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Do You Trust the FDA?

By Tanya A. Crosby

Recently, a visitor to DORway wrote to me and asked (quite irately), “Do you honestly think that the Food and Drug Administration would allow a dangerous substance to be put in food over the last 30 years without absolute proof that it is HARMLESS?”

Forget aspartame for the moment; ever hear of cigarettes? Those are FDA approved, too. Incidentally, the FDA initially BANNED aspartame – for causing tumors in rats. The history of its approval is shady, and we, at DORway believe the public has …

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Straight Talk About Aspartame

By Tanya A. Crosby

Straight Talk About Aspartame
Is aspartame poisoning an urban myth? Some doctors say so, the FDA says so, and snopes says so. Why would they say it was safe if it wasn’t true?
“Above all else, do no harm.”

Ever hear that phrase? It’s from the Hippocratic Oath. Too bad not all doctors swear in by it any more, and many don’t abide by it. Where medicine is concerned, shouldn’t it be about erring on the safe side and guiding people toward decisions that will better their …

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Looking for Lies? Just Follow the Money

By Scott T. Straley

Sociopath – so⋅ci⋅o⋅path
–noun Psychiatry.
1. a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
2. Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others.

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Open Letter To European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

By Dr. Betty Martini,D.Hum

To EFSA:

I have sent you, and UK’s Food Standards, evidence that FDA hid studies damning aspartame and then used them to approve the chemical as pivotal studies: I know the aspartame review is next week and I want to make sure all this data is included.

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