You Dirty Rats! You Dirty Rats!

Apparently, Aspartame (most often sold as Nutrisweet) may or may not cause cancer in rats, according to an article in TCS Daily titled: "You Dirty Rats!". Never mind that Saccrin was effectively banned on the basis of finding a small increase in bladder cancer in male rats when feed massive doses of the stuff. The FDA is not about to ban Aspartame until the evidence is a lot more damming than was found for Saccrin.

Of course, the FDA has also turned a blind eye to other Aspartame related problems over the years. I have heard an estimate that some 10% of the population is neurologicially sensistive to the stuff, and that sounds reasonable from my experiences. I know one person who claims that it caused him to black out while flying. Luckily he wasn't alone, and his passenger knew enough to keep the plane in the air until he woke up. But he is one who never drank diet drinks before or during flying or driving again.