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http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/are-artificial-sweeteners-safe/ Scientific Studies Aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by the regulatory agencies of more than ninety countries worldwide, with FDA officials describing aspartame as “one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved” and its safety as “clear cut.” When the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Food evaluated aspartame ( pdf ) they found over 500 papers on aspartame published between 1988 and 2001. It has been studied in animals, in various human populations including infants, children, women, obese adults, diabetics, and lactating women. Numerous studies have ruled out any association with headaches, seizures, behavior, cognition, mood, allergic reactions, and other conditions. It has been evaluated far more extensively than any other food additive. When new rat studies by the Ramazzini Foundation in Italy ( link ) appeared to show