TrutherGirls T-Shirts: thetruthergirls.spreadshirt.com/ Truthergirls Karen and Sonia go to the grocery store but are unable to find any food there. Aspartame and brain tumors: aspartame-fed rats developed brain tumors at 25 times the rate of the control group. www.naturalnews.com/011804_aspartame_tumors_brain_tumor.html The Cancer Research Center of the European Foundation of Oncology and Environmental Sciences in Bologna, Italy reported this week that a long-term study to evaluate the potential carcinogenic effects of aspartame demonstrates the chemical sweetener "induces an increase in lymphomas and leukemias in female rats." www.wnho.net/new_aspartame_studies.htm From Aspartame Info site: Journal of National Cancer Institute study refutes a link with childhood brain cancer but is based on epidemiological data only (which is NOT equivalent to experimental data): www.aspartame.info/info/sclib011.html The above site also has a section on 'sustainability' (and we all know what that is a euphemism for,lol) which explains why this toxic chemical is better for the environment than regular sugar. Bernadene Magnuson, whose research is used to promotes aspartame on the above site, was hired by Monsanto to promote their product. In 3-year 2005 the Ramazzini Study by Dr. Soffritti with 1800 rats concluded that aspartame "is a multipotential carcinogen." The study was peer reviewed by 7 world experts. A followup study showed that a very small amount of the poison will not only cause cancer but it can be passed on to the offspring.If a woman uses aspartame during pregnancy, and if the baby survives, it may be sentenced to sickness and an early death by Aspartame, which is also an abortifacient, induces abortions. For the above info and more on how Monsanto scammed their way into getting this product on the market, see: www.wnho.net/bernadene_magnuson_aspartame_flack.htm