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IbogaProject

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4. Artificial sweeteners too

Reply to Hornedfrog2000 (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:18 AM

Aug 7

Aspartame caused brain tumors in lab rats and wasn't getting approved as a food additive. Then after the Ford administration Donald Rumsfeld took charge of getting it to market before he slithered back into government and the defense contractor system.

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