Word: saccharinity
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...could have made your article on the FDA saccharin ban [March 21] more informative by including a statement on why large doses are used in tests. Such doses are necessary because the effects of carcinogens are cumulative, often taking 20 years or more to produce symptoms. The lifetimes of test animals are short, and a decision has to be made within a few years to protect the public...
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration [FDA] today will formally ban saccharin as a food additive. However, reports indicate that the FDA may permit the sale of saccharin as an over-the-counter drug...
...United States consumes more than five million pounds of saccharin annually, 7.5 percent of it in diet soft drinks...
Diabetics, who must restrict their sugar intake, and people trying to control their weight are responsible for most of the saccharin...
...politicians, he returns reporters' calls promptly and always provides clever quips. When the House created an Ethics Committee last month in the wake of the conviction of two state senators for extortion, Frank said, "Peer policing doesn't even work at West Point. The Committee should be banned with saccharin as an artificial sweetener...