A Splenda Way to Die! (from http://www.shacamerica.net /)
In a time when obesity has seen a dramatic increase, diabetes is plaguing more and more children, and doctors are warning people to cut down on their sugars, sugar giant Tate and Lyle, with the aid of McNeil Specialty Products (a division of Johnson and Johnson) came up with a sweetener 600 times more potent than real sugar! Now where do you think you go to test “safe” a product as “important” Sucralose (also called Splenda in the US) – Huntingdon Life Sciences, of course.
Huntingdon played a big role in the testing that took place to bring this garbage product to the market. An estimated 12,800 animals died in the process according to a published report in a recent scientific journal.
Some of the more gruesome details revealed:
• 32 beagle dogs were locked in metal cages for 52 weeks. They were given Sucralose mixed in with their normal feed, and blood and urine samples were collected. At the end of the study they were killed by means of exsanguiation - they had their throats slit open and bled to death. They were then cut open and their organs - by now drained of blood so easier to dissect - were examined to test the product's toxicity levels.
• Four beagle puppies (or as HLS calls them – punching bags) were starved before being force-fed the super-sweet sugar powder. HLS employees then took blood samples from the jugulars of the infant dogs.
• An unspecified number of marmoset monkeys either died from the poisoning or were killed at the termination of the research at HLS.
• The report states that 12 of these monkeys, which were babies – under 10 months old – were force-fed Sucralose for seven weeks. Two of the primates died on the seventh day from brain defects, another primate was mysteriously killed after four weeks, and the remainder all were murdered at the completion of the seventh week. Some of the recorded observations from this study noted “in appetence, body weight loss, unwillingness to use hind leg, hopping, involuntary grip reflexes, salivation and subdued mood.”
• Huntingdon also used rabbits to study the effects of the product. These little animals were given 1200 times the expected daily intake and not surprisingly most died from the trauma. Many of the other rabbits suffered from convulsions, weight loss, and various intestinal disorders.
• Huntingdon also tested the product on pregnant rabbits, mice, and rats – killing both the mothers and the fetuses.
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Also- it IS bad for you. I googled many health studies and found it has side effects Here's a good link: http://www.dailytrojan.com/media/pap...d-934318.shtml "According to the Sucralose Toxicity Information Center, the vast majority of tests were conducted on animals. These tests revealed that Splenda consumption can cause up to 40 percent shrinkage of the thymus, a gland that is essential to maintain normal function of the immune system. Splenda also causes swelling of the liver and kidneys and calcification of the kidneys."
They MUST know of the side effects- their website states that if you have an "adverse reaction" to it call their help line!!!
(from their site:If you need to report an adverse event or a side effect from one of our products, please phone us at 1-800-7-SPLENDA so we can give you more personalized attention.
It is important to know that if you have a medical emergency or if you need specific medical advice, you should contact your primary healthcare provider, poison control center, or your local emergency room.)
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I will be contacting Splenda to let them know that I will not be purchasing their product since it was animal tested and that I will be informing others of their cruelty. Blood for sweetner. How disgusting!
I urge you to do the same.
www.splenda.com
Call 1-800-7-SPLENDA
email form:
http://www.splenda.com/vcrc/email/emailform.jhtml
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