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PRESS RELEASE REQUEST FDA RECALL OF TOXIC SWEETENERS DEADLY NEW ASPARTAME SWEETENER DAMAGES DNA IN LAB TESTING U.S. FOOD SUPPLY SAFETY THREATENED WITH FDA APPROVAL OF CONTROVERSIAL NEW ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER 13,000 TIMES SWEETER THAN SUGAR For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Stoddard marystod@gmail.com DALLAS, July 5, 2002 - (Aspartame Consumer Safety Network) - In response to FDA and Monsanto's announcement today that approval has been granted for use of the new sweetener, Neotame as a food additive in baked goods, aqueous solution and as a table top sweetener, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, issues the following statement: Seventy eight percent of all FDA complaints pertain to aspartame adverse reactions. ACSN has thousands of serious reactions in their files. These reports include: grand mal seizures, brain tumors, blindness and other health-related problems including deaths. Monsanto's Nick Rosa stated in 1998, that Neotame is "based on the aspartame formula." Since we believe this to be true, Dallas-based Aspartame Consumer Safety Network vigorously opposes today's approval and urges consumers to avoid the new fake sugar if they want to remain healthy. Neotame is aspartame plus 3-di-methyl-butyl, which can be found on the EPA's list of most hazardous chemicals. The aspartame formula is comprised of Phenylalanine, which caused seizures in lab animals and Aspartic Acid, which caused "holes in the brains" of lab animals - bonded by Methyl Alcohol, or Methanol which is capable of causing blindness, liver damage and death. Methanol, or wood alcohol in aspartame breaks down further in heat and in the body, into Formaldehyde (embalming fluid), Formic Acid (venom in ant stings) and the most deadly of all - Diketopiperazine (DKP), a brain tumor agent.ACSN's files contain in excess of 10,000 responses from the public, including thousands of serious adverse reactions to Monsanto's aspartame. As a founder of the world's burgeoning anti-aspartame movement, Stoddard was the first non-M.D.engaged to lecture at a major medical school on the topic of Aspartame (Jan. 1997).ACSN founder, Stoddard recently concluded a multi-city lecture tour and finds interest in this topic to be extremely high - here and all over the world. Recently, a story appeared in London's Sunday Mirror, featuring an adverse reaction of a child whose parents are members of A.C.S.N. (Aspartame Consumer Safety Network). Aspartame has been identified and denounced as a major risk factor by consumers in over a dozen countries. According to FDA Toxicologists who gave testimony with Stoddard in 1987 at a Senate Hearing on the subject - the tests to get aspartame approved were falsified. Deaths of lab animals were covered up and went unreported. Many criminal acts were committed and the perpetrators went unpunished. Based on over a decade of epidemiological research and work with consumers and health care professionals, Stoddard urgently implored the FDA to unequivocally deny any form of approval of Neotame. ACSN's warnings fell on deaf ears when Stoddard and co-founder, James Turner, Esquire met with top FDA officials in Washington in 1998 to plead their case. Four years later, FDA approval of NEOTAME was announced in the national media. ____________________________________________________________________________ Mary Nash Stoddard, Author, "Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame" [Odenwald Press 1998] Founder, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and Worldwide Pilots Hotline (Division of ACSN) [1987] ________________________________________________________________________________ Additional Contact: Blondell Anderson Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS-206) FDA, 200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20204 ________________________________________________________________________________

TX RADIO HALL OF FAME AWARD "THE SAMMY" NAMED FOR FEMALE RADIO PIONEER

Mary Nash "Sam" Stoddard was a pioneering woman in Texas radio, and now the Texas Radio Hall of Fame establishes an award to honor women in the business – naming it "The Sammy." Stoddard herself continues to broadcast on a regular basis, and she tells this NOW Newsletter she's got a new Power Point presentation about her career, starting with her as a 15-year-old on KULP, El Campo in 1954 and going on to Waco and then Dallas at KVIL. There she was the "Girl named Sam," a very early example of a fulltime female jock in a major market. She later married KVIL morning man Mike Stoddard, and she worked at four other stations and networks after leaving KVIL.

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PROTESTING FDA APPROVAL OF NEOTAME SWEETENER WITH KNOWN TOXIC SIDE EFFECTS

DEADLY NEW ASPARTAME SWEETENER DAMAGES DNA IN LAB TESTINGU.S. FOOD SUPPLY SAFETY THREATENED WITH FDA APPROVAL OF CONTROVERSIAL NEW ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER 13,000 TIMES SWEETER THAN SUGAR

For Immediate Release
Contact: Mary Stoddard marystod@gmail.com

DALLAS, July 5, 2002 - (Aspartame Consumer Safety Network) - In response to FDA and Monsanto's announcement today that approval has been granted for use of the new sweetener, Neotame as a food additive in baked goods, aqueous solution and as a table top sweetener, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, issues the following statement:

Seventy eight percent of all FDA complaints pertain to aspartame adverse reactions. ACSN has thousands of serious reactions in their files. These reports include: grand mal seizures, brain tumors, blindness and other health-related problems including deaths.

Monsanto's Nick Rosa stated in 1998, that Neotame is "based on the aspartame formula." Since we believe this to be true, Dallas-based Aspartame Consumer Safety Network vigorously opposes today's approval and urges consumers to avoid the new fake sugar if they want to remain healthy.

Neotame is aspartame plus 3-di-methyl-butyl, which can be found on the EPA's list of most hazardous chemicals. The aspartame formula is comprised of Phenylalanine, which caused seizures in lab animals and Aspartic Acid, which caused "holes in the brains" of lab animals - bonded by Methyl Alcohol, or Methanol which is capable of causing blindness, liver damage and death.

Methanol, or wood alcohol in aspartame breaks down further in heat and in the body, into Formaldehyde (embalming fluid), Formic Acid (venom in ant stings) and the most deadly of all - Diketopiperazine (DKP), a brain tumor agent.ACSN's files contain in excess of 10,000 responses from the public, including thousands of serious adverse reactions to Monsanto's aspartame.

As a founder of the world's burgeoning anti-aspartame movement, Stoddard was the first non-M.D.engaged to lecture at a major medical school on the topic of Aspartame (Jan. 1997).ACSN founder, Stoddard recently concluded a multi-city lecture tour and finds interest in this topic to be extremely high - here and all over the world. Recently, a story appeared in London's Sunday Mirror, featuring an adverse reaction of a child whose parents are members of A.C.S.N. (Aspartame Consumer Safety Network). Aspartame has been identified and denounced as a major risk factor by consumers in over a dozen countries.

According to FDA Toxicologists who gave testimony with Stoddard in 1987 at a Senate Hearing on the subject - the tests to get aspartame approved were falsified. Deaths of lab animals were covered up and went unreported. Many criminal acts were committed and the perpetrators went unpunished.

Based on over a decade of epidemiological research and work with consumers and health care professionals, Stoddard urgently implored the FDA to unequivocally deny any form of approval of Neotame. ACSN's warnings fell on deaf ears when Stoddard and co-founder, James Turner, Esquire met with top FDA officials in Washington in 1998 to plead their case. Today, four years later, FDA approval was announced in the national media.

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Mary Nash Stoddard, Author, "Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame" [Odenwald Press 1998]
Founder, Aspartame Consumer Safety Network
and Worldwide Pilots Hotline (Division of ACSN) [1987]
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FDA, 200 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20204

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ASPARTAME WARNING FEATURED IN BOOK: "BADDITIVES" by Bill & Linda Bonvie

MAY 5, 2017Washington, D.C. – Next up in the list no one would want to be a part of –  Badditives! The 13 Most Harmful Food Additives in You r Diet and How to Avoid Them  –  Aspartame – The Dangerous Drug Posing As A "Healthy" Sweetener:

One of the rules governing pharmaceuticals, and their advertising, is that side effects have to be listed. That's the reason drug commercials include all those warnings about possible adverse reactions. But there's a drug that's been on the market for several decades, one that countless unsuspecting consumers are encouraged to use as a supposedly healthy sweetening agent. It is added to numerous "sugar free" products, whose only mandatory warning is directed at people who suffer from a relatively rare health problem – a condition called phenylketonuria, or PKU, which affects an estimated 14,500 Americans.39 For everybody else, aspartame – a chemical mixture of two amino acids, phenylalanine and aspartate, and methanol (wood alcohol) – is regarded by the US Food and Drug Administration as "safe for the general population". In fact, an agency bulletin describes it as "one of the most exhaustively studied substances in the human food supply, with more than 100 studies supporting its safety."40 Unfortunately, that assessment doesn't jibe with thousands of complaints about aspartame's side effects reportedly received by the FDA's Adverse Reactions Monitoring System, as well as many, many more that have been logged by the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, a Texas-based organization formed in 1987 that no longer actively collects any but the most serious case histories from consumers, according to its founder, Mary Nash Stoddard. "The tens of thousands of documented cases we have in our files convince us we are accurate in our pronouncements that aspartame is harming, and in some cases, killing users around the globe," says Stoddard.41 …In an epidemiological study that appeared in the Journal of Applied Nutrition back in 1988, the late Dr. H. J. Roberts, a diabetes specialist from Palm Beach, Florida, analyzed reactions from 551 affected individuals and found that the most common included headaches, dizziness, confusion and memory loss, severe drowsiness, eye problems such as decreased vision, blurring, bright flashes and tunnel vision, severe depression, anxiety attacks, and extreme irritability. A smaller number of respondents suffered from auditory problems, including tinnitus, extreme noise intolerance, and hearing impairment, eye pain, pins and needles, convulsions and blackouts, slurring of speech, tremors, palpitations and rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, nausea, diarrhea and abdominal pain, severe joint pain, restless leg syndrome, and various skin problems, including severe itching and hives. A few reported things like pain on swallowing, actual weight gain, low blood sugar attacks, bloating and fluid retention, burning on urination, thinning of hair, and, perhaps scariest of all, blindness in one or both eyes."44 (Dr. Roberts went on to provide a detailed account of these reactions in a book more than one thousand pages long, which he called Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic, published in 2001.) 39. National PKU Alliance, "About PKU," http://npkua.org/Education/About-PKU 40. United States Food and Drug Administration, "Additional Information about High-Intensity Sweeteners Permitted for us in Food in the United States, 2015, http://www.fda.gov/Food/IngredientsPackagingLabeling/FoodAdditivesIngredients/ucm397725.htm 41. Phone Interview with Mary Nash Stoddard. 44. United States Food and Drug Administration, "Reported Aspartame Toxicity Effects," 2003, http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dailys/03/jan03/012203/02p-0317_emc-000199.txt.

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ASPARTAME BRAIN TUMOR AWARENESS CAMPAIGN STARTED BY WIDOW OF THIS BRAIN CANCER VICTIM (1985-present)

54y ago KVIL RADIOs "Girl-Named-SAM" & KVIL's Morning Drive Announcer, Mike Stoddard got married. Happy 20y till Brain Cancer took Mike's life in 1985! (I Founded and have been working on a Campaign, promoting Brain Tumor Prevention, ever since.)https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10220170223515576&set=a.1472015530135&type=3&theater
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SENATE HEARING ON ASPARTAME SAFETY - Washington DC - SWORN TESTIMONY: HON. MARY NASH STODDARD (DALLAS TX)

US #SENATE HEARING ON #ASPARTAME SAFETY - HISTORICAL TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPTASPARTAME PIONEER WHISTLEBLOWER'S SWORN TESTIMONY TO U.S. SENATE IN WASHINGTON
Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources"NutraSweet Health and Safety Concerns"November 3, 1987
STATEMENT BY HON. MARY NASH STODDARD, FOUNDERASPARTAME CONSUMER SAFETY NETWORK AND PILOT HOTLINE
Myyyyyyyy name is Mary Nash Stoddard. I live in Dallas, Texas and I am founder of the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. Since going public with my story about the drastic reaction I had to aspartame in 1985-86, (see article Dallas Times Herald, 7/27/87), I have had an opportunity to reach thousands of people via TV interviews, guest appearances on radio talk shows, and personal experiences on behalf of the national Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. I have supported my endeavors strictly with my own limited private funds, because of my strong personal commitment.
One of my main concerns is that the number of people who are being affected by this chemical are not getting their reactions reported and officially tallied by the proper government agency, the Food and Drug Administration. Callers are being mislead or misinformed by individuals in the Regional FDA office in Dallas/Fort Worth. For example:
Debbie B. - Diagnosed this year with a brain tumor. Drank 8-10 cans of Diet Coke daily. She called the Dallas FDA. They told her NutraSweet could not possibly be her problem, although she believes it is.
Joye J. - Told by FDA representative that NutraSweet was very safe. She had a bad reaction to it and knew better.
Larry Taylor, CRNA - Anesthetist who has had seizures related to aspartame use. FDA in Dallas gave him the National AIDS Hotline number to call for more information. (see separate testimony transcript)
Gail F. - Experienced a drastic aspartame reaction. When she called the Dallas FDA in October, 1987, they told her it was safe and that Mary Stoddard was working for the Sugar Lobby! (a provable lie!)
Mary Nash Stoddard - My own personal experiences with the FDA are a virtual horror story. My first call to their Dallas office put me in touch with a Mrs. Hazel Wallace, their Consumer Affairs Officer. Her official line was that a very few people were 'sensitive' to aspartame, similarly to people who are 'allergic' to shellfish, etc. However, Wallace went on to relate to me the story of her own college-age daughter, who drank lots of Diet Coke and two years was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The daughter had two surgeries for it, after blacking out, having seizures, etc. This once-aspiring concert pianist is left with one hand that is useless and draws up to her shoulder at off times. The daughter was dieting heavily, using aspartame, to fit into her wedding dress. Off the record, she thought aspartame might be responsible for her medical problems. Mrs. Wallace promised to set up a public meeting between our group (ACSN) and the Regional FDA Director this fall. So far, nothing has come of that,  After the article was published in the Dallas Times Herald newspaper, July 27, 1987, I was invited to do a Dallas radio talk show, with Host David Gold and another guest, Dallas FDA Regional Director, D. Helton. During the course of that popular show, with thousands of listeners that day, FDA Director Helton lost his composure, calling me a 'liar' On the Air, accusing me of making serious libelous statements when I said, 'Arthur Hull Hays, Jr. went to work for Burson Marsteller, the NutraSweet public relations firm, mere months after approving aspartame for aqueous solution, in 1983.' This is a matter of public record, which Helton flatly denied.
In August of 1987, I decided, out of curiosity, to call the Dallas Regional FDA Office, to see what they were telling people at that time. Ramona Farchee told me 'don't worry''NutraSweet is perfectly safe - like bananas and milk - consisting of two amino acids, which are the Building Blocks of Life.' She could not remember getting more than a 'few' complaints in all her years with the FDA. She 'drinks it herself' and almost sounded like the TV commercial for the NutraSweet products.
My concern is that most individuals would never pursue registering a complaint after this sort of treatment during a call to the FDA office. 

How many patients with reactions are going to associate their reaction to something our government (FDA) has approved. Doctors, for the most part, certainly do not make the connection, so how then, could the patient? Most often it occurs from an accidental re-exposure to aspartame, and a distinct return of the symptoms, as happened in my case. 
Respectfully yours,Mary Nash StoddardAspartame Consumer Safety NetworkDallas Texas 75229

Senate Hearing 100-567, pg. 428-429
"NutraSweet - Health and Safety Concerns"Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate - One Hundredth Congress - First Session on: Examining The Health and Safety Concerns of NutraSweet (Aspartame). November 3, 1987
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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCESEdward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts, Chairman
Clairborne Pell, Rhode IslandHoward M. Metzenbaum, OhioSpark M. Matsunaga, HawaiiChristopher J. Dodd, ConnecticutPaul Simon, IllinoisTom Harkin, IowaBrock Adams, WashingtonBarbara A. Mikulski, MarylandOrrin G. Hatch, UtahRobert T. Stafford, VermontDan Quayle, IndianaStrom Thurmond, South CarolinaLowell P. Weicker, Jr., ConnecticutThad Cochran, MississippiGordon J. Humphrey, New Hampshire
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ASPARTAME INDUCED LUNG AND LIVER CANCERS IN LABORATORY TESTING

Result FiltersSend toAm J Ind Med. 2010 Dec;53(12):1197-206. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20896.Aspartame administered in feed, beginning prenatally through life span, induces cancers of the liver and lung in male Swiss mice.Soffritti M1, Belpoggi F, Manservigi M, Tibaldi E, Lauriola M, Falcioni L, Bua L.Author informationAbstractBACKGROUND:Aspartame (APM) is a well-known intense artificial sweetener used in more than 6,000 products. Among the major users of aspartame are children and women of childbearing age. In previous lifespan experiments conducted on Sprague-Dawley rats we have shown that APM is a carcinogenic agent in multiple sites and that its effects are increased when exposure starts from prenatal life.OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential of APM to induce carcinogenic effects in mice.METHODS:Six groups of 62-122 male and female Swiss mice were treated with APM in feed at doses of 32,000, 16,000, 8,000, 2,000, or 0  ppm from prenatal life (12 days of gestation) until death. At death each animal underwent complete necropsy and all tissues and organs of all animals in the experiment were microscopically examined.RESULTS:APM in our experimental conditions induces in males a significant dose-related increased incidence of hepatocellular carcinomas (P < 0.01), and a significant increase at the dose levels of 32,000  ppm (P < 0.01) and 16,000  ppm (P < 0.05). Moreover, the results show a significant dose-related increased incidence of alveolar/bronchiolar carcinomas in males (P < 0.05), and a significant increase at 32,000  ppm (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:The results of the present study confirm that APM is a carcinogenic agent in multiple sites in rodents, and that this effect is induced in two species, rats (males and females) and mice (males). No carcinogenic effects were observed in female mice. Am. J. Ind. Med. 53:1197-1206, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.marystod@gmail.com

MEDICATIONS THAT CONTAIN ASPARTAME

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It was in 1965 when a chemist accidentally stumbled upon aspartame as a zero-calorie sweetener while creating a drug for ulcers. This accidental discovery was met with enthusiasm for a time, especially by health professionals and patients dealing with sugar-related conditions such as diabetes and obesity. Today, aspartame is a known and feared neurotoxin and carcinogen, yet it remains a common drug ingredient.

It is no secret that medicating children can be a challenge for both medical and non-medical professionals. This is especially true when a child is sick or feeling agitated due to health reasons. With drug sweeteners such as aspartame, it will be easier to gain the cooperation of the young patient. As a sweetener, aspartame can also be an ingredient in tablets that are meant to be chewed for the purpose of achieving an intended rate of metabolism of the drug. For example, to maximize pain-relieving benefits of an analgesic, the drug may come in chewable form. These are the most common reasons some medicines are formulated with aspartame.

Recognizing Medications that Contain Aspartame

Medications that contain aspartame do not always come with a label that says so. In fact, in most cases, the word could be deliberately omitted and replaced with its lesser known synonym, phenylalanine.

Therefore, any drug label that lists phenylalanine as an ingredient means the medicine does contain aspartame. In Australia, the phrase, "Phenylketonurics: Contains Phenylalaline" is a more popular way for drug manufacturers to show that a certain product contains aspartame. In Europe, this ingredient can be referred to on a drug label as E951. In any case, any indication that a drug contains this sweetener should be taken seriously.

Companies that Make Medications with Aspartame

Despite its reputation, many drug manufacturers continue to use the sugar in their drug formulations. Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals is one, along with Lederle Laboratories, which makes Centrum Jr., McNeil, which manufactures children's Tylenol, Miles Incorporated, AH Robbins Company, which makes Dimetapp chewables, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Pennex, Whitehall Labs, L. Perrigo, Hall Laboratories, Mediguard, Equate, Meijer, Raley's, P. Leiner, Lifeline Nutritional, and Pharmavite Corporation. While not all drugs manufactured by these companies actually contain aspartame, their pediatric formulations mostly do.

Prescription Medications with Aspartame

Although aspartame is technically considered a drug, there is a whole range of prescription medicines that list it as an additive, from antibiotics to transplant medication. The following are examples:

Antibiotics/AntiviralsAmoxicillin 250mg chew tabs by WarnerChilcottAmoxil 400mg chewable tablet 3.64mg/tabletAugmentin 400mg/5ml suspension 7mg/5mlAugmentin ES 600mg/5ml 7mg/5mlCefzil 250mg/5ml 28mg/5mlPenicillin V Potassium for Oral SuspVidex chewable tablet (all strengths)Viracept powder for Oral Suspension 11.2mg/GM of powderZyvox 100mg/5ml suspensionAntiemetics (anti-drowsiness)Zofran ODT 4mgZofran ODT 8mgAntilipemics (anti-cholesterol)Cholestyramine powderColestid flavored granulesPrevalite powderQuestran Lite powderAntipsychotics and AntidepressantsRemeron SoltabsZyprexa ZydisSingulair 5mg chewable tabletAntacidsPepcid 20mg RPD tablet (Famotidine)Pepcid 40mg RPD tablet (Famotidine)Zantac efferdose tablets and granulesMigraineMaxalt-MLT 5mg tabletMaxalt-MLT 10mg tabletTransplant medication - CellCept Oral SuspensionNon-Prescription or Over-the-Counter Medications with Aspartame

There are more non-prescription than prescription aspartame-containing medicines being sold in the market today, especially those formulated for children. These include:

Cold and Allergy DrugsAlka-Seltzer PlusBenadryl for kidsChildrens PediaCare Multi-Symptom Cold ChewablesDiabetic TussinHalls sugar free menthol cough suppressantAnalgesicsAdvilExcedrin Quick Tabs FreeMotrin, Junior Strength chewable tabletsTempra quickletsAntacidsAlka-SeltzerSurpass antacid chewable gum extra Strength wintergreen flavorChooz antacid/calcium supplementLaxativesMedilax chewable tabletsMaalox Quick dissolve Max StrengthReguloid sugar free regular flavorCitrucel sugar free fiber therapyHealth SupplementsFlinstones vitamins complete or with calciumCitracal Liquitab Effervescent tabletsCentrum Junior chewable tabletsBugs Bunny complete, plus iron or plus extra Vitamin C chewable tabletsElectrolyte TherapyPedialyte freezer popsKao Lectrolyte electrolyte replenisher unflavored or bubble gumAntiemeticsDramamine chewable formula tabletsNauzene chewable tabs

There are over 5,000 medicines, foods and drinks that contain aspartame, and over 92 different symptoms are associated with aspartame poisoning today. The list of lawsuits against companies making products that contain this sugar is also getting longer, from NutraSweet to Spoonful to Canderel and more.

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AVIATION SAFETY AND ASPARTAME THE UNTOLD STORY

FLYING HIGH ON ASPARTAME

Mary Nash Stoddard

In 1985, Mary Nash Stoddard, an internationally acclaimed investigative journalist, had been diagnosed with a leukemia type condition, (symptoms mimicking Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis,) known as Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome. This was soon after her husband died at the age, 42 with a brain tumor.  Her doctor formally diagnosed her as having an adverse reaction to Aspartame sweeteners. This was upsetting to Mary as she wondered if her husband, who had been exposed to aspartame, contracted his tumor because of it.  She started researching and learning about the chemical makeup of the molecule, and became such an expert that, since 1992, she is called upon to give evidence in court cases involving it. Aspartame (NutraSweet/Equal/Neotame) is a safety-of-flight threat, claims Stoddard under oath!

sF16 Air Force Major Michael Collings

Mary was asked to set up a hot line by ace F-16 pilot Air Force Major Michael Collings who had suffered from symptoms of dizziness and tremors.  He was asked to fly with the famous Thunderbirds, but rejected the offer 3 times, because flying wingtip to wingtip, he was afraid his symptoms could cause an accident.  He didn't want to disclose his problems for fear of losing his license to fly.  But in 1985, he had a grand mal seizure.   He abruptly lost his license and his career as a pilot came to an end. When they met and both testified at the Senate Hearing on Aspartame Safety, in Washington D.C.,November, 1987, Collings invited Stoddard to have coffee with him in the Senate cafe, to discuss an Aspartame reporting mechanism whereby pilots might confidentially report a serious adverse reaction without fear of punitive actions against them.

Pilots need help

He said that pilots needed to talk to someone in confidence, who knew about their problems and give advice in confidence.   Apart from the pilots, many wives and families of pilots needed help and advice to support their loved one experiencing medical issues. Most pilots were reticent to discuss these often life threatening medical problems.  Annual medical exams are required for a pilot to retain Medical Certification to fly.

Warning articles

Many articles have been written, and interviews done on camera, about the dangers of aspartame and the susceptibility of pilots to seizures, vertigo and hypoxia.  Flying Safety, the Air Force magazine and Navy Physiology, a Navy magazine published such articles.  Other warnings were expressed about aspartame dangers in aviation publications such as, Aviation Medical Bulletin, General Aviation News, Plane & Pilot, Canadian General Aviation News.  A paper was presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Assn. warning about aspartame.  But that was in 1986!  What's happening now? Aspartame hasn't changed, it's still as toxic as it was then, so why aren't pilots still being warned about this possible threat to their livelihood, their health and, most importantly, the lives that are in their hands when they fly. When compared to cigarettes, undisputedly known to kill humans, one might examine the tactics used by the mighty Tobacco Industry to keep cigarettes on the market. Is the megalithic giant Sweetener Industry using Tobacco Industry's Playbook to keep Aspartame on the market? Some say 'Aspartame is the New Nicotine!' Both contain physically addictive potentially-deadly ingredients.

International Pilot Hotline

The International Pilot Hotline was set up for pilots in 1988 by Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard, retired appointed Judge for the State of Texas.  Hundreds of pilots and/or their wives and families have reported various incidents, such as grand mal seizures, chronic migraines and other reactions such as tremors and dizziness, after ingesting both small and large quantities of Aspartame.

Is methanol the problem?

Pilots may be more susceptible to problems in flight because of the ingestion of the methanol and phenylalanine in aspartame, especially at altitude says pilot, Dr Phil Moskal, Prof of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Pathology.  Also pilots do tend to drink plenty of diet soda, coffee with EQUAL, and other sugar free beverages, along with chewing gum to equalize pressure in their heads at altitude.  Most gums sold around the world have aspartame in them.  Ingestion of aspartame could affect pilots at altitude causing hypoxia (aka the "Bends.")

Pilots losing their license

If a pilot loses his medical certification to fly because of a serious condition such as a seizure, this license will be nearly impossible to regain. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) will not get involved officially, although when Mary and her co-founder of ACSN, James Turner, Esq., met with Deputy Chief Flight Surgeon, Dr. Jon Jordan, about setting up the hotline, he agreed it was an excellent idea, but explained that his hands were tied because FDA (Food and Drug Administration) refuses to recall aspartame, despite all the evidence showing aspartame to clearly be a toxic chemical substance. (FDA rulings supercede all other government agencies.) So, it was up to ACSN to establish the Hotline and start taking hundreds of calls, almost immediately! Volunteer organization ACSN Founder, Stoddard, decided to fund the endeavor with her limited life savings.

One event, reported by media, happened in March, 2012 and was recorded by passengers' mobile phone cameras.  An experienced Captain on a flight from New York to Las Vegas, evidently had some kind of breakdown.  Possessing a previously exemplary record and known to be a much liked member of the Jet Blue team, this man suddenly had an episode, completely out of character and alien to all who knew him.  His character has now been put through the mill, despite many doctors explaining what may have actually happened to this unfortunate man.  His career as a pilot has been terminated, his character brought into question, he has been ridiculed and his life is in ruins. Sadly, it could simply be all because of his consumption of Aspartame.

Side effects of Aspartame

Psychological side effects of Aspartame consumption are reported to FDA as: suicidal depression, panic attacks, irritability, aggression, anxiety, personality changes, insomnia, phobias.  Neurological side effects may include: epileptic seizures, severe headaches/migraines, dizziness, vertigo, tremors, confusion, hallucinations and memory loss.  To date, there are 93 side effects associated with this artificial sweetener.  

CBS News

CBS News interviewed a doctor, a renowned psychiatrist, regarding the event and he described what could possibly have happened to this normally professional, experienced pilot.  Dr Jeffrey Lieberman, Chief of Psychiatry, NY-Presbyterian/Columbia explains that Captain Clayton Osbon was likely to be suffering from ingesting a substance that affected his brain. Shown here is a brief clip from the interview by CBS News.

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There have been other incidents.  Most never get aired by media.  Pilots and flight attendants who suffer a sudden episode will be hesitant to report the facts.  They routinely keep quiet and hopefully, get help, sometimes from the pilot hotline.

A must-watch is this excellent Interview with NY Show Host, June Stoyer and Aspartame Pilot Hotline Founder: Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard <https://youtu.be/4KN1gUifLTY>(Information used to create this article was taken from the pages of the Original Aspartame Toxicology Sourcebook: "Deadly Deception Story of Aspartame" Odenwald Press 1998 - edited by Hon. Mary Nash Stoddard)
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