Some people have a need to blame someone for their problem or that of their child etc. Big companies are easy targets to sue and hope for a large settlement. Most of these people aren't capable of being objective on any of these issues. Someone tells them that Aspartame caused the brain tumor they believe it even if 99% of people using the stuff don't get brain tumors etc. You can't reason with unreasonable people. I wish they would at least realize that most of these jokers who write these books "proving" this stuff are exploiting them.