Urgent from Stephen Fox: Governor Richardson must not postpone the bill to ban aspartame

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New Mexico Aspartame Bills Charge FDA Inaction

Will N.M. Be First State To Ban Aspartame?

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Chris Gupta

AN IMPORTANT EMAIL FROM DR. BETTY MARTINI..... MAKE THE CALL!!!! NOW!!!!!!

Governor Richardson may have decided to postpone vital consumer protection legislation till 2007 because the bill to ban aspartame, New Mexico Senate Bill 250, could "take too much time" in this legislative session, the agenda of which he controls. This is not what New Mexico elected him to be Governor, and this is not consistent with his intentions to make this the Year of the Child in our state.

We need your help urgently, to convince Governor Richardson that he must move ahead with banning aspartame, a state wide challenge of the industry's legal theory of preemption by aspartame's approval by the FDA.

Please immediately telephone 505 827-3000 to leave a message for Eric Witt, Director of Legislative Affairs and to David Contarino, Chief of Staff, to leave an urgent message for Governor Richardson. This same message has been sent to the Democratic Governors of the United States, and a similar one will be sent to many of the Attorneys General, within the next few hours.

Follow this call up with a Fax:

The 600,000 members of the Organic Consumers Association are sending faxes to the Governor, and so should you: (505) 476-2226. to the Attention of Eric Witt and David Contarino.

The faxes should be along these lines, with a request Governor Richardson advise Governor of your state on the implementation of this same effort in your state:

"Please make time for the aspartame bill in this session because this is the most important bill to come to this legislature and the most important consumer protection bill in American history, since the Pure Food Act of 1906, and that to make New Mexico wait till 2007 to get rid of this neurotoxinis a terrible mistake! To not do so is going to appear to the American public that the world's largest aspartame manufacturer, the Japanese corporation, Ajinomoto, has been able to influence the gubernatorial prerogative by employing Butch Maki as their lobbyist.

This is quite urgent. Please do this as soon as possible, and by all means, consider this for your state! Senate Bill 250 is posted on the New Mexico Legislature website. It is easily adaptable for any other state."

I am the author of it.

Thank you,

Stephen Fox
stephen@santafefineart.com

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