§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will refer the findings of Professor Wurtman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the link between aspartame and blood pressure to the toxicology sub-committee of his Department.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Department's independent expert advisory committee on toxicity of chemicals in food, consumer products and the environment reviews, as standard practice, new information on any food additive. Dr. Wurtman's new data, showing that aspartame reduces blood pressure in hypertensive rats, will be put to the committee at its next meeting.