European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday september 8, 1985 artificial sweetener ingredient harmed mice in lab tests Logan Utah a aspartame. An ingredient in the artificial sweetener no trash act i. Caused irregularities in some brain junctions of Laboratory mice. Utah stale University researchers said Friday. Roger Coulomb a researcher in the food science department said i spar Tam induced changes in brain Levels controlling the Pitu itary gland considered the body s master dissected brain tissue of the mice showed thai most of those Given aspartame had More i Arvotis syst Cip irregularities than those not Given the sweetener he said. We feel these changes explain some of the complaints associated with aspartame such As mood alterations nausea and menstrual irregularities said Coulomb. He said Consumers of Nutrasweet should not be alarmed but he called for More re search thym Smith vice president of Public affairs for Nutrasweet at . Scarle & co., critics cd the research. It s our understanding that this was done with very High doses which Are not necessarily applicable to humans because a human being would never consume that much either in one sitting or in a lifetime said Smith. Coulombe said the study was not a Case of feeding mice the equivalent of three cases of aspartame soda per Day for 10 years. Our mice were fed aspartame at realistic human equivalent Levels of Low. High and abusive consumption one study sought to determine the effects that would be Felt by a child who drinks More than a gallon of soft drink containing aspartame in one Day he said. That dose would cause a significant increase in the Scuro transmitter Levels of the child s brain said Coulomb but he could not predict How that would affect the child. Coulomb presented the research to the american society of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics at a conference in Boston two weeks ago. Nutrasweet is made by Searle of so Kic iii., which recently agreed to be acquired by Monsanto co., the St. Louis based chemical company. Scarle has a Pat ent on the artificial sweetener that runs through 1992. Word of the report sent Monsanto Stock Down s2.2s a share to $48.75 in new York Stock Exchange trading. Among the companies using Nutrasweet Are general foods coca cola Pep Sico seven up Borden Carnation . Heinz and Procter and Gamble. Pint sized punches two year old Robe Wolf Lihua or. Tries on us dad s boxing fear before Ruben or s Warmup it the Garden City gym in san Jose Calif. While dad boxes a Ruben or. Was Shadow boxing in the paperweight division. What scares Feen on Lone voyage storms new York a a teen Ager who left Here three months ago to sail Solo around the world says she has discovered one thing that really frightens her a thunderstorm at sea. There is no escape or place to hide said Tania Aebi 18, whose Only company on her 26-foot boat is her cat Dinghy. I just cuddled up with Dinghy and Aebi who has sailed through the Bermuda Triangle the Caribbean sea and the Panama canal and is now somewhere in the Pacific Ocean wrote in a letter i feel that when i have a thunderstorm nature is trying to show me All her Power and is keeping up my respect. One has to respect nature and the elements because it is the one thing Man has t been Able to Aebi s father Ernst 47, gave her the 540,000 Sloop Varuna in lieu of a College education on the condition that she support herself by writing stories during her global trip. He said he hoped the experience would make her into an accomplished journalist at an Early age. She has made stops in Bermuda and St. Thomas and the Virgin islands. She is currently headed for Cocos a Small Island about 800 Miles West Southwest of Panama. Aebi who could become the youngest woman Ever to sail alone around the world is headed for the Marquesas islands on her current leg. At first i was apprehensive until i reached Bermuda she said. It was the major hurdle and a relatively uncomfortable and hard trip. But i did it and still wanted to continue. 1 really am enjoying her one regret she said was not plan Ning ahead to spend More time on her Shore visits. After All Here is an Opportunity to see the world and meet and learn about differ ent people she said. I allotted myself too Short a time in each country and so far am overstaying each Aebi Learned celestial navigation last year during a 29-Day sailing trip from fal Mouth England to new York with her father and some friends. I have had to become very Independent she wrote. I have been my own Cook maid plumber electrician Mechanic doctor Boss and veterinarian several times each she bumped her head on the Side of the boat and had to have six stitches she said in the letter from Islas de Las Perlas about 40 Miles from Panama City in the Pacific. I love my Little floating Home and am very proud of it. Of course i look for Ward to getting off her and walking around and to enjoy space. But i Don t mind getting Back on. I miss n.y., my family and friends. I know i will never see them again in the same Light i do Public school admits teen age boy with aids Swansea mass. Up1 class mates and parents rallied behind a teen age aids victim and the administrators who decided to do the right thing and allow him to attend Junior nigh school but two parents removed their children from school. Two Parent out of those for 630 Young sters is not a hysterical reaction Case Junior High school principal Harold g. Devinejr. Said Friday. D. Martha Rogers of the centers for disease control in Atlanta said the eighth Grade boy is the Only known Stu Dent in the country who has been allowed to continue in Public school after Educa Tion officials were informed he had the incurable disease. Students said the aids victim who was not identified to protect his privacy is a Good student and outstanding athlete and a gnat kid who does t deserve he s a pretty Good Friend of mine said Adam Pellitier 13. I live near him play baseball with him and hang around with him but i m not worried about the Dis a few parents said they would keep their children at Home As Long As the boy is Al Lowed to remain in Schoof i Don t want my kids exposed to it and i m keeping them Home until we see what s going on said James Conners. They really Don t know anything about this disease and once you get it you re Devine said he called the parents and advised them to seek reassurance from a paediatrician or other health professional and then make their i m delighted so few kept their kids out Devine said. I d be happier if no one did. "1 know i m not wrong about baying the boy in school Devine said. This is right. This is the Only thing we could do and still look at ourselves in the school superintendent John Mccarthy said the student has been attending school since classes began aug. 27. This was not an off the cuff decision he said. The disclosure came As state officials told school districts across Massachusetts they must admit acquired immune deficiency syndrome victim except in limited cases or risk violating state Law. We cannot succumb to unnecessary fears human services Secretary Philip Johnston told a news conference in bos ton thursday. He said the new policy protects the rights of aids victims while it ensures the health and Well being of All our Chil school officials in Washington d.c., said a student barred from classes be cause he had been exposed to the deadly aids virus would be admitted if a new lest shows he poses no health threat to other students. In Kokoron ind., a 13-year-old Hemphi Lac aids victim Ryan White was prohibited from attending school but month and the guardians of a child in new Haven conn., were notified last week a youngster differing from an aids related ailment would not be allowed to receive regular classroom education. The decision to admit the Swansea boy who contracted the disease due to treat ment for Haemophilia was based on Bis Tor s assurances that Normal school Contact would not Lead to transmission of aids to his classmates Mccarthy said. I think he should be among nominal students lit everyone else said Stu Dent Stephanie Langer. Jeff Dumont agreed saying i Don t think i la catch officials at town Hall received several Calls from parents but most were supportive said Michael fingles executive Secretary of the town s Board of select men. Haemophiliacs account for 1 percent of reported aids cases while homosexual or bisexual men account for 71 percent. The Massachusetts guidelines announced thursday Are voluntary but Johnston warned that local school officials who bar aids victims unnecessarily will risk Violat ing state Laws guaranteeing children an education. The guidelines allow. Aids victims to be barred from school Only if they suffer skin eruptions or lesions that cannot be covered Are habitually incontinent tend to bite others or Are in an advanced stage of the disease
