Splenda

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Citizens for Health held a press conference at the

National Press Club today. We announced the filing of

our Citizen Petition with the FDA demanding the proper

labeling and rigorous scrutiny of sucralose (Splenda)

Click here to call for a Public Hearing so the truth

can be told.

Sucralose is a highly processed chemical sweetener

factory-manufactured with chlorine in McIntosh,

Alabama, that was approved by the FDA in April 1998

despite serious potential health concerns. In addition

to the fact that not a single human clinical study has

been done on the finished product (Splenda) despite

hundreds of consumer health complaints posted on the

Web, consumption of Splenda poses a risk to people

(especially pregnant women) who have galactosemia (or

the genetic trait for this disorder).

Send a letter today asking your Congressperson to

support Citizens for Health and their constituents

(you, your family and your community!) on this by

demanding that the FDA either revoke its approval of

sucralose or immediately call a Public Hearing to give

voice to consumer health concerns relating to

Splenda/sucralose.

Send a letter to your Congressperson today!

Here are the facts:

The FDA's review of Splenda® (sucralose) was not

rigorous and the Agency’s approval of this synthetic

sweetener should be revoked.

FDA has no reliable way to track adverse health events

related to Splenda.

The FDA should ask the Inspector General of the

Department of Health and Human Services to launch an

investigation into the FDA’s own approval of

sucralose.

The science provided to the FDA revealed several

serious concerns about the product.

Splenda’s advertising slogan “Made from sugar, so it

tastes like sugar” has led consumers into believing it

is natural.

The FDA should initiate a full-scale public-health

investigation in and around McIntosh, Alabama, where

Splenda is manufactured.

The FDA should order the marketers of Splenda to

immediately remove the “Suitable for people with

diabetes” slogan from its packaging and marketing

materials.

The FDA should order that all sucralose- and

Splenda-containing products bear a galactosemia

warning.

To send a letter to Congress:

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/Citizens/campaign.jsp?camp\

aign_KEY=3306