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From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:05:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:05:00 1985
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> The claim was that nutrasweet was pushed through the FDA very quickly
> (and not without substantial pressure from some chemical company which
> makes almost all of it), with a minimum of studys and testing.
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I'm reasonably sure that aspartame was reported in _Science_ in 1973.
Time to FDA approval is, therefore, about 11 years.  This is a rush?

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scott preece
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