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From: connolly@steinmetz.UUCP (C. Ian Connolly)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: The Perils of Nutrasweet
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 18:27:03 EDT
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> > a significant portion of the population (>10%?) which cannot.  These are

> it is caused by a deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase.  The condition
> occurs in 7:100,000 births in the general population of the USA, with

> 7/100000 is many times lower than >10%? (unless this is a kind of

What can I say?  I got the figure out of Science...
I might be confusing Phenylketonuria with a more general condition
involving phenylalanine.  I am positive that more than .007% of the
people I know are affected by Nutrasweet-sweetened soft drinks,
so I am much more inclined to believe the 10% figure.
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C. Ian Connolly, WA2IFI - USENET: ...edison!steinmetz!connolly
	   ,      ,	  ARPANET: connolly@ge-crd
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