Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mouton.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mouton!mwg From: mwg@mouton.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Question, does Nutrasweet cause depression? Message-ID: <166@mouton.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 09:49:52 EDT Article-I.D.: mouton.166 Posted: Mon Oct 1 09:49:52 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 05:52:24 EDT References: <628@hound.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 14 ++ There was an extensive article last month in Common Cause (the magazine put out by Common Cause, a citizen's lobbying group - Nader style) on Nutra-sweet. I havn't finished it and don't know if it is available in libraries. They concentrated mostly on the political aspects, saying that the FDA rushed it through without sufficient testing, as a demonstration of the Reagan administration's policy against over-regulation. Also, the one company that makes it (Searle ?) did a lot of lobbying and pulled a few strings to quicken their fortune. The article quoted all kinds of prominant doctors who say that Nutra-sweet will play with your hormone/brain-chemical system and can affect your mood, emotions, etc. -Mark Garrett BCR