Slog - Comments on Confidential to Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/confidential_to_eric_grandy Here's that article I was telling you about. This is the quote from one of the scientists who conducted the (nine-year) study: "This is interesting. Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet soda...?” Interesting! Just like it'll be when all y'all start growing antlers! Why is it happening? Who can say! Maybe it's your metabolism that makes you ask crazy questions. ("This is interesting. How will this business actually work? What if everyone catches on fire?") [Also for you elsewhere in the Gray Lady: a nice piece of pure speculation about what's wrong with... Copyright 2008 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 14:01:50 -0800 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:53:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by sam e. aspartame causes brain lesions in lab rats! who knows what else it does to you. diet soda tastes like poison to me.

]]> sam e. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/confidential_to_eric_grandy#c932615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/confidential_to_eric_grandy#c932615 Housekeeping Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:34:19 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The reality is, in the US, we test things AFTER we consume them, and we don't test the ingredients that are based on genetically modified organisms which we modified from their original organic components.

So, we really have no idea what we're eating here.

Our bodies have multiple redundant biochemical pathways that kick in when things go wrong - or are different - and can then cause unpredictable (at this time, hopefully less so later) results.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/confidential_to_eric_grandy#c932996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/confidential_to_eric_grandy#c932996 Housekeeping Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:53:23 -0800