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Re:“Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked”: John Ioannid... by Nasrudith on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:01AM (#20360182)
Aspartame is ironically a substance we are most sure of its safety because of how fixed many were on the idea it was dangerous. Few substances were given such exhaustive testing.

The sources would be shot down for a reason and not some vast conspiracy but because the hill they chose to die on wasn't even real.

I would draw the opposite conclusion - safety analysis by whatever becomes a cause is a very poor way to both allocate resources.

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Re:“Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked”: John Ioannid... by astazangasta on Friday July 05, 2019 @12:51PM (#20363945)
Err, have you acually read the studies they used to approve? They are not unequivocal, and the final approval of it as a drink additive was thanks to Donald Rumsfeld, who was CEO of Searle at the time and had a hand in selecting Arthur Hull Hayes Jr. to head the FDA.
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