Aspartame: Succession of False Alarms
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Aspartame: Succession of False AlarmsThere is in most of us a yearning for the natural and suspicion of the synthetic, but this is usually balanced by a realization that nature cannot be relied on not to be cruel and that the quality of life in the western world is heavily dependent on man's successful interference with nature.It is in this context that one should consider the need for sweeteners other than sugar.When a highly respected medical journal publishes a letter from a scientist, working in an institute, the Massachussett's Institute of Technology, famed for its contributions to medical science, alleging that a widely marketed food additive may be harming consumers (Wurtman, 1983), a response of some kind is both necessary and inevitable.
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- Authors
- Grasso, P., Cohen, J., & Roe, F.
- Affiliations
- BP (United Kingdom) (GB)
- 25 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DG
- 19 Marryat Road, Wimbledon Common, London SW19 5BB
- Venue
- Human Toxicology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1984-07
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 257-259
- ISSN
- 0144-5952 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2170029785
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Human Toxicology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural safety and regulations
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Dye analysis and toxicity
- Keywords
- aspartame, artificial sweeteners, food additives, sweetener safety, public health controversy
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Aspartame, Behavior, Animal, Brain Chemistry, Dipeptides, Humans
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