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From: dms@ihlpg.UUCP (Spang)
Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med,net.consumers,net.bio
Subject: Re: NutraSweet Inquiry.
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Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 12:31:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 21 12:31:25 1986
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> In article <165@sally.UUCP> miller@loral.UUCP (BIG DAVE) writes:
> >Does anyone know of any study done on the consumption of the artificial sweetner
> >NutraSweet during pregnamcy ?. I heard some rumors to the effect that it was 
> >found to be linked to birth deffects.
> 



When I was last pregnant the story I got relates the ingredient in
Asparatame, phenylkeurotinics or something, to PKU syndrome. PKU
relates to the inability to deal wiht phenylwhatever in your system.
One of the first tests of a newborn is the PKU in the heel. I would
assume that a fetus would have the same sensitivity that it would a day
after birth thus the birth defect possibility.

				Debra Spang