What Do Barbie, Diet Pills, and Artificial Sweeteners Have in Common?
I really hadn't considered this before, but Barbie, diet pills, and cyclamates all entered the world about the same time, which is about the same time I arrived on the scene, as well! This Big Biz, Big Pharma thing has been going on, my entire life!
Fabricate an impossible image, manufacture a magic pill, and provide the poison! Be sure it's wrapped in programming, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cyclamate#History 1958 (Generally Recongized as Safe)
Cyclamate was discovered in 1937 at the University of Illinois by graduate student Michael Sveda. Sveda was working in the lab on the synthesis of anti-fever medication. He put his cigarette down on the lab bench, and, when he put it back in his mouth, he discovered the sweet taste of cyclamate
The patent for cyclamate was purchased by DuPont but later sold to Abbott Laboratories, which undertook the necessary studies and submitted a New Drug Application in 1950. Abbott intended to use cyclamate to mask the bitterness of certain drugs such as antibiotics andpentobarbital. In the US in 1958, it was designated GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe). Cyclamate was marketed in tablet form for use by diabetics as an alternative tabletop sweetener, as well as in a liquid form; one such product was named 'Sucaryl' and is still available in non-US markets.
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