Watch Sweet Misery, A Poisoned World: The History of Aspartame Documentary Online


“Sweet Misery” unveils one of the most pervasive, insidious forms of corporate negligence in the history of the industrial revolution: the “revolving doors” practices between the FDA and powerful corporations…

This is the movie that Monsanto-subsidiary, Searle, Pepsi and Coca Cola don’t want you to see.

Upon detailed examination of the process for approving aspartame by the FDA, the film connects Donald Rumsfeld, to the scene of the crime. Donald Rumsfeld, then CEO of Searle, was part of Ronald Reagan’s transition team when the FDA’s board of inquiry was overruled by Arthur Hull Hayes, the newly appointed FDA Commissioner, allowing the marketing of aspartame as a food additive.

“‘Sweet Misery’ has the right mix of political intrigue and corporate deception,” says Brackett. “It is yet another example of multi-national corporations’ disregard for the individual.”