Here ya go check this out........

Well as usual the FDA is at it again....why is our government allowing the FDA to continue this abuse?????

Here is a fact sheet presented by Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Splenda (sucralose).

Below this Article is a scientific data sheet on Sucralose! I think you will find this another interesting twist on the FDA and Chemical companies! And below that, an analogy to the testing of Aspartame. Good Grief, Charlie Brown!

Availability:

SPLENDA® will be available to consumers in tabletop packages (granular boxes and packets) beginning September 2000. Until now, SPLENDA® has been available to consumers on a limited basis.

SPLENDA® is produced and marketed by McNeil Specialty Products Company, a member of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

SPLENDA® is also available as an ingredient in a broad range of products currently available in the U.S., including:

Ocean Spray® Lightstyle® fruit drinks

Tropicana Twister® Light fruit drinks,

Diet RC® Cola, Diet Rite® Cola,

Swiss Miss® Hot Cocoa Mix,

Veryfine® Fruit2O flavored water,

Log Cabin® Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup,

Lucky Leaf® Lite pie fillings,

Musselman’s® "No Sugar Added" Apple Sauce

To meet widespread demand for SPLENDA® in the U.S., McNeil Specialty Products Company has built a manufacturing facility in McIntosh, Alabama.

Product Description:

SPLENDA® is the only no calorie sweetener that is made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar. It can be used virtually anywhere sugar is used, including cooking and baking.

SPLENDA® received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in April 1998 for use in 15 food and beverage categories, the broadest initial approval ever given to a no calorie sweetener.

In August 1999, only 16 months after initial regulatory approval, the FDA granted approval to SPLENDA® for use as a general purpose sweetener, expanding the categories to include all food and beverage applications.

Origin/Discovery:

SPLENDA® (also known as sucralose) was discovered in 1976.

Sounds good so far.......

The result is an exceptionally stable sweetener that tastes like sugar, but without sugar’s calories. After consumption, it passes through the body without being metabolized.

Safety:

Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the Health Protection Branch of Health and Welfare Canada, and Australia’s National Food Authority.

Since 1991, millions of people have enjoyed the great taste of SPLENDA®. SPLENDA® is now available as an ingredient in over 400 food and beverage products around the world.

Features/Benefits:

SPLENDA® is the only no calorie sweetener that is made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar with no unpleasant aftertaste.

SPLENDA® granular measures and pours just like sugar and it stays sweet at high temperatures so it can be used in cooking and baking. SPLENDA® is an ideal sweetener for the whole family.

Also see new article by Dr. Joseph Mercola at:

http://www.mercola.com/2000/dec/3/sucralose_dangers.htm

Splenda, also known as sucralose, is artificial sweetener which is a chlorinated sucrose derivative. Facts about this artificial chemical follows:

Pre-Approval Research

Pre-approval research showed that sucralose caused shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage) and enlarged liver and kidneys. The manufacturer put forth two arguments in an attempt to claim that sucralose is not toxic:

The dose of sucralose in the experiments was high. However, for chemicals that do not have generations of safe use, the dosage tested must be adjusted for variations in potential toxicity within the human population and between humans and rodents. In order to this, toxicologists estimate a variation of effects in the human population of 10 times. In other words, one person may not have effects until a dose of 10 mg per kg of body weight (10 mg/kg) is reached, while another person may have chronic toxicity effects at 1 mg per kg of body weight (1 mg/kg). In addition, it is well known that many chemicals are much more toxic in humans than in rodents (or even monkeys). For example, the chemicals that the sweetener aspartame breaks down into vary from 5 to 50 times more toxic in humans than in rodents. Therefore, toxicologists estimate a further 10 times the dose for differences between human and rodent toxicity for a total of 100 times (10 * 10).

In order to estimate a potential safe dose in humans, one must divide the lowest dose in given to rodents that was seen to have any negative effects on their thymus glands, liver or kidneys by 100. That dose is then known as the maximum Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) for lifetime use. Keep in mind that the TDI is just an estimate. Some chemicals are much more than 10 times more toxic in humans than in rodents (or will cause cancer in humans in low-dose, long-term exposure and do not cause cancer in rodents at all). A person ingesting the TDI for some chemical may find that it causes cancer or immune system or neurological problems after many years or decades of use. So, if the manufacturer claims that the dose was equivalent to 50 diet sodas, then the TDI would be one half (1/2) of a diet soda, and even that dose may or may not be safe.

[Toxicologist Judith] Bellin reviewed studies on rats starved under experimental conditions, and concluded that their growth rate could be reduced by as much as a third without the thymus losing a significant amount of weight (less than 7 percent). The changes were much more marked in rats fed on sucralose. While the animals' growth rate was reduced by between 7 and 20 percent, their thymuses shrank by as much as 40 percent.

Recent Research

A possible problem with caecal enlargement and renal mineralization has been seen in post approval animal research.

Sucralose Breaks Down

Despite the manufacturer's mis-statements, sucralose does break down into small amounts of 1,6-dichlorofructose, a chemical which has not been adequtely tested in humans. More importantly, sucralose must break down in the digestive system. If it didn't break down and react at all (as the manufacturer claims), it would not chemically-react on the tongue to provide a sweet taste. The truth is that sucralose does break down to some extent in the digestive system.

Independent, Long-Term Human Research

Chlorinated Pesticides

The manufacturer claims that the chlorine added to sucralose is similar to the chlorine atom in the salt (NaCl) molecule. That is not the case. Sucralose may be more like ingesting tiny amounts of chlorinated pesticides, but we will never know without long-term, independent human research.

Conclusion

Addendum (October 2, 2000)

Ocassionally, persons emailing ask questions about sucralose research. What follows is a copy of a response one such question. The answer starts by summarizing the aspartame (NutraSweet) issue and then addresses the sucralose issue.

Let me start by saying that, as you may know, there is a quickly growing body of evidence demonstrating the toxicity of aspartame. This includes:

Recent European research showing that ingesting aspartame leads to the accumulation of formaldehyde in the brain, other organs and tissues (Formaldehyde has been shown to damage the nervous system, immune system, and cause irreversible genetic damage in humans.)

An extremely large number of toxicity reactions reported to the FDA and other organizations

A recent report showing that nearly 100% of independent research has found problems with aspartame.

Pre-approval test indicated potential toxicity of sucralose.

There are no *independent* controlled human studies on sucralose (similar to 15 years ago for aspartame).

There are no long-term (12-24 months) human studies of sucralose's effects.

There is no monitoring of health effects. It took government agencies decades to agree that there were countless thousands of deaths from tobacco. Why? Simply because there had been no monitoring or epidemiological studies. Without such monitoring and studies, huge effects can easily go unnoticed.

So, without even addressing the pre-approval research showing potential toxicity, it is clear that sucralose has a) no long history (e.g., decades) of safe use, b) no independent monitoring of health effects, c) no long-term human studies, and d) no independent human studies. I would hope that the Precautionary Principal, now commonly used in Europe, would be a guiding force for people who are interested in health. Otherwise, we might as well just use any poorly-tested, artificial (lab-created) chemical that has shown potential for long-term toxicity.

As far as the pre-approval research related to sucralose.... As you probably know, pre-approval research is rarely published. It is only available from the FDA by filing a Freedom of Information Act request. However, you can see a very short summary regarding sucralose and shrunken thymus glands in the "New Scientist" (23 November 1991, page 13).

It is very important that people who have any interest in their health stay aware from the highly toxic sweetener, aspartame and other dangerous sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda), and acesulfame-k (Sunette, Sweet & Safe, Sweet One). Instead, please see the extensive resources for sweeteners on the Healthier Sweetener Resource List. http://www.holisticmed.com/sweet/

....for now,