The claims then were that the head of the FDA who approved it turned his head to a bunch of brain damaged lab rats and then quickly because a highly paid exec for Nutrasweet.
I drank quite a lot of diet coke at that time and he was trying to help me out. I didn't stop drinking it and to be honest this was a guy who possibly wore a "tin foil hat" on his private time.
I don't have dimentia, but I am one forgetful son of a gun.