Word: saccharin
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...overreacted," snapped a spokesman for the Calorie Control Council, an Atlanta-based trade group. "The physiology of a rat or mouse isn't the same as that of a human," protested William Inman, vice president of Sherwin-Williams Co. of Cleveland, the sole U.S. producer of saccharin, whose output accounts for 65% of the 8 million lbs. consumed yearly by Americans. Researchers pointed to the 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...
Though the FDA admitted there was no evidence that saccharin had caused cancer in humans during the 80 years the sweetener has been used in the U.S., the agency had no choice but to seek the ban. Under a 1958 amendment to the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, sponsored by former New York Representative James Delaney, any food additive-no matter in what quantities-that causes cancer either in humans or lab animals must be prohibited. The same law may yet be invoked in other bans in the months ahead, though the FDA is clearly not happy with the amendment...
...since animal tests in the early '70s renewed concern that the chemical might be a carcinogen, the FDA has been slowly moving toward a ban. By 1972 it had taken the sweetener from its "generally recognized as safe" list and warned food and beverage companies to limit the saccharin levels in their products...
...announcement, Gardner insisted that the "loss of saccharin will at worst be an inconvenience." Most diabetes specialists disagreed. They pointed out that many of the estimated 10 million Americans who suffer from diabetes find saccharin absolutely essential to fulfill their craving for sweets. At Boston's Joslin Diabetes Foundation, callers were urged to write strong letters of protest to their Congressmen. Exclaimed the foundation's president, Dr. Alexander Marble: "This ban is against common sense!" The American Diabetes Association was so concerned about how to deal with the saccharin crisis that it scheduled an emergency meeting. Said...
...soft-drink manufacturers like Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are promising to continue marketing diet drinks, presumably by reducing sugar content of some beverages, resorting to sweeteners like high-fructose corn syrup, and perhaps adding citrus or other flavorings. But some of these newcomers may be richer in calories than saccharin-sweetened brands and may not be as tasty...