This is the movie that Pepsi and Coca-Cola don’t want you to see.
This documentary is a close examination into what some consider to be a “hoax” – aspartame toxicity. This documentary attempts to look at what is definitively known about aspartame and discovers that the label “hoax” in this case is a dangerous misconception. This controversial documentary is sure to open eyes to the possible dangers of what lurks in our food.
It also unveils one of the most pervasive, insidious forms of corporate negligence in the history of the industrial revolution: the “revolving doors” practices between the FDA and powerful corporations such as Monsanto-subsidiary, Searle.
Upon detailed examination of the process for approving aspartame by the FDA, the film connects Donald Rumsfeld, once the United States Secretary of Defense, to the scene of the crime. Donald Rumsfeld, then CEO of Searle, was part of President Ronald Reagan’s transition team when the FDA’s board of inquiry was overruled by Arthur Hull Hayes, the newly appointed FDA Commissioner, allowing the marketing of aspartame as a food additive.
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Relevant links
List of Aspartame Products
Aspartame: Toxicology
Coca-Cola: Pollution in a Bottle?
Nazis, Human Experimentation and Diet Coke
Kellogg’s, Corn Syrup and Cancer
The Green Revolution: Ecologically Devastating
