A June 6, 2006 article by Michael Precker from the Dallas Morning News (reprinted in the Times Leader) noted a reaction by ACSH's Todd Seavey to exaggerated claims about negative health effects from sweeteners:
Politicians and pundits are entering the fray. In Florida, Rep. Juan Zapata called HFCS the "crack of sweeteners" and proposed legislation to ban sales of anything containing it in schools. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently wrote that Americans need to cut down on sugary drinks and fired this broadside: "Our government needs to do much more to control potentially deadly substances plutonium, anthrax and high fructose corn syrup."
Todd Seavey of the American Council on Science and Health shot back with a column headlined "Kristof goes berserk over high fructose corn syrup."
See also: ACSH's full report on Sugar Substitutes and Your Health.