[PianoMan]

You mean aspartame, right? I always hear terrible rumors about it but nothing substantive - do you have a link?

[longtermmemmory]

I just avoid the stuff. You can type aspartame and danger on a search engine and all the bad stuff pops up.

[SauronOfMordor]

You mean aspartame, right? I always hear terrible rumors about it but nothing substantive - do you have a link?

Aspartame metabolizes into formaldeyde and other nasty compounds

From National Institute of Health study

It is concluded that aspartame consumption may constitute a hazard because of its contribution to the formation of formaldehyde adducts. [adduct = "something that leads to ..."]

Formaldehyde is what undertakers use to embalm bodies. It's not good for the living.

Do a Net search for +formaldehyde +aspartame