The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in water

giovonni · 06-21-2009, 04:37 PM

Heidelberg / New York, 17 June 2009

The bitter side of sweeteners

New test detects artificial sweetener traces in German water

Sewage treatment plants fail to remove artificial sweeteners completely from waste water. What’s more, these pollutants contaminate waters downstream and may still be present in our drinking water. Thanks to their new robust analytical method, which simultaneously extracts and analyses seven commonly used artificial sweeteners, Marco Scheurer, Heinz-Jürgen Brauch and Frank Thomas Lange from the Water Technology Center in Karlsruhe, Germany, were able to demonstrate the presence of several artificial sweeteners in waste water. Their findings1 are published online this week in Springer’s journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

A range of artificial sweeteners are commonly used in food and drinks, as well as drugs and sanitary products. The potential health risks of artificial sweeteners have been debated for some time. Until now, only sucralose has been detected in aquatic environments. Through the use of a new analytical method, the researchers were able to look for seven different artificial sweeteners (cyclamate, acesulfame, saccharin, aspartame, neotame, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and sucralose) simultaneously, and show, for the first time, that a number of commonly used artificial sweeteners are present in German waste and surface water.

Scheurer and colleagues collected water samples from two sewage treatment plants in Germany – Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen and Karlsruhe – as well as from a soil aquifer treatment site located in a Mediterranean country that treats secondary effluent from a sewage treatment plant.

They tested the water samples using their new analytical method and detected four (acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose) of seven artificial sweeteners in the waters from the two German sewage treatment plants, indicating incomplete elimination during waste water treatment. Their analyses also showed that these pollutants contaminate rivers and streams receiving water from the sewage treatment plants.

The authors then compared the conventional waste water treatment by sewage treatment plants with advanced waste water treatment by soil aquifer treatment. Traces of artificial sweeteners were present in both cases, proof that water purification was incomplete.

Marco Scheurer concludes: “Due to the use of artificial sweeteners as food additives, the occurrence of artificial sweetener traces in the aquatic environment might become a primary issue for consumer acceptance.”

Reference
1. Scheurer M, Brauch H-J, Lange FT. (2009). Analysis and occurrence of seven artificial sweeteners in German waste water and surface water and in soil aquifer treatment (SAT). Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry; DOI 10.1007/s00216-009-2881-y

original article link here;
http://www.springer-sbm.com/index.ph...ash=4a86c55468

Humble Janitor · 06-21-2009, 05:04 PM

Yikes.

All the reason to give up diet-anything. I wish there were more drinks made with cane sugar because occassionally, it's nice to enjoy such a drink.

There's always brewed tea with sugar in the raw or no sugar at all.

Orion11 · 06-21-2009, 08:00 PM

AND anti psychotic drugs, birth control, cancer drugs, etc etc etc....

there is sooo much nasty stuff in your tap water..... stuff that no human should be consuming.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ap-water_N.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...tap-water.html

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...r.3c17d2f.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...030901877.html

Dantheman62 · 06-21-2009, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orion11

AND anti psychotic drugs, birth control, cancer drugs, etc etc etc....

there is sooo much nasty stuff in your tap water..... stuff that no human should be consuming.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ap-water_N.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...tap-water.html

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...r.3c17d2f.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...030901877.html

And marijuana is illegal, HaHaHa stop this crazy mixed up planet! I want off! NOW!

Orion11 · 06-21-2009, 08:38 PM

haha, yea seriously.

if it makes you think for yourself, its illegal,

it if makes you stupid and docile, ehh, let em have it!! lol

If i get my spaceship done in a decent amount of time,
Ill pick you up.

it should take what.... like.... .003 seconds to get from here to you. lol

giovonni · 06-21-2009, 10:33 PM

I am a diabetic, and have some serious issues with artificial sweetners. Our fellow Avalon member and (my friend) Carmen> directed me too this natural herbal plant> natural to South America> The Sweet Herb of Paraguay called Stevia~ rebaudiana

More info on this plant and product;
http://www.stevia.net/

I just bought some from this site;
http://www.buywisdom.com/

Carmen · 06-22-2009, 01:08 AM

Here is another safe sweetener that is also good for your teethhttp://www.xylitol.org/

Cheers

Carmen

Humble Janitor · 06-22-2009, 01:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by giovonni

I am a diabetic, and have some serious issues with artificial sweetners. Our fellow Avalon member and (my friend) Carmen> directed me too this natural herbal plant> natural to South America> The Sweet Herb of Paraguay called Stevia~ rebaudiana

More info on this plant and product;
http://www.stevia.net/

I just bought some from this site;
http://www.buywisdom.com/

Stevia is rarely used in the US and applications that do use it are quite expensive now. The only Stevia product I've seen is a soda of all things they could put it in (how's that healthy by the way?).

I hope it's used more widely.

As for Xylitol, it's in the gum I'm chewing right now. I think I can do our water supply a favor by not drinking diet drinks and avoiding medication as often as possible. I wonder if cannabis sativa also leaks into the water supply?

elsinorelore · 06-22-2009, 06:01 PM

Funny, talking about that Humble Janitor, living in Switzerland, youd think the water is safer, well, Ive been reading labels on everything(including the sugar in mentioned topic of thread) And yes, even here, in the land of "Water" there is fluoride in almost everything (btl water I mean) you really have to study, no matter where you are to see how we are being manipulated!!! Hope that input isnt too far off topic, I just saw water being mentioned again, so I thought Id interject, and for the sugars, I went to a "health food store" here, and they used to sell lolli-
pops made out of honey, I asked the girl working what the new substitute was, and she replied,"its corn syrup, and very good for you!" Sorry, but Im no idiot!!! High fructose, suggested to me at my local , supposid health food store, to replace Honey, wow!!! And stevia, I have to have my father in law bring it to us from Hungary... just an interjection.....

JoyAnna · 06-22-2009, 06:52 PM

I am also living with type 1 diabetes for 37 years and discovered stevia this past year. I buy it as a liquid and use only 2 or 3 drops per cup of coffee. Last summer I found the plant at a local nursery, but I was not able to keep it going up here in the Northwest USA. I will try once again this year. It may be that it will need to come indoors for the winter. If I can get it to survive, I should be able to harvest the leaves to create my own tincture. If I succeed, I'll sure let you know.

JoyAnna

elsinorelore · 06-22-2009, 07:48 PM

Hey JoyAnna, Yes, you sure can bring that inside for the winter!!!!!! I have a huge veggie and herb garden inside my house every year!!! You would be surprised what all you can grow inside!!!!

elsinorelore · 06-22-2009, 08:00 PM

Anyway, if any water experts are around, my question now is, what can a person do??? I only have a "Grandor" system and a de-calking device on my homes water input... should a person keep going to their Kanton (local city)and keep insisting on the latest water surveys or what would be suggested here???

giovonni · 06-22-2009, 10:42 PM

My apology ~if this sounds too simplistic and off point: But each of us face unique and varied challenges and choices everyday, depending upon where we live and our conditional situations.

I have come to truly believe at this point and time on our planet, that one's own intent~ attitude and behavior has much to do with our health. For many of us, there is daily challenges in regards to maintaining a healthly diet. The stores are filled with many suspect items of nutrition? But~ moving away from artificial substances> is a major start. We can adjust and adapt, if we make the effort and do the work.

This planet~ is just as alive as we our. One just needs to tune away from the human noise more often, then gradually {back} into a more natural rhythm with nature. This will~ raise one's vibrational level! There~ you will find the harmony and the balance ~ your lives > need to survive.

As far as thriving~ one needs to stay focused upon the task> of living in the present moment. Begin to turn away more and more from the constant 3D negative spin. Focus on manifesting your thoughts~ into its highest creative form~ that of emotion and its projection of love> towards all there is ~
Then all water will taste sweet> upon the lips of your spirits soul.

Now, does anyone got any suggestions about weaning oneself off caffeine

06-21-2009, 04:37 PM	#1
giovonni Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: within my heart Posts: 1,209	The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in water Heidelberg / New York, 17 June 2009 The bitter side of sweeteners New test detects artificial sweetener traces in German water Sewage treatment plants fail to remove artificial sweeteners completely from waste water. What’s more, these pollutants contaminate waters downstream and may still be present in our drinking water. Thanks to their new robust analytical method, which simultaneously extracts and analyses seven commonly used artificial sweeteners, Marco Scheurer, Heinz-Jürgen Brauch and Frank Thomas Lange from the Water Technology Center in Karlsruhe, Germany, were able to demonstrate the presence of several artificial sweeteners in waste water. Their findings1 are published online this week in Springer’s journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. A range of artificial sweeteners are commonly used in food and drinks, as well as drugs and sanitary products. The potential health risks of artificial sweeteners have been debated for some time. Until now, only sucralose has been detected in aquatic environments. Through the use of a new analytical method, the researchers were able to look for seven different artificial sweeteners (cyclamate, acesulfame, saccharin, aspartame, neotame, neohesperidin dihydrochalcone and sucralose) simultaneously, and show, for the first time, that a number of commonly used artificial sweeteners are present in German waste and surface water. Scheurer and colleagues collected water samples from two sewage treatment plants in Germany – Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen and Karlsruhe – as well as from a soil aquifer treatment site located in a Mediterranean country that treats secondary effluent from a sewage treatment plant. They tested the water samples using their new analytical method and detected four (acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate, and sucralose) of seven artificial sweeteners in the waters from the two German sewage treatment plants, indicating incomplete elimination during waste water treatment. Their analyses also showed that these pollutants contaminate rivers and streams receiving water from the sewage treatment plants. The authors then compared the conventional waste water treatment by sewage treatment plants with advanced waste water treatment by soil aquifer treatment. Traces of artificial sweeteners were present in both cases, proof that water purification was incomplete. Marco Scheurer concludes: “Due to the use of artificial sweeteners as food additives, the occurrence of artificial sweetener traces in the aquatic environment might become a primary issue for consumer acceptance.” Reference 1. Scheurer M, Brauch H-J, Lange FT. (2009). Analysis and occurrence of seven artificial sweeteners in German waste water and surface water and in soil aquifer treatment (SAT). Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry; DOI 10.1007/s00216-009-2881-y original article link here; http://www.springer-sbm.com/index.ph...ash=4a86c55468

06-21-2009, 05:04 PM	#2
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat Yikes. All the reason to give up diet-anything. I wish there were more drinks made with cane sugar because occassionally, it's nice to enjoy such a drink. There's always brewed tea with sugar in the raw or no sugar at all.

06-21-2009, 08:00 PM	#3
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat AND anti psychotic drugs, birth control, cancer drugs, etc etc etc.... there is sooo much nasty stuff in your tap water..... stuff that no human should be consuming. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...ap-water_N.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...tap-water.html http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...r.3c17d2f.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...030901877.html

06-21-2009, 08:38 PM	#5
Orion11 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,098	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat haha, yea seriously. if it makes you think for yourself, its illegal, it if makes you stupid and docile, ehh, let em have it!! lol If i get my spaceship done in a decent amount of time, Ill pick you up. it should take what.... like.... .003 seconds to get from here to you. lol

06-21-2009, 10:33 PM	#6
giovonni Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: within my heart Posts: 1,209	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat I am a diabetic, and have some serious issues with artificial sweetners. Our fellow Avalon member and (my friend) Carmen> directed me too this natural herbal plant> natural to South America> The Sweet Herb of Paraguay called Stevia~ rebaudiana More info on this plant and product; http://www.stevia.net/ I just bought some from this site; http://www.buywisdom.com/

06-22-2009, 01:08 AM	#7
Carmen Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 992	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat Here is another safe sweetener that is also good for your teethhttp://www.xylitol.org/ Cheers Carmen

06-22-2009, 06:01 PM	#9
elsinorelore Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 209	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat Funny, talking about that Humble Janitor, living in Switzerland, youd think the water is safer, well, Ive been reading labels on everything(including the sugar in mentioned topic of thread) And yes, even here, in the land of "Water" there is fluoride in almost everything (btl water I mean) you really have to study, no matter where you are to see how we are being manipulated!!! Hope that input isnt too far off topic, I just saw water being mentioned again, so I thought Id interject, and for the sugars, I went to a "health food store" here, and they used to sell lolli- pops made out of honey, I asked the girl working what the new substitute was, and she replied,"its corn syrup, and very good for you!" Sorry, but Im no idiot!!! High fructose, suggested to me at my local , supposid health food store, to replace Honey, wow!!! And stevia, I have to have my father in law bring it to us from Hungary... just an interjection.....

06-22-2009, 06:52 PM	#10
JoyAnna Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maple Falls, WA, USA Posts: 51	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat I am also living with type 1 diabetes for 37 years and discovered stevia this past year. I buy it as a liquid and use only 2 or 3 drops per cup of coffee. Last summer I found the plant at a local nursery, but I was not able to keep it going up here in the Northwest USA. I will try once again this year. It may be that it will need to come indoors for the winter. If I can get it to survive, I should be able to harvest the leaves to create my own tincture. If I succeed, I'll sure let you know. JoyAnna

06-22-2009, 07:48 PM	#11
elsinorelore Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 209	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat Hey JoyAnna, Yes, you sure can bring that inside for the winter!!!!!! I have a huge veggie and herb garden inside my house every year!!! You would be surprised what all you can grow inside!!!!

06-22-2009, 08:00 PM	#12
elsinorelore Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Switzerland Posts: 209	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat Anyway, if any water experts are around, my question now is, what can a person do??? I only have a "Grandor" system and a de-calking device on my homes water input... should a person keep going to their Kanton (local city)and keep insisting on the latest water surveys or what would be suggested here???

06-22-2009, 10:42 PM	#13
giovonni Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: within my heart Posts: 1,209	Re: The bitter side of sweeteners~New test detects artificial sweetener traces in wat My apology ~if this sounds too simplistic and off point: But each of us face unique and varied challenges and choices everyday, depending upon where we live and our conditional situations. I have come to truly believe at this point and time on our planet, that one's own *intent~ attitude* and *behavior* has much to do with our health. For many of us, there is daily challenges in regards to maintaining a healthly diet. The stores are filled with many suspect items of nutrition? But~ moving away from artificial substances> is a major start. We can adjust and adapt, if we make the effort and do the work. This planet~ is just as alive as we our. One just needs to tune away from the human noise more often, then gradually {back} into a more natural *rhythm* with nature. This will~ raise one's *vibrational* level! There~ you will find the *harmony* and the *balance* ~ your lives > need to survive. As far as thriving~ one needs to stay focused upon the task> of living in the present moment. Begin to turn away more and more from the constant 3D negative spin. Focus on manifesting your *thoughts~ into its highest creative form~ that of emotion* and its projection of *love> towards all there is* ~ Then all *water* will taste *sweet*> upon the lips of your spirits soul. Now, does anyone got any suggestions about weaning oneself off caffeine