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From: connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med
Subject: Re: Re: expecting father & nutrasweet
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 21:42:52 EDT
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> 
> Babies born in hospitals are routinely checked for PKU - it's a simple
> blood test - before they are released.
> -- 

I know of a few people who claim to suffer adverse effects from drinking
diet soft drinks with Nutrasweet, but none of them know whether or not
they are Phenylketonurics.  A) this is anecdotal, and must be taken with
a grain of salt, but this might indicate that B) PKU tests were not routine
until recently, or C) something other than PKU is the problem here.  Any
ideas?
-- 
C. Ian Connolly, WA2IFI - USENET: ...edison!steinmetz!connolly
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An rud a bhionn, bionn.