I tried a search on snopes.com but all I came up with is the legend that it causes MS and lupus. Both false. Maybe this one is so new they haven't had time to post anything about it yet. I suspect it's another urban legend. The warning not to get it on your hands kind of gives it away. People who think, or want others to think, it's dangerous to eat or drink would say don't get it on your hands.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Aspartame.... The World's Best Ant Poison ! > Isn't it ironic that the authors warn you not to get it on your hands! > > Just how much is in the average diet soft drink? > > > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Armando Del Gobbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 10:00 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Aspartame.... The World's Best Ant Poison ! > > >> >> >> From the June 2006 Idaho Observer: >> http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20060612.htm >> >> Aspartame - The World's Best Ant Poison >> >> contributed by Jan Jensen of WELLthy Choices >> >> We live in the woods and carpenter ants are a huge problem. We have spent >> thousands of dollars with Orkin and on ant poisons trying to keep them >> under control but nothing has helped. >> >> So when I read somewhere that aspartame (Nutrasweet) was actually >> developed as an ant poison and only changed to being considered >> non-poisonous after it was realized that a lot more money could be made >> on >> it as a sweetener than as an ant poison, I decided to give it a try. >> >> I opened two packets of aspartame sweetener, and dumped one in a corner >> of >> each of our bathrooms. That was about 2 years ago and I have not seen any >> carpenter ants for about 9 to 12 months. It works better than the most >> deadly poisons I have tried. Any time they show up again, I simply dump >> another package of Nutrasweet in a corner, and they will be gone for a >> year or so again. >> >> Since posting this information I have had many people tell me of their >> success solving ant problems with this substance, when nothing else >> worked. >> >> We found later that small black ants would not eat the aspartame. It was >> determined that if you mixed it with apple juice, they would quickly take >> it back to the nest, and all would be dead within 24 hours, usually. I >> have found that sometimes it will kill them, and sometimes it does not. >> Not sure why, may be slightly different species of ants or something. >> >> Fire Ants: We got our first fire ant hill about 2 weeks ago. Poison did >> not work. We tried aspartame and the ants ignored it until we got a light >> rain. It was just a sprinkle, enough to moisten the Nutrasweet and >> ground, >> but not enough to wash it away. They went crazy, hundreds of them >> grabbing >> it and taking it back into the mound. When I checked the mound 2 days >> later, there was no sign of the fire ants. I even dug the mound up some, >> and still saw none of them. >> >> How does it Work: Aspartame is a neuropoison. It most likely kills the >> ants by interfering with their nervous system. It could be direct, like >> stopping their heart, or something more subtle like killing their sense >> of >> taste so they can't figure out what is eatable, or smell, so they can't >> follow their trails, or mis-identify their colonies members, so they >> start >> fighting each other. Not sure what causes them to end up dying, just know >> that for many species of ants it will kill them quickly and effectively. >> >> As with any poison I recommend wearing gloves and washing any skin areas >> that come in contact with this poison, and avoid getting it in your >> mouth, >> despite anything the labeling may indicate. >> >> I suspect it will work for other insects such as yellow jackets as well, >> but have not tested that yet. >> >> More information on this fantastic poison can be found at: >> http://www.dorway.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: >> 18-Aug-2006 >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >> or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >> http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml >> >> Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >> Various List Members At The Following Address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >> Visit the new archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Yahoo! 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