A Hawaiian state senate bill will soon be introduced that will propose to ban aspartame from the State of Hawaii.
A previous bill introduced into the New Mexico senate failed. That attempt was notable for the response of the state senators who opposed the bill; they sipped Diet Coke as they listened to the arguments.
Stephen Fox, the Managing Editor of the Santa Fe Sun News and a backer of the New Mexico effort, said of the Hawaiian bills: “This is wonderful news coming from Hawaii ... [the] bills were overwhelmed and eviscerated in New Mexico by some of the most vicious corporate lobbyists I have ever encountered, representing Ajinomoto of Japan, the world's largest aspartame and MSG manufacturer, as well as their duped American corporate henchmen ... like Coca Cola, Pepsi, Altria/Kraft Corporate services, and others. The same lobbyists will show up in Honolulu, make no mistake ...
“These corporations have everything to lose if such bills advance and ultimately lead to the inevitable product liability and personal injury suits from those damaged by aspartame, which number in the hundreds of millions ...”
47 Members of the UK Parliament have also asked for an aspartame ban, and efforts in New Zealand continue with a circulating petition for ban.
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