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I just want everybody to know emphatically and in no uncertain terms that I am *not* 
the Paul Edwards that Ms. Martini quotes below.  I have no idea who this person is 
that she quotes, since she provides no e-mail address for that person.  I realize 
that my name is fairly common, but I just want to set the record straight, in case 
any of your thought I might be agreeing with her (no chance in he** that I would, 
BTW)

--Paul S. Edwards (pedwards@iquest.net)


Betty Martini wrote:
> 
> Just thought you would like to know one child went blind in one eye and
> they took Flintstone vitamins back to the store because they found out it
> had aspartame in it.  Since the wood alcohol in aspartame does cause
> blindness and cases are really piling up and the child was taking only
> vitamins with aspartame pretty sure that was it.
> 
> We're trying to get health food stores to ban products with NutraSweet
> and I've already written to the NNFA - National Nutrition Food Alliance.
> 
> Regards,
> Betty
> 
> P.S.  They are now putting them in other products like Fresca and
> Wintergum gum - you have to really watch out.  They know it never was a
> diet food anyway, and now they putting it in all kinds of products - they
> know also it is addicting.
> 
> *****************************************************************************
> To get more information on aspartame, email betty@pd.org as follows:
> Subject: sendme help
> The subject line must be typed exactly like the above line.
> Betty Martini             1.  Take the 60-day No-Aspartame test
> Mission Possible                 and send us your case history.
> PO Box 28098              2.  Tell your doctor and your friends.
> Atlanta GA  30358         3.  Return Aspar-Poisoned foods to the store.
> USA                           (Nutrasweet(tm), Equal(tm), Spoonful(tm), etc)
> 
> We are dedicated to the proposition that we will not be satisfied until death
> and disability are no longer considered an acceptable cost of business.
> 
> On 4 Nov 1995, Paul Edwards wrote:
> 
> > It seems that in spite of the evidence being collected, manufacturers
> > are continuing to use Aspartame (Nutrasweet) in products designed for
> > Kids and without clearly marking them as containing the material.  One
> > such product is Avon's Avon Life "Kid Essentials" with Iron.  Listed in
> > small print the "Inactive Ingredients" sub-panel is Aspartame.
> > No other place indicates that Aspartame or Nutrasweet (its trade
> > name) is used.  Using kid's vitamins with Aspartame in them, would be
> > equivalent to giving kids a dose of methonol (wood alcohol) everyday.
> > We need to demand that ALL consumable products, unprepared, pre-prepared
> > or post-prepared (as in food service facilities), that contain Aspartame
> > (Nutrasweet) be clearly and completely marked.
> >
> >