NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/sci/med/23208

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From: [e-mail] (Diane Bailey)
Subject: Re: Deodorants Harmful?
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:30:00 +0000
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[e-mail] (Brian Kantor) writes:
> 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  :-).

Since, as I wrote, the enquiry on the Devon pollution of the
water supply with aluminium chemical found no blame for the
problems of those who drank the water, on the grounds that
aluminium could not get to the brain, finding no aluminium in
Alzheimers lesions is no suprise and doesn't actually seem very
relevant.

Clearly many substances can cause problems in humans without
actual being present in the tissue at the site of the eventual
problem.  Even very small quantities of some substances can cause
wide ranging changes in body processes, even after a considerable
time.  I'd seriously hope that some better answers on aluminium
might emerge than this, especially given the dreadful prognosis
of Alzheimers.

Diane