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Splenda (sucralose) - responsible 12,800 torturous deaths of animals by HLS

19 January2006 - Splenda is the brand name for Sucralose and is made by Mcneil Speciality Products who are in turn owned by Johnson & Johnson. Splenda was tested at Huntingdon Life Sciences; one of the most violators of 'animal welfare' in laboratory testing. HLS has been convicted of animal cruelty many times over. Below is info concerning Splenda from the Shac (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) and other websites.

Huntingdon played a big role in the testing that took place to bring
this product to the market. An estimated 12,800 animals died
in the process according to a published report in a recent
scientific journal.

Some of the more gruesome details revealed:

32 beagle dogs were locked in metal cages for 52 weeks. They were
given Sucralose mixed in with their normal feed, and blood and urine
samples were collected. At the end of the study they were killed by
means of exsanguiation - they had their throats slit open and bled
to death. They were then cut open and their organs - by now drained
of blood so easier to dissect - were examined to test the product's
toxicity levels.

Four beagle puppies (or as HLS calls them - punching bags) were
starved before being force-fed the super-sweet sugar powder. HLS
employees then took blood samples from the jugulars of the infant
dogs.

An unspecified number of marmoset monkeys either died from the
poisoning or were killed at the termination of the research at HLS.

The report states that 12 of these monkeys, which were babies -
under 10 months old - were force-fed Sucralose for seven weeks. Two
of the primates died on the seventh day from brain defects, another
primate was mysteriously killed after four weeks, and the remainder
all were murdered at the completion of the seventh week. Some of the
recorded observations from this study noted "in appetence, body
weight loss, unwillingness to use hind leg, hopping, involuntary
grip reflexes, salivation and subdued mood."

Huntingdon also used rabbits to study the effects of the product.
These little animals were given 1200 times the expected daily intake
and not surprisingly most died from the trauma. Many of the other
rabbits suffered from convulsions, weight loss, and various
intestinal disorders.

Huntingdon also tested the product on pregnant rabbits, mice, and
rats - killing both the mothers and the fetuses.

One of the aims of the experiments was to see the effect on the
central nervous system of the animals and in turn the animals were
given massive doses of sucralose. Serious questions have been raised
as to the safety of sucralose yet here it is widely available in
many service stations, Pret a Manger and Starbucks to name a few
outlets. We invite anyone reading this to enter sucralose or Splenda
into a Google search and read the detailed and widespread evidence
on the dangers of sucralose.

More info at: http://www.shacamerica.net/splenda/splenda.htm

HLS is one of the world's largest animal testing companies.
It is a British company with an additional facility in East
Millstone, New Jersey. Every day an average of 500 animals die a
horrible death after being slowly poisoned. HLS specializes in
testing toxicity of agrochemicals, food colorings, tanning lotions,
adhesives, washing powders and various pharmaceutical products. HLS
uses beagle puppies, primates, cats, rabbits, etc. The animals are
forced to inhale and ingest the products for weeks or months; then
they are killed and dissected.

HLS has been the subject of five undercover investigations exposing
the horrendous animal cruelty and incompetence that goes on inside
HLS. HLS employees have been exposed violently punching and shaking
four-month-old beagle puppies, performing a necropsy (dissection) of
a live monkey, transplanting a frozen pig's heart into a baboon,
being drunk and taking drugs at work, falsifying scientific data,
and breaking animal welfare laws. These investigations have resulted
in HLS employees being convicted of animal cruelty, fined by the
USDA and almost shut down by the UK government.
http://www.insidehls.com/insidehls.htm

Bron: MARC