Tom Sanders

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Prof Tom Sanders is Head of the Nutritional Sciences Research Division, King's College London.

He has made a name for himself defending the safety of the controversial artifical sweetener aspartame in the media. He said:

The key point is that we can help people to live healthier lives if they can reduce their calorie intake. Sweeteners (aspartame) have a valuable role to play in the fight against obesity.[1]

In response to a report from the American Association of Neuropathologists showing an aspartame link to brain cancer and other serious health problems, Sanders said:

There is simply no evidence to show aspartame causes cancer. It is probably the most stiffly tested substance we consume.[2]

Criticm of study on GM maize

In September 2012 a study was published showing that the commercialised GM maize NK603 caused massive tumours, organ damage, and premature death in rats fed the maize over a lifetime. Similar effects were seen in rats fed tiny amounts of the herbicide Roundup, which NK603 is engineered to tolerate, below levels permitted in food, feed and drinking water.[3]

On the same day the study was released, the Science Media Centre in the UK rushed out a series of spoiler quotes from "experts" refuting the study.[4]

Sanders provided one quote, which was cited in a Reuters report on the study.[5]

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  1. Thea Jourdan, Aspartame - Sweet or sour? Daily Mail, Oct 12, 2004
  2. Rita Carter, The truth about sugar substitutes, The Independent, 19 Nov 1996
  3. Séralini, G. E., E. Clair, et al. (2012). "Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize." Food and Chemical Toxicology.
  4. Science Media Centre, Expert reaction to GM maize causing tumours in rats, 19 Sept 2012, acc 22 Sept 2012
  5. Reuters, UPDATE 3-Study on Monsanto GM corn concerns draws scepticism, Sep 19 2012, acc 22 Sep 2012