I find it quite sickening that the FDA has not done very much on this issue as well as on Aspartame. Consumers go through a lot of artificial sweetners when in fact the FDA has done the most amazing thing recently which is, that they have approved Stevia, which is a natural sweetner. If I was diabetic I would rather take my chances on natural sweetners as Stevia is a natural sweetner from plants in South America, but splenda is a bunch of chemicals. so what I question about the FDA is, if there is a lot of complaints about splenda and Aspartame, why aren't they doing anything about it? last time I checked the food and drug adminstration is suppose to protect consumers and not harm us. There has been many that have expressed their concerns about splenda and the sickness that they get from it, and yet it shocks me that the FDA has done nothing about this on going issue. at the same time I am not trying to scare any one of those who consume artifical sweetners and maybe you probably do, and you know who you are. I am not saying that from the first time of using artifical sweetners you will get cancer, but there are many people out there who drink a lot of soda with aspartame and consume exceeded amounts of splenda in their coffee and kool aid, and it is even in crystal light. yes I know it is delicious, but the concern is when consumers take too much of it and this is America, so it is a concern because people over do it, so I want to hear some feed backs tell me what you think. Okay everyone this is my first post...read this and tell me what you think? check out this link-->
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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I agree with you: the FDA should be held to a level of accountability. Especially when there are medical dangers about a product that millions of people are consuming. What would be alternatives,if any, and why hasn't the soda industry pursued them?
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