1. September 30, 1980-- The Public Board of Inquiry concludes NutraSweet should not be approved pending further investigations of brain tumors in animals. The board states it \"has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.\"
2. January 1981-- Donald Rumsfeld, CEO of Searle, states in a sales meeting that he is going to make a big push to get aspartame approved within the year. Rumsfeld says he will use his political pull in Washington, rather than scientific means, to make sure it gets approved.
3. July 15, 1981-- In one of his first official acts, Dr. Arthur Hayes Jr., the new FDA commissioner, overrules the Public Board of Inquiry, ignores the recommendations of his own internal FDA team and approves NutraSweet for dry products. Hayes says that aspartame has been shown to be safe for its\' proposed uses and says few compounds have withstood such detailed testing and repeated close scrutiny.
4. 1981 -- ADHD was formally recognised as a distinct condition by the American Psychiatric Association
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