Why is aspartame still a legal food additive?!

Why is aspartame still a legal food additive?

When not one report from anywhere in the world says its safe? in fact its a ant poison that turns to formaldehyde at body temp[eratures and it causes cancer in lab rats. I asked a doctor why they recommend it and she said they do cause its worth billions to the bastards who make it.

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rhya
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there are more than 92 side effects of aspartame for your body,,
because unlike the saccharine, aspartame dissolves into sollution and deposit within body tissues..

these are the side effects of aspartame :

Eye
blindness in one or both eyes
decreased vision and/or other eye problems such as: blurring, bright flashes, squiggly lines, tunnel vision, decreased night vision
pain in one or both eyes
decreased tears
trouble with contact lenses
bulging eyes

Ear
tinnitus - ringing or buzzing sound
severe intolerance of noise
marked hearing impairment

Neurologic
epileptic seizures
headaches, migraines and some severe
dizziness, unsteadiness, both
confusion, memory loss, both
severe drowsiness and sleepiness
paresthesia or numbness of the limbs
severe slurring of speech
severe hyperactivity and restless legs
atypic

There is no scientific evidence that aspartame is unsafe. It's been studied extensively for about thirty years, so you'd think that after all this time if it were that dangerous than more people would have cancer from it. But people who use aspartame don't have any more cancer than anyone else.

Your fear is unfounded. And, stories about aspartame are considered an urban legend.

Aspartame HOAX
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hoaxes/h...

Aspartame Email Hoax - explains the long list of 'ailments' caused by aspartame is false.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl...

Seems to be alot of people lately worried about aspartame. Here are some of the other questions concerning this sweetner:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

But, if it bothers you that much, just don't use it.