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(1) Aspartame: Methanol and the Public Health, 1984
(2) FASEB Meeting, 1990, Abstract and Paper
(3 ) Birth Defects: New Mexico Letter
(4) Re-Examination of Formol Titration, 1966, Kallen and Jencks
(5) The Methanol Hypothesis of MS
(6) Henzi Schwyzer, 1983
(7) Aspartame to Formaldehyde Trocho Study
(8) Henzi, 1984, Chronic Methanol Poisoning with MS Pathology
(9) Schwyzer and Henzi, 1988, Optic Neuritis in MS and Methanol Toxicity
(10) Schwyzer, 1992, Multiple Sclerosis, Vision, Methanol
(11) Formaldehyde Class I Human Carcinogen, IARC Monograph Vol. 88 2006
(12) NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report, 1981
(13) Occupational Exposure to Methyl Alcohol - NIOSH 1976
(14) Aspartame to Methanol - Searle Petition Docket File
(15) Methanol Poisoning Long Term Study, 1917
(16) Lethal Dose 6 ml Methanol
(17) History of Methanol Poisoning
(18) Demyelination from Methanol in Human
(19) Francot and Geoffroy French article used to rationalize more methanol in food
(20) Serum Methanol Concentrations after Aspartame
(21) Methanol Review from Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology
(22) Right Ventricular Strain from Methanol (heart)
(23) Horiuchi, 1986, Scavenger Receptor for Formaldehyde-treated protein
(24) Horiuchi, 1985 B, Receptor for Formaldehyde-treated protein
(25) Horiuchi, 1985 A, Receptor for Formaldehyde-treated protein
(26) Formaldehyde and Toxoids
(27) Chemical Structure of Formaldehyde
(28) Methanol from Storage in Cans
(29) Methanol in Canned Citrus Products
(30) Koivusalo - Metabolism of Methanol and Formaldehyde
(31) Buys, 1975, Formaldehyde Treated Albumin
(32) Buys, 1973, Formaldehyde Treated Albumin
(33) Methanol Content of Fruit Juices
(34) Methanol from Cooked Foods
(35) Methanol production during Fermentation
(36) Metabolism of Pectin
(37) Ocular Toxicity of Methanol Poisoning
(38) Alcohol, The Friendly Foe
(39) United Press International Investigative Report of Aspartame, 1993
(40) The Formaldehyde Aspartame Debate - You decide
(41) Review of MS
(42) Formic acid in urine, Heinzow B, Ellrott T
(43) Alexander, 1961, Prognosis and Treatment Transfusion
(44) Multiple Sclerosis Pathology Diagnosis and Management
(45) The History of MS
(46) History of Commercial and Home Canning
(47) Scientific Abuse in Methanol
(48) Aspartame Carbonated Beverage Petition FAP 2A366
(49) Methanol Cannot be made non-poisonous
(50) Carcinogenic effects of Aspartame in small doses
(51) Carcinogenicity of Methanol, Soffritti
(52) Oluf Roe, Species Differences In Methanol Poisoning 1982 (Rejects Iowa City work)
(53) Rao, 1977, Methanol Toxicity with demylenation
(54) Walton, Double-Blind Adverse Reactions to Aspartame
(55) Smith, 1982, Methanol Toxicity, objections to Tephly Iowa City conclusions
(56) Ecologist - Sept 2005 Aspartame, The Shocking Story
(57) Board of Inquiry Decision
(58) Aspartame Complaint Study CDC - Can you find the constellation
(59) Occupational Exposure to Methyl Alcohol US CDC - Here is the constellation
(60) NZ Minister of Health Letter 7 Sept. 2007
(61) Frankenburg, 1950, Methanol production during Tobacco Aging
(62) Neuberg, Methanol consumption from Cigarette Smoke
(63) Newsome, 1965, Analysis of Cigarette Smoke
(64) Larsson, 1965, Human Breath
(65) Fellenberg, 1917, Liberation of Methanol in the Human gut
(66) Kertez, 1951, Methanol in Fermented Tobacco Leaves
(67) Harvard Study, 2001, Cigarette Smoking and Incidence of MS
(68) 2005, Cigarette smoking and the progression of MS
(69) 2005, Smoking May Transform Relapsing-Remitting MS Into Secondary Progressive MS
(70) Cigarette Smoking a risk factor for MS, A collection
(71) Nortvedt, 2005, Multiple sclerosis and lifestyle factors - the Hordaland Health Study
(72) Seasonal variation of multiple sclerosis exacerbations
(73) Hardy, 1998, Inverse association of alcohol consumption and Lupus SLE
(74) Landtblom, Organic Solvents and MS
(75) Excipients included in U.S. Vaccines
(76) Double Blind Plasma Exchange for acute attacks of MS
(77) 2007, Multiple Sclerosis Rates Up 50%
(78) Monte WC, Sickly Sweet (with references) Fitness Life 2007 Vol 33 p30-33
(79) A worldwide epidemic of MS
(80) High incidence and increasing prevalence of MS in the Warmer World
(81) Did Ajinomoto bring Multiple Sclerosis to Japan (question to ponder)
(82) MS Review In Australia, 2005, MS Increased in Australia and the World
(83) MS Symptoms, Lasoff MD
(84) Baroque complexities and the Macrophage
(85) Leibowitz, 1973, MS clues, Sanitation Japan
(86) Kieseier, 2005, MS - Novel insights and new therapeutic strategies
(87) Ibrahim, 2005, MS - What is in a word for MS
(88) Glial cell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(89) CERHR Review, 2001
(90) The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in New Zealand
(91) MS Increasingly a Woman's Disease - Womens Health and Medical Information
(92) Burbacher Report
(93) Aspartame Complaint Study Center for Disease Control - Can you find the constellation
(94) Women and Alcohol dehydrogenase
(95) MS Incidence in Woman Increase in World
(95a) Rosati 2001 Prevalence of MS in the World - an update
(95b) Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence Among Sardinians (evidence against the latitude gradient theory)
(96) Mahalik et. all, 1984, Reflex Responsiveness Mouse Neonates Aspartame Exposure
(97) Human Developmental Toxicity of Methanol
(98) Autism - Statistics, Incidence, Prevalence, Rates
(99) Gettler AO, St. George AV, 1918, Wood Alcohol Poisoning, JAMA
(100) Sturtevant, 1985, Safe for Pregnancy
(101) Henzi's unsuccessful attempt at a cure
(102) Sturtevant, 1985 Methanol Toxicity
(103) Infurna R. Weiss B. Neonatal Behavioral Toxicity in Rats Following Prenatal Exposure to Methanol
(104) Bolon, et al 1993, Methanol-induced neural tube birth defects, Teratology 49 p497-517
(105) Formate does not replace methanol as Teratogen
(106) Potts Visual Toxicity in Primates AJO 40, 1976
(107) Kavet Methanol Vapor Toxic Dosage for Man
(108) Rabinovitch acidosis caused by direct action of Formaldehyde 1922
(109) Kane Kentucky Outbreak 1968
(110) Menne 22 methanol postmortem 1934
(110a) Menne, 1935, Acute Methanol Poisoning 2
(111) Bennett Methanol Poisoning 323 Cases 1953
(112) Kini, Cooper 1961, Biochemistry of Methanol Poisoning III Conversion of Methanol to Formaldehyde (2)
(112a) Kini, Cooper 1961, Biochemistry of Methanol Poisoning III Conversion of Methanol to Formaldehyde
(113) Kini, Cooper, Biochemistry of Methanol Poisoning, Retinal Metabolism
(114) French + Edsall, Formaldehyde as an Acid, Toxoid production low conc
(115) Leaf, 1951, Thoughtful early review
(116) Cooper, 1962, Biochemical Aspects of Methanol Poisoning
(117) Cooper, 1960, Metabolic Acidosis Monkey methanol response closer to rats and rabbits not man
(118) Clay, 1975, Acidosis and Ion Gap
(119) McLean Jacobs, Clinical and Pathological Methanol Poisoning
(120) Posner Very Good 1975 Methanol Safety review
(121) Aspartame, The book that kept Iowa city busy
(122) VanOettingen, 1943, Methanol symptoms, formaldehyde not detectable
(123) Siragusa, 1987, Production of methanol from pectin with human colonic bacteria, in vitro
(124) Nelson, 1983, Teratological Assessment of Methanol
(125) Sollmann, 1920, Chronic Methanol Intoxications
(126) Victor, 1977, Alcohol withdrawal suppressed by administration of ethanol
(127) Smith, 1981, Combined Formate and Lactic Acidosis in Methanol Poisoning
(128) Fulop, 1982, Methanol Intoxication Acidosis
(129) Roe, Oluf, 1948, Methanol Poisoning and the Retina, Acta Opthalamologica
(130) Potts, 1984, The Aliphatic Alcohols
(131) Tephly, Martin-Amat, 1978, The Jewel in the Crown, The Pride of Iowa City
(132) Tephly, Makar, Mannering, 1968, The Smiling Monkey
(133) Majchrowicz, 1973, Methanol cause of Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
(134) Majchrowicz, 1971, Methanol concentrations during intoxication
(135) Magrinat, 1973, Methanol Metabolites in Alcohol Withdrawal
(136) Walder, 1969, Rapid detoxification of the acute alcoholic with hemodialysis Surgery 66 201
(137) Guggenheim, 1971, Methanol Causing Permanent Motor Dysfunction
(138) Scott, Helz and McCord, 1933, Histopathology of Ethyl Alcohol
(139) Keyvan-Larijarni, 1974, Methanol Intoxication (dialysis and bright lights)
(140) Albrektsen, 1993, Organic Solvents and Multiple Sclerosis
(141) Agner, 1949, Treatment of methanol poisoning with ethanol
(142) Oluf Roe, 1950, Ethanol in the Treatment of Methanol Poisoning
(143) Erlanson, 1965, Severe Methanol Intoxication (macrophages)
(144) Browning, 1965, Toxicity and Metabolism of Industrial Solvents
(145) Humphries, 2007, Aspartame on the Brain
(146) Isaacs, 1920, Methanol poisoning with anuria and incontinence
(147) Pick, 1912, Histological results in the eye and CNS after acute methanol intoxication
(148) Sharpe, 1982, Methanol optic neuropathy
(149) Waksman, 1984, Multiple Sclerosis as a Disease of Immune Regulation
(150) Pohl, 1892, Oxidation of methyl and ethyl alcohol in the animal body
(151) Anderson, 1997, MR Enhanced Brain Lesions in Methanol Intoxication
(152) Fackelmann, 1990, Myelin on the Mend Science News Volume 137 p218
(153) Wolfgang F. 1979. What if Multiple Sclerosis isn't an Immunological or Viral Disease
(154) Adams, Histochemical Contributions to the Study of MS
(155) Alexander, 1961, MS Prognosis and Treatment (transfusions)
(156) Brown, 1983, Lipoprotein Metabolism in the Macrophage, Atherosclerosis
(157) 1977, Tephly refers to methanol as fuel but silent about Aspartame
(158) Blundell, 1986, Increased appetite and Anhedonia
(159) Coulombe, 1986, Neurobiochemical Alterations Induced by Aspartame
(160) Walton, 1986, Seizure and Mania after Aspartame consumption
(161) 1984, Iowa City projects methanol increase from Aspartame
(162) Main, 1903, Death from drinking a little lemon extract
(163) Koller, 1905, Complete blindness then recovery
(164) Koller, 1905, Progress is not always advantageous
(165) Wood, 1906, Death and Blindness from Methanol
(166) Kritchevsky, 1988, MS for Non-Neurologists
(167) Blaivas, 1983, Urinary bladder symptoms of MS
(168) Kurtzke, 1980, Epidemiologic Contributions to MS
(169) Matthews, 1978, MS Review
(170) Mawdsley, 1964, Alcoholic Polyneuropathy
(171) Benton, 1952, the Ocular Effects of Methanol Poisoning
(172) Yano, 1977, Alcohol consumption as prevention
(173) Lester, 1961, Ethanol found naturally in humans - Endogenous Ethanol
(174) Lester,1962, A doubting Lester finds endogenous ethanol
(175) Lieber, 1968, Hepatic Microsomal Ethanol-oxidizing System
(176) Klatsky,1981, Alcohol and Mortality
(177) Hoque, 1988, Methanol Neuropathy and Teratogenisity
(178) Benditt, 1981, The Origin of Atherosclerosis
(178a) Benditt, 1981, The Origin of Atherosclerosis Color
(179) Metz, 2005, Identification of Formaldehyde-Induced Modifications in Proteins
(180) Gombos, 2007, Aspartame Cancer
(181) FDA List of Aspartame Symptoms
(182) Humphries P, 2007, Direct and Indirect Cellular Effects of Aspartame on the Brain
(183) Parthasarathy, 2006, Rat Liver Response to Methanol
(184) Is Multiple Sclerosis a Sexually Transmitted Infection
(185) Epidemiology and Natural History of Multiple Sclerosis - New Insights
(186) Auto-Brewery Syndrome
(187) Genetic Polymorphism Alcohol Dehydrogenase in Europeans
(188) Erikson, 1963, Methanol in Human Breath
(189) Wood & Buller, 1904, JAMA Poisoning by Wood Alcohol
(190) Breast Cancer, Time Magazine October 15, 2007
(190a) ADH and Breast Cancer
(190b) Alcohol Dehydrogenase is Highly Expressed in Breast Tissue
(190c) Alcohol and Cancer (ADH)
(191) Breast Cancer Risk Among Women Who Start Smoking as Teenagers
(192) Breast Cancer increase in Japan
(193) Breast cancer diagram - horizontal V2
(194) Monte WC, A Deadly Experiment - Fitness Life 2007 Issue 34, p 36-41
(195) Kurtzke Geography and Epidemiology of MS
(196) Formaldehyde Exposure from Tobacco Smoke - A Review
(197) The Bressler Report (1977) FDA study showing defects in Aspartame Safety Studies
(198) Chemistry of formaldehyde fixation and its effects on immunohistochemical reactions
(199) Birth Defects and Formaldehyde Exposure
(200) Identification of Formaldehyde-induced Modifications in Proteins (2004)
(201) Embrio Toxicity of Methanol Fromaldehyde and Formate (2005)
(202) Monte WC. Bittersweet Aspartame Breast Cancer Link. Fitness Life 2008 Feb. 34 21-22
(203) Adenocarcinoma Definition
(204) Infants killed by Methanol swabs after inoculations MLD .3 - KG pp3588
(205) Fatal Human Methanol Poisoning with Lactic Acidosis (1986)
(206) FAS defects caused by methanol
(207) Methanol and Birth Defects in Rats and Mouse
(208) NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report 1981
(209) Ditto Machines Harmfull Methanol - USA Today 1995
(210) Excess Autoimmune Disease Mortality Among School Teachers
(211) Methanol Poisoning Kruse Review Treatment
(212) Methanol Poisoning shows no blood formate change
(213) High incidence of Breast Cancer Among Teachers 2002
(214) Incidence of MS
(215) Do Teachers have more health problems(2006)
(216) ADH and ALDH Role in the Brain
(217) Breast Cancer school teachers in British Columbia
(218) Class I and Class III ADH distribution in the Human Brain
(219) Breast Cancer and Solvents...Methanol in Human Milk
(221) Alcohol dehydrogenase in human skin and lung tissue
(222) Dr Maria Alemany, February 12,2008 Letter
(223) Proof of Methanol increase in Human blood from Aspartame consumption