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- From: bhjelle@carina.unm.edu ()
- Subject: Re: Deodorants Harmful?
- Message-ID: <3cprn4+@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 15:26:24 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <memo.832185@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- In article <memo.832185@cix.compulink.co.uk> dbailey@cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
- >
- >
- >
- >It was reading the homoeopathic proving of alumina that first
- >alerted me to the dangerous properties, and then realising how
- >
- >I'd like to know the epidemiological history of Alzheimers
- >(balanced for the increasing numbers living to greater age) in
- >relation to the introduction of aluminium cookware (1920s?),
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- >introduced. And is there an increased incidence of Alzheimers
- >amongst those that have been around aluminium casting or
- >soldering processes - since solder contains the metal, in
- >addition to lead, usually.
- >
- These "links" have been difficult to prove. And, in a recent
- issue of Science, someone finally showed why the proof has
- been difficult. It seems that the rather ancient studies
- showing that Alzheimer's plaques (in the brain) contain
- aluminum were badly flawed by contamination with aluminum
- from external sources; there is, in fact, NO ALUMINUM in
- Alzheimer's brain lesions.
-
- I'm hoping that repeated mention of this new finding will
- sway those who have been avoiding aluminum cookware for
- the last 20 years to turn their attention to some much
- greater, more immediate threat. Something like the
- radioactivity in smoke detectors, for instance :-).
-
- Brian
-