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Article: STUDY PROVES NUTRASWEET DOES NOT CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS
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- March 7, 1992
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STUDY PROVES NUTRASWEET DOES NOT CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS
BOSTON, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspartame, more commonly known as
NutraSweet, does not cause allergic reactions when consumed, according to a recently completed study directed by Raif S. Geha, M.D., chief of the Division of Immunology at Children's Hospital in Boston and professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. The study, carried out at six medical centers in the United States and Canada, was conducted in response to consumer complaints of hives and swelling that were thought to be associated with the sweetener.
"Because aspartame is never consumed in its pure form but in ...