitivities,
2 and this phenomenon is known to the pesticide industry.3

In a preliminary study, people who suffer from ES have been
shown to have genes that are less able to detoxify medications and
environmental chemicals,
and therefore may be genetically more susceptible to adverse effects
from exposure to relatively low levels of environmental chemicals.4

ES is a chronic multi-system disorder that can lead to disability.5

ES can occur when people become sensitive to substances or phenomena
in their everyday environment at levels well below what would be
considered to be acceptable to "normal" people.

In part, sensitivity reactions can be triggered by scented and
cleaning products, solvents, volatile organic compounds (VOCs),
petrochemicals, cigarette smoke, pesticides, electromagnetic
radiation, moulds,
vehicle exhaust, etc.

According to the Environmental Health Clinic in Nova Scotia,6
sensitivity reactions can result in a range of disorders marked by
debilitating symptoms affecting multiple organ systems.

Frequency and/or severity of these symptoms are made worse by
subsequent exposures, even at very low doses to a wider range of
chemicals and irritants.

People suffering from ES often identify acute or chronic exposures
from chemicals as initiating their condition.

A recent survey7 by AEHAQ shows that a majority of the respondents
identified chemical exposures as the cause of ES.

Due to an increasingly contaminated environment,
the number of people with environmental sensitivities is steadily
increasing.

According to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal
Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), 12.6% of the population
suffers from MCS.8

Of these, 13.7% (or 1.8% of the population) are affected severely
enough to lose their jobs.

EHP is the journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Extrapolated to Canada, around four million Canadians suffer from
environmental sensitivities and around half a million are unable to
work.

A report in 2000 9 estimated that one in eight Canadian workers was
significantly impaired or absent from work due to chemicals and moulds
in the workplace.

Lost productivity cost the Canadian economy $10 billion per year.

Missed diagnoses, ineffective and inappropriate treatments, and
disability payments also cost Canadians billions of dollars per year.

A million Canadians were underemployed and needed to renovate their
homes in order to deal with sensitivities;
a half million were unemployed;
and thousands were homeless.
Family break-up and suicide sometimes ensued.
The effect of environmental sensitivities can be overwhelming.

Productive people can become
unable to tolerate offices, homes, schools, hospitals and public
places. Many lose their jobs.
Some become homeless.
All too often, retirement savings are depleted and debts are incurred
in an attempt to create safe living conditions
and to fund the cost of treatment.
Sadly, despite skills and education, many affected individuals
eventually find themselves living on social assistance.
Many become socially isolated as they are forced to retreat from
places and activities they love.

However, individuals with sensitivities improve significantly once
they find a safe, toxin-free, environment in which to live and work.

According to a study headed by the
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC),
86% of people with environmental sensitivities improved
significantly after access to adequate housing.10

Some, who had a bleak prognosis, almost completely recovered.

Many studies demonstrate that the most effective management strategy
for ES is avoidance of further chemical exposures.

This means breathing clean air, drinking clean water, eating
organic food and using only non-toxic products for all aspects of
living.

Members of AEHAQ inform us that this is close to impossible to achieve
in this chemical world.
There is literally no place to hide.

Therefore, AEHAQ urges Committee for a strong and responsible CEPA
since it is pivotal in managing and avoiding the development of
environmental sensitivities.

AEHAQ does not have the resources to match its recommendations
with each point in CEPA and a detailed list of
recommendations is provided in the AEHAQ submission.

This is a summary of the recommendations.

1. To recognize and include ES sufferers as a vulnerable segment of
the population.

2. The Precautionary Principle must be enshrined in every part of the
Act so that Canadians are protected from toxic exposures in the home,
workplace, community and all inside and outside environments.

3. Only chemicals and pesticides proven to be safe for the most
vulnerable segments of the population should be approved and allowed
for use in Canada.
All Canadians should have the health benefit of using only non-toxic
products for everyday living.
Industry must be given a maximum of one year to manufacture only non-
toxic products.

4. Legislation coupled with education is necessary to inform the
public regarding non-toxic products.

5. CEPA must set standards for ecological products, just as standards
are set for organic farming and ecological pest control.

6. Industry must label all chemicals present in all products and
include the negative health effects in clear layman terms
that can be easily understood by the public,
as they are required to do when advertising medications.
Labelling of products must be mandatory
and include mention of sensitizers, carcinogens, mutagens, hormone
disruptors, reproductive or developmental toxins, etc.

7. CEPA must include the ability to require random testing of products
on the shelf.
Mislabelling must result in heavy fines and immediate removal of the
product from the shelves.

8. Proof of safety for chemicals must be carried out in a very short
time-frame -- present time frames for each stage in the process to
establish safety of a chemical are far too long.

9. Reversal of onus -- The obligation to prove that the products
manufactured are completely safe for human health and the environment
must rest squarely on Industry.

10. Testing must encompass all aspects of toxicity and must include
the synergistic effect of mixtures in products.

11. The public must be informed when less toxic alternatives become
available, and the toxic materials must be removed from the shelves
immediately.

12. Immediate removal of toxic chemicals from the shelves as soon as a
risk has been established
The public must immediately be informed so that products in the
household or workplace may be disposed of appropriately.

13. Use revenue generated from fines (polluter pays) to care for
people who suffer from ES.
This will include safe, chemical-free, adequate, low cost housing;
rehabilitation, financing for groups who care for ES sufferers,
promotion of programs for health protection through avoidance of
toxins and for subsidy of safe alternatives to toxic products.

14. Adequate air advisories, listing the chemicals present inside
buildings and commercial establishments, including their health
effects must be made available to the public.

15. The National Advisory Committee established by CEPA must have
ENGOs as participants, especially those that represent vulnerable
groups. Proceedings of this Committee must be available to the public.

16. Transparency -- All data and records on chemical production,
distribution, body burden, adverse health effects, and environmental
degradation reporting must be made easily available to the public.
Canadians have the right to know what is being used in their
homes, workplaces, communities and their environment.
This will allow people to make a connection between exposure and ill
health and to report such effects to the Government.
Complaints about a product or chemical should result in immediate
action
towards removal and testing, in that order.
Human health and the environment should
always take precedence over corporate interests.

Canadians are becoming more acutely aware of the hazards of chemicals
in their environment and look forward to a strong CEPA geared only
towards health protection.

AEHAQ urges The Standing Committee On Environment And Sustainable
Development to mention in its CEPA report to Parliament,
that environmental sensitivities (ES) or Multiple Chemical
Sensitivities (MCS) are being made known as an issue and raised by the
public as a significantly increasing concern, affecting and disabling
numerous Canadians through toxic chemical and
environmental injury from unwanted and often hidden exposures;
and that ES/MCS is one of many adverse effects on Canadians resulting
from chemical exposures and resultant injury.

1 National Geographic Magazine, October 2006,
"The Chemicals Within Us" Pgs 116-143, by David Ewing Duncan

2 Gibson PR, Elms AN, Ruding LA.
Perceived treatment efficacy for conventional and alternative
therapies reported by persons with multiple chemical sensitivity.
Environ Health Perspect 2003 Sep;111(12):1498-504. available at:
http://www.ehponline.org/members/2003/5936/5936.pdf

3 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA
I. Material Safety Data Sheet RABON® 75% WETTABLE POWDER
INSECTICIDE. EPA Reg No :4691-129 2001
Chronic effects on humans: Chronic exposure may produce kidney and
liver damage... Tetrachlorvinphos is a cholinesterase inhibitor.
Repeated exposure to cholinesterase inhibitors may, without warning,
cause prolonged susceptibility to very small doses of any
cholinesterae inhibitor.

4 http://www.aeha-quebec.ca/pdf/MCSgenotypesIJE.pdf

5 http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/discriminati....asp?highlight

6 http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/facilities/nsehc/index.html

7 Allergy and Environmental Health Association of Quebec,
Questionnaire
Collaborators to a Canadian Human Rights Commission Project,
'The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities: Issue Status'
-- Margaret E. Sears (MEng., Ph.D.)

8 http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/press/12pop.html

9 Kassirer J, Sandiford K.
Socio-Economic Impacts of Environmental Illness in Canada.
The Environmental Illness Society of Canada; 2000 Nov 15.

10 "Survey of the medical impact on environmentally hypersensitive
people and change in habitat",
Stephen R. Barron, MD. CCFP, CMHC Project Manager, Peter Russell,
P.eng.
Le Dilemme De L'Hypersensible: Que Faire?,
Août / Septembre 1996, La Maison du 21e siècle


http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/default-en.asp
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www.chrc-ccdp.ca/pdf/envsensitivity_en.pdf 85 pages

The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities
By: Margaret E. Sears (M.Eng., Ph.D.) 2007 266 references
knowledge.center@chrc-ccdp.ca, environmentalhealthmed@gmail.com,

Abstract

Approximately 3% of Canadians have been diagnosed with environmental
sensitivities,
and many more are somewhat sensitive to traces of chemicals and/or
electromagnetic phenomena in the environment.

People experience neurological and numerous other symptoms,
and avoidance of triggers is an essential step to regaining health.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission commissioned this report to
summarize scientific information about environmental sensitivities.

For those interested in the original scientific and technical
literature, an annotated bibliography is available on request from
environmentalhealthmed@gmail.com

This report addresses issues such as the definition
and prevalence of environmental sensitivities;
recognition by medical authorities;
education and training within the medical community;
origins,
triggers and symptoms of sensitivities;
impact of environmental sensitivities in the workplace;
government policies and standards for building codes, air quality and
ventilation as they affect individuals with environmental
sensitivities; and guidelines for accommodation within the workplace.

For people with environmental sensitivities,
their health and ability to work rests with the actions of others,
including building managers, co-workers and clients.

Accommodating people with environmental sensitivities presents an
opportunity to improve workplace environmental quality and workers'
performance, and may help prevent the onset of sensitivities in
others.

page 41
"A large number of chemicals in plastics, glues, paints, carpets, etc.
may impair health, and
formaldehyde is a particularly prevalent contaminant.182,183"

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formaldehyde as a potent unexamined cofactor in cancer research --
sources include methanol, dark wines and liquors, aspartame, wood and
tobacco smoke: IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks
to Humans implicate formaldehyde in #88 and alcohol drinks in #96:
some related abstracts: Murray 2007.05.08
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1417


aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde) toxicity research summary:
Rich Murray 2007.05.08
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1404

One liter aspartame diet soda, about 3 12-oz cans,
gives 61.5 mg methanol,
so if 30% is turned into formaldehyde, the formaldehyde
dose of 18.5 mg is 37 times the recent EPA limit of
0.5 mg per liter daily drinking water for a 10-kg child:
http://www.epa.gov/teach/chem_summ/F...de_summary.pdf
2007.01.05 [ does not discuss formaldehyde from methanol
or aspartame ]
http://www.epa.gov/teach/teachsurvey.html comments
teach@environmentalhealthconsulting.com


"Of course, everyone chooses, as a natural priority,
to actively find, quickly share, and positively act upon
the facts about healthy and safe food, drink, and
environment."

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@comcast.net
505-501-2298 1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/messages
group with 74 members, 1,424 posts in a public, searchable archive
http://RMForAll.blogspot.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1340
aspartame groups and books: updated research review of
2004.07.16: Murray 2006.05.11


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1395
Aspartame Controversy, in Wikipedia democratic
encyclopedia, 72 references (including AspartameNM # 864
and 1173 by Murray), brief fair summary of much more
research: Murray 2007.01.01


Dark wines and liquors, as well as aspartame, provide
similar levels of methanol, above 120 mg daily, for
long-term heavy users, 2 L daily, about 6 cans.

Within hours, methanol is inevitably largely turned into
formaldehyde, and thence largely into formic acid -- the
major causes of the dreaded symptoms of "next morning"
hangover.

Fully 11% of aspartame is methanol -- 1,120 mg aspartame
in 2 L diet soda, almost six 12-oz cans, gives 123 mg
methanol (wood alcohol). If 30% of the methanol is turned
into formaldehyde, the amount of formaldehyde, 37 mg,
is 18.5 times the USA EPA limit for daily formaldehyde in
drinking water, 2.0 mg in 2 L average daily drinking water.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1286
methanol products (formaldehyde and formic acid) are main
cause of alcohol hangover symptoms [same as from similar
amounts of methanol, the 11% part of aspartame]:
YS Woo et al, 2005 Dec: Murray 2006.01.20


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1143
methanol (formaldehyde, formic acid) disposition:
Bouchard M et al, full plain text, 2001: substantial
sources are degradation of fruit pectins, liquors,
aspartame, smoke: Murray 2005.04.02

"According to model predictions, congruent with the data in the
literature [Dorman et al., 1994; Horton et al., 1992], a certain
fraction of formaldehyde is readily oxidized to formate,
a major fraction of which is rapidly converted to CO2 and exhaled,
whereas a small fraction is excreted as formic acid in urine.

However, fits to the available data in rats and monkeys of Horton et
al. [1992] and Dorman et al. [1994] show that, once formed, a
substantial fraction of formaldehyde is converted to unobserved forms.

This pathway contributes to a long-term unobserved compartment.

The latter, most plausibly, represents either the formaldehyde that
[directly or after oxidation to formate] binds to various endogenous
molecules [Heck et al., 1983; Røe, 1982] or is incorporated in the
tetrahydrofolic-acid-dependent one-carbon pathway to become the
building block of a number of synthetic pathways
[Røe, 1982; Tephly and McMartin, 1984].

That substantial amounts of methanol metabolites or by-products are
retained for a long time is verified by Horton et al. [1992] who
estimated that 18 h following an iv injection of 100 mg/kg of
14C-methanol in male Fischer-344 rats,
only 57% of the dose was eliminated from the body.

>From the data of Dorman et al. [1994] and Medinsky et al. [1997],
it can further be calculated that 48 h following the start
of a 2-h inhalation exposure to 900 ppm of 14C-methanol vapors
in female cynomolgus monkeys,
only 23% of the absorbed 14C-methanol was eliminated from the body.

These findings are corroborated by the data of Heck et al. [1983]
showing that 40% of a 14C-formaldehyde inhalation dose remained
in the body 70 h postexposure.

In the present study, the model proposed rests on acute exposure
data, where the time profiles of methanol and its metabolites were
determined only over short time periods
[a maximum of 6 h of exposure and a maximum of 48 h postexposure].

This does not allow observation of the slow release from the long-term
components.

It is to be noted that most of the published studies on the detailed
disposition kinetics of methanol regard controlled short-term
[iv injection or continuous inhalation exposure over a few hours]
methanol exposures in rats, primates, and humans
[Batterman et al., 1998; Damian and Raabe, 1996;
Dorman et al., 1994; Ferry et al., 1980; Fisher et al., 2000;
Franzblau et al., 1995; Horton et al., 1992; Jacobsen et al., 1988;
Osterloh et al., 1996; Pollack et al., 1993; Sedivec et al., 1981;
Ward et al., 1995; Ward and Pollack, 1996].

Experimental studies on the detailed time profiles following
controlled repeated exposures to methanol are lacking."

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1406
brain cell tangles and neuron death similar to Alzheimers
via low dose formaldehyde from methanol,
Chunlai Nie, Rongqiao He et al, China, 2007.01.23 BMC
Neuroscience 28 pages, 63 references: Murray 2007.01.24


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1385
Coca-Cola carcinogenicity in rats, Ramazzini Foundation,
F Belpoggi, M Soffritti, Annals NY Academy Sciences
2006 Sept, parts of 17 pages: Murray 2006.12.02

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1382
Fiorella Belpoggi & Morando Soffritti of Ramazzini
Foundation prove lifetime carcinogenicity of Coca-Cola,
aspartame, and arsenic, Annals of the NY Academy of
Sciences: Murray 2006.11.28


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1369
Bristol, Connecticut, schools join state program to limit
artificial sweeteners, sugar, fats for 8800 students,
Johnny J Burnham, The Bristol Press: Murray 2006.09.22

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1341
Connecticut bans artificial sweeteners in schools,
Nancy Barnes, New Milford Times: Murray 2006.05.25


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1376
soft drinks and adolescent hyperactivity, mental distress,
conduct problems, Lars Lien, Nanna Lien, Sonja Heyerdahl,
Mayne Thoresen, Espen Bjertness 2006 Oct., A J Pub Health:
Murray 2006.10.21

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1375
healthy diet, vitamins, and fish oil help reduce
depression and violence, studies by Joseph Hibbeln,
Bernard Gesch, and Stephen Schoenthaler, articles by
Felicity Lawrence in UK Guardian Unlimited and Pat
Thomas in The Ecologist: Murray 2006.10.21

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1353
carcinogenic effect of inhaled formaldehyde, Federal
Institute of Risk Assessment, Germany -- same safe level
as for Canada: Murray 2006.06.02

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1352
Home sickness -- indoor air often worse, as our homes
seal in pollutants [one is formaldehyde, also from the 11%
methanol part of aspartame],
Megan Gillis, WinnipegSun.com: Murray 2006.06.01


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1414
effect of aspartame on oncogene and suppressor gene expressions in
mice, Katalin Gambos, Istvan Ember, et al, University of Pecs,
Hungary, In Vivo 2007 Jan; scores of their relevant past studies since
1977: Murray 2007.04.14

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1366
toxicity in rat brains from aspartame, Vences-Mejia A,
Espinosa-Aguirre JJ et al 2006 Aug: Murray 2006.09.06

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1373
aspartame rat brain toxicity re cytochrome P450 enzymes,
especially CYP2E1, Vences-Mejia A, Espinosa-Aguirre JJ
et al, 2006 Aug, Hum Exp Toxicol: relevant abstracts re
formaldehyde from methanol in alcohol drinks:
Murray 2006.09.29

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1271
combining aspartame and quinoline yellow, or MSG and
brilliant blue, harms nerve cells, eminent C. Vyvyan
Howard et al, 2005 education.guardian.co.uk,
Felicity Lawrence: Murray 2005.12.21

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1277
50% UK baby food is now organic -- aspartame or MSG
with food dyes harm nerve cells, CV Howard 3 year study
funded by Lizzy Vann, CEO, Organix Brands,
Children's Food Advisory Service: Murray 2006.01.13

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1279
all three aspartame metabolites harm human erythrocyte
[red blood cell] membrane enzyme activity, KH Schulpis
et al, two studies in 2005, Athens, Greece, 2005.12.14:
2004 research review, RL Blaylock: Murray 2006.01.14


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1349
NIH NLM ToxNet HSDB Hazardous Substances Data Bank
inadequate re aspartame (methanol, formaldehyde,
formic acid): Murray 2006.08.19

http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/si...temp/~HwoSfJ:1
HSDB Hazardous Substances Data Bank: Aspartame

ASPARTAME CASRN: 22839-47-0
METHANOL CASRN: 67-56-1
FORMALDEHYDE CASRN: 50-00-0
FORMIC ACID CASRN: 64-18-6


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartameNM/message/1052
DMDC: Dimethyl dicarbonate 200mg/L in drinks adds methanol
98 mg/L ( becomes formaldehyde in body ): EU Scientific
Committee on Foods 2001.07.12: Murray 2004.01.22


http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame mgold@holisticmed.com
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301 603-225-2100

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"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"

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safety of aspartame Part 1/2 12.4.2: EC HCPD-G SCF:
Murray 2003.01.12 EU Scientific Committee on Food,
a whitewash

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http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame...2-response.htm
Mark Gold exhaustively critiques European Commission
Scientific Committee on Food re aspartame ( 2002.12.04 ):
59 pages, 230 references
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RTM: Smith, Terpening, Schmidt, Gums:
full text: aspartame, MSG, fibromyalgia 2002.01.17
Jerry D Smith, Chris M Terpening,
Siegfried OF Schmidt, and John G Gums
Relief of Fibromyalgia Symptoms Following
Discontinuation of Dietary Excitotoxins.
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001; 35(6): 702-706.
Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Gainesville, FL, USA.
BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatologic
disorder that is often difficult to treat effectively.
CASE SUMMARY: Four patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia
syndrome for two to 17 years are described.
All had undergone multiple treatment modalities with
limited success.
All had complete, or nearly complete,
resolution of their symptoms within months after
eliminating monosodium glutamate (MSG)
or MSG plus aspartame from their diet.
All patients were women with multiple comorbidities
prior to elimination of MSG.
All have had recurrence of symptoms whenever MSG
is ingested.

Siegfried O. Schmidt, MD Asst. Clinical Prof.
siggy@shands.ufl.edu
Community Health and Family Medicine, U. Florida,
Gainesville, FL Shands Hospital West Oak Clinic
Gainesville, FL 32608-3629 352-376-5071
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formaldehyde toxicity: Thrasher & Kilburn: Shaham: EPA:
Gold: Wilson: CIIN: Murray 2002.12.12

Thrasher (2001): "The major difference is that the
Japanese demonstrated the incorporation of FA and its
metabolites into the placenta and fetus.
The quantity of radioactivity remaining in maternal and
fetal tissues at 48 hours was 26.9% of the administered
dose." [ Ref. 14-16 ]

Arch Environ Health 2001 Jul-Aug; 56(4): 300-11.
Embryo toxicity and teratogenicity of formaldehyde.
[100 references]
Thrasher JD, Kilburn KH. toxicology@drthrasher.org
Sam-1 Trust, Alto, New Mexico, USA. full text
http://www.drthrasher.org/formaldehy..._toxicity.html

http://www.drthrasher.org/formaldehyde_1990.html full text
Jack Dwayne Thrasher, Alan Broughton, Roberta Madison.
Immune activation and autoantibodies in humans with
long-term inhalation exposure to formaldehyde.
Archives of Environmental Health. 1990; 45: 217-223.
PMID: 2400243
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