07 February 2008

Dear Chairman Dr. Green, Vice Chairman Mizuno, and members of the Hawaiian House Health Committee:

As the documentary filmmaker behind the films, Sweet Misery and Sweet Remedy, which both delve deeply into an analysis of aspartame - its history and chemical breakdown - I am writing to commend you for seriously considering the health of Hawaiians by bringing forward a bill to ban aspartame. It is a truly admirable and courageous act, in the spirit of positive community-based change. I, myself, am an aspartame survivor and personally can attest to the physical horrors it can inflict. In 2002, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and shortly thereafter, was confined to a wheelchair with double vision and slurred speech. As I began to recover, I made the aforementioned aspartame documentaries, needing to alert the public at large and to spare people from my personal traumas. I also wanted to learn as much as I could during this film-making process about the truth or fiction of the dangers of aspartame. Although I did not want to believe that there was a problem with what had been my beverage of choice for twenty years, I found that in aspartame's case at least, where there was smoke, there was fire - a raging inferno, in fact.

The largest tragedy in my own life was thinking that aspartame was not only safe, but good for me. This same story has been repeated by countless aspartame survivors who have contacted me as they regain their health. Many other products have found to be toxic after entering the market place and have subsequently been banned. Look at DDT in pesticides; lead in gasoline; or even Red #1, #2 and #4 for use as food dyes. Aspartame is a very sneaky, cumulative toxin accompanied by a smiley face. This is very dangerous. As more knowledge comes to light, it has become your responsibility and high honor to react to this new understanding. I ask you to give your bill a do pass in your Health Committee.

Thank you truly for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Cori Brackett
Sound and Fury Productions
2301 East Broadway
Tucson, AZ 85719
http://www.sweetremedy.tv