Tom Sanders
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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- ↑ Thea Jourdan, Aspartame - Sweet or sour? Daily Mail, Oct 12, 2004
- ↑ Rita Carter, The truth about sugar substitutes, The Independent, 19 Nov 1996
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Science Media Centre, Expert reaction to GM maize causing tumours in rats, 19 Sept 2012, acc 22 Sept 2012
- ↑ Reuters, UPDATE 3-Study on Monsanto GM corn concerns draws scepticism, Sep 19 2012, acc 22 Sep 2012
