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| Appointed by Reagan, Hayes approved the drug by manipulating then overriding the review board. details | | Submitted by fedup | 2006-07-08 18:50:41 | The new commissioner of the FDA, a Reagan Rumsfeld appointee named Arthur Hayes Hull, Jr., named a five-person Scientific Committee to review the earlier findings. When the vote went 3-2 against approval of aspartame, Hayes did what any fair-minded citizen might do, and appointed a sixth committee member. The committee voted 3-3, leaving Hull to cast the deciding vote, approving aspartame for use in dry products. Aspartame was then approved for use in soft drinks in 1983.
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