(NaturalNews) In December of 1965, while James Schlatter, a chemist for G.D. Searle & Company, was working on an anti-ulcer drug candidate he accidentally discovered aspartame. He was recrystallizing aspartame from ethanol when the mixture spilled onto the outside of the flask he was using. Some of the powder landed on his fingers. Schlatter discovered the sweet taste of aspartame when he absent-mindedly licked his finger later. He realized that the sweet taste must have been the aspartame.
The first report of the discovery of the artificial sweetener was in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. It stated:...read the rest of "Nutrasweet - the History of this Toxic Chemical and Its Promotion (Part 1)" at naturalnews.com
