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Methanol: Is Aѕраrtаmе now Illegal/unsafe in California?

Cаlifоrniаn Health Authorities are concerned over the Reproductive/Development Toxicity of methyl alcohol, mеthаnоl (H3COH) OEHHA set a maximum daily dose level fоr it in Cаlifоrniа commencing July 2013. Aspartame’s Mеthаnоl falls foul of the new regulation. Mеthаnоl is one of the most widely used industrial chemicals. It is a severe metabolic toxin fоr humans. Anyone handling pure is subject to strict Occupational Hеаlth (OHSA) regulations, the key messages being Don’t drink it – Don’t breathe it in — Don’t get it on your skin. A Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) must be available to anyone receiving оr handling methanol, which outlines the dangers and safety requirements of handling & processing mеthаnоl Mеthаnоl is also present in minute quantities in some foods, fruits, dark red wines, […] Read More

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Former FDA Investigator Exposes Aspartame

As Deadly Neurotoxin that Never Should Have Been Approved Open Statement concerning the artificial sweetener, Aspartame, by Arthur M. Evangelista, a former FDA Investigator… I am a former investigator who worked with the US Food and Drug Administration: This is what I have to say about Aspartame and the people who brought it to our tables. As a former FDA investigator, I was charged with overseeing two major projects for the FDA. These concerned Pesticides and Chemicals in Foods and Illegal Drug Tissue Residues in Animals (including milk related issues). I worked closely with the sister Federal and State agencies, oversaw contracts, I was a co-ordinator and lead investigator on projects involving EPA and USDA. The FDA, in the mid-70’s to mid-90’s was not a large […] Read More

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2009: Why Are Sand-Derived Products Added To Food?

By Ted Twietmeyer 12-26-9 Sometime ago, I revealed using Burger King’s ingredient list that silicon dioxide (commonly known as sand) is among several unpalatable ingredients used in their food products. [1] That old expression “Eat dirt” isn’t that far off from the truth when looking at fast food ingredients. Encompassing a quiet but huge market, silicone products come in many forms. Silicone oil outlawed in breast implants is just one of many members of the silicone products group. Silicone products are silicon oxide polymers, with organic attachments and are technically called polysiloxanes. [4] In simple terms silicones are POLYMERS. Just what is silicon oxide? It is a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth’s crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or […] Read More