Nutrasweet and Brain Tumors: Class Action Suit Ready To Launch

Written by David Lear


Had any Nutrasweet lately? If you have, you might like to know that a class action lawsuit is inrepparttar works against Nutrasweet manufacturer G.D. Searle.

A consumer rights advocacy group calling itself "Mission Possible" is leading this potentially explosive litigation. In their lawsuit they plan to expose evidence pointing torepparttar 136047 fact that aspartame - also known as "Nutrasweet" - has been found to be a causative agent for brain tumors and thatrepparttar 136048 FDA has known of these risks for years. Mission Possible has amassed an impressive array of studies and reports proving that aspartame is not a bonafide food additive but a neurotoxic drug that spins offrepparttar 136049 deadly brain tumor agent: DKP (diketopiperazine).

The founder of Mission Possible, Betty Martini, explainedrepparttar 136050 situation as follows: "Neither congressional hearings nor repeated petitions calling for a ban have stopped aspartame manufacturers from exposingrepparttar 136051 public to this sweet poison. In fact, aspartame producers are reporting increased sales and boastingrepparttar 136052 market place addition of Neotame, a new aspartame product."

It is a matter of documented record that for sixteen years,repparttar 136053 FDA tried to resist pressure to approve aspartame because of various studies that linkedrepparttar 136054 artificial sweetener to a variety of adverse reactions. Among those reactions were brain tumors that occurred in animals that ingested aspartame.

In 1977, FDA investigator Jerome Bressler discovered that Searle had intentionally destroyed evidence of a large number of laboratory animals that had died from ingesting aspartame. Bressler later met with doctors H.J. Roberts, MD and Russell Blaylock, MD to brief them on his findings.

For quite a long period of time duringrepparttar 136055 initial lab testing,repparttar 136056 fate of aspartame was uncertain. The FDA had been resisting approval based on mounting evidence that aspartame was toxic.

Then - enter Donald Rumsfeld (yes, THE Donald Rumsfeld). In 1978,repparttar 136057 Board of Directors of G.D. Searle recruited Rumsfeld to head uprepparttar 136058 company as CEO. Three years later, political wheels turned andrepparttar 136059 FDA reversed its longstanding opposition to aspartame and approved its sale.

Since then,repparttar 136060 FDA has received thousands of complaints and has amassed a list of no less than 92 symptoms of aspartame poisoning. This list includes neurological problems, seizures, vision loss, blindness, headaches, cardiovascular problems, and death.

Of allrepparttar 136061 consumer complaints filed withrepparttar 136062 FDA each year, a whopping eighty percent of those complaints have to do with adverse reactions to Nutrasweet-related products. Eighty percent!

Fortunately for all of us, Martini has been collecting data about this controversy since 1992. She has tried executive and administrative remedies to have aspartame removed fromrepparttar 136063 market place, but little has come of her efforts.

She is now ofrepparttar 136064 opinion that: "Litigation isrepparttar 136065 only way to spare consumers fromrepparttar 136066 misery of aspartame poisoning." Her reasoning is supported byrepparttar 136067 outcome of recent product liability controversies such asrepparttar 136068 now famous Vioxx fiasco. Inrepparttar 136069 case of Vioxx, it had become clear to many observers thatrepparttar 136070 FDA wasn't going to be part ofrepparttar 136071 solution - at least not soon. It finally took a well-orchestrated class action lawsuit to get everyone's attention and pressurerepparttar 136072 agency into taking corrective action.

Signals That Suggest you Might be Suffering from Anxiety or Panic Disorder

Written by Joanne King


Of course I am in no way condoning that you make a self diagnosis, as I strongly believe you should visit your doctor for a correct diagnosis. However I will show you a few warning signs that may signal that you have an Anxiety or Panic Disorder.

Firstly, these are a list of symptoms you may feel (but not limited to);

•Abdominal discomfort •Diarrhea •Dry mouth •Rapid heartbeat or palpitations •Tightness or pain in chest •Shortness of breath •Dizziness •Frequent urination •Difficulty swallowing/lump in throat •Nausea •Hot flushes or Chills •Headaches •Muscles tension/aches •Fatigue •Visual Disturbances Psychological symptoms: •Insomnia •Irritability or anger •Inability to concentrate / mind going blank •Fear of madness Depersonalization •Easily frightened •Fear of dying •Feeling on edge •Lose of sex drive

You will usually feel a combination of a few of these symptoms at any one time. The most common symptoms of Anxiety & Panic Disorder being; racing heart/palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness and fear of dying.

As you can see, fromrepparttar large list of symptoms (and not limited to this list) it is extremely important that you have proper test run by your doctor, as these symptoms can be from a large variety of illnesses.

If you are experiencing some of these symptoms, your doctor will most likely run tests such as (but not limited to): Blood work, ECG – Holter Monitor – Echocardiogram (if you’re experiencing palpitations or chest pain), chest x-ray (especially with chest pain and shortness of breathe), he may want a urine sample and ultra-sounds (often with abdominal pain).

Questions you can also ask yourself (as your doctor will most likely ask you when you visit him);

Do you feel anxious before you feel these sensations? Do you feel panicked? What stresses do you have in your life?

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