Last year I made a series of posts about Hawaii’s move to ban the artificial sweetener aspartame in the state. While this didn’t pass last year, a new resolution has been put forward, Hawaii HCR 128, calling on the FDA themselves to revoke their approval of aspartame and remove it from the US market.
The text of the resolution is a little tedious, but quite an extraordinary read! I hope anyone who reads this blog and is a regular consumer of aspartame will read it and give some serious thought to what they’re doing to their bodies.
No less extraordinary is the list of cosponsors of the measure:
- Angus McKelvey: Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs (Chair)
- Maile Shimabukuoro: Hawaiian Affairs (Vice-Chair)
- Karen Awana: Transportation (Vice-Chair)
- Della Au Belatti, J.D.: Member Health, Judiciary
- Tom Brower: Human Services (Vice-Chair)
- Jerry Chang: Higher Education (Chair)
- Corrine Ching: Member, Environmental Protection, Higher Education
- Denny Coffman: Energy & Environmental Protection (Vice-Chair)
- Cindy Evans: Member, Economic Revitalization, Business, & Military Affairs
- Faye Hanohano: Public Safety (Chair)
- Sharon Har: Interim Task Force on Smart Growth (Chair)
- Ken Ito: Water, Land, & Ocean Resources (Chair)
- Michael Y. Magaoay: Member, Interim Task Force on Standards of Conduct
- Joey Manahan: Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs (Chair)
- Hermina Morita: Energy & Environmental Protection (Chair)
- Mark Nakashima: Higher Education (Vice-Chair)
- Scott Nishimoto: Health (Vice-Chair)
- Roland Sagum III: Member, Finance
- Roy Takumi: Education (Chair)
- Glenn Wakai Consumer Protection & Commerce (Vice-Chair)
- Ryan Yamane: Health (Chair)
Details of the measure and it’s current status can be found on the Hawaiian Legislature webpage (type HCR128 into the search box), and there is an RSS feed if you want to follow the progress of this measure.
First the measure has to clear the Health Commitee, and will then be referred to the Finance Committee.
Unsurprisingly there’s a lot in common over here. This doesn’t appear on Japan’s meager list of banned food additives.
We need to keep asking for review and recission of aspartame approval until the legislature listens!
There are two movies that provide critical information about the dangers of aspartame, “Sweet Misery” and “Sweet Remedy.” They feature Cori Brackett’s debilitating illness after drinking diet soda, and her recovery by detoxing. The films look at how the FDA’s approval process was subverted, and the corporate interests that profit from making people sick. For more information about aspartame, and other food additives, take a look at Cori’s site at http://www.sweetremedy.tv