To borrow from Ralph Nader's title, 'Unsafe At Any Speed', perhaps the wise judge's ruling(s) with go down in the annuals of legal decisions as the 'Unsafe At Any Dosage' precedent?

Splenda/sucralose, as any regular reader of mercola.com can tell you, if you are new to this blog site, is a chemically synthesized POISON that is HIGHLY TOXIC!

If you have not read Dr. Mercola's definitive empirical treatise on the subject, entitled: SWEET DECEPTION, get it (to borrow my father-in-law's coined phrase: '"immediately, if not sooner") to protect your family, friends, and your own health!!!

Representations that Splenda can be used for home baking or cooking are FLAT OUT LIES, and it turns any baked good into ceramic material, WITH NO CALORIC SAVINGS, at much higher pricing than regular sugar, and much more CAUSTIC in metabolization to ANYONE!

Splenda is NOT safe for hypoglycemics or diabetics!!!

I find it amusing that a former Monsanto company (Nutrasweet/Equal) is suing McNeil over false representations, though this is the moral, legal, factual, and ethical equivalent of Joe Stalin saying Adolph Hitler is a bad man. 

A brief explanation on the above assertion, aspartame is a proven neuro toxin, which is the high intensity sweeteners in Equal and Nutrasweet toxic brands.

The take away message here for EVERYONE is not to use ANY of these highly poisonous products, at any level, and such a result is already happening as Splenda retail sales are flat out imploding, and McNeil is no where near their projected sales numbers for use.

In all this litigation, the central issue of why these poisons are being approved for human use at FDA remains uncorrected, and I urge everyone to write their US Senators and Congresspersons, who are DIRECTLY responsible, for allowing the FDA to remain HIGHLY CORRUPT in such regulatory approval.

I read "Sweet Deception", an eye opening book on the dangers of Splenda along with all the other artificial sweeteners.  I strongly recommend this to everyone and share this book with as many as I can.

Unfortunately, the general public is so duped into believing if it's on the shelves it's safe that convincing them otherwise is a challenge.  

A word to the wise...  Curves, the fitness center for women, with over 10,000 locations worldwide has just begun promoting Splenda.  Actually, I believe Splenda in an effort to really gain more of a hedge into the family grocery buying market has duped the franchiser into some joint marketing strategies ... an arrangement that is sure to affect many womens decisions as they unknowingly purchase Splenda containing groceries for their families, thinking they're doing a "good thing".   Many gyms are also adding Splenda to their Protein Shakes or sucrolose ... be certain to check the ingredients in those products.

When I first saw this on the news, my first thought was, "Is this a publicity stunt to try and prove Splenda's safe"?  I guess only time will tell how this one will turn out.  It would be funny though if Equal proved Splenda unsafe and Splenda filed a counter suit and proved Equal unsafe.  Unlikely, but it would be cool......

While on the subject of chemical sweeteners, I'm amazed at how many products are being laced with Acesulfame potassium.  In the "healthy" products that contain it, on the list of ingredients it is usually intertwined with the vitamins and minerals that have been added.  (So unknowing consumers think it is a potassium supplement?)  But this stuff is everywhere!  Wikipedia has a pretty good write up on it and lists a lot of products that contain it.