Word: coulston
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enormous quantities of saccharin fed the test rats-equivalent to consumption by a human of some 800 cans of diet soda each day over a lifetime. Said Duke University Biochemist Henry Kamin: "The dosages are so large that the result means nothing." In Albany, N.Y., Dr. Frederick Coulston revealed that his tests on monkeys-much closer to humans than are rats-revealed no harmful effects. Said he: "We gave saccharin to rhesus monkeys over 6½ years-relatively high doses six days a week." After examining the animals, he said, "we found nothing. They are perfectly normal...
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