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Ban aspartame
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener 200 times sweeter than sugar. It has been licensed for more than 25 years and has become a cheap alternative to sugar, now being used in 6000 food, drink or pharmaceutical products. It has widely penetrated the British market and every day, it is consumed on average by one in fifteen people worldwide, the majority of whom are children. For the last year I have been looking into the safety of aspartame. As a man of science I have no doubt that there is strong scientific evidence that aspartame represents a serious health problem. On the basis of the precautionary principle, I have called on the Government to ban the use and sale of this food additive which has been proved to be carcinogenic in animals, a highly predictive indication of its effects on humans according to the World Health Organisation.


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Published 30th January 2006

Are we safe from bird flu?
Avian flu is normally a common disease of low strength which does not cause any significant problems to poultry or human health. However, from time to time, higher pathogenic strains emerge that can kill large numbers of birds and pose a threat to people working closely with poultry. At present, the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu has the potential to cause widespread damage to the poultry industry and I am pressing the Government to ensure that plans are in place to deal with this disease, if or when it reaches our shores.


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Published 27th January 2006

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