2006-12-25 09:43:57 · 6 answers · asked by cimnoljoe 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Studies have shown aluminum deposits in the brains of patients with alzheimers, lou gherig's disease, and it is toxic to the nervous system.
Switch to stainless steel, cast iron, or glass / corning ware, or pyrex.
2006-12-25 09:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by Squirrley Temple 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The link between aluminium and Alzheimer's hasn't been disproved, but if it really does exist the risk must be very small. Reason? There's so much Al in the environment. We've been exposed to it since life started on Earth. All living things would have developed protective measures against Al poisoning long ago. You're likely to get as much Al from town supply tapwater as from your cookware anyway. Aluminium sulphate is used as a flocculant to precipitate solids in water treatment plants.
2006-12-25 15:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...are made up by people peddling cookware made of other materials. It's just another ruse to separate you from your hard-earned money. Aluminum cookware is perfectly harmless.
A thin coat of very unreactive aluminum oxide forms over the surface of the aluminum, and unless the cookware is grossly abused, no meaningful amounts of either substance will enter your system. Aluminum cans have been used for decades to contain mildly acidic or alkaline foodstuffs with no ill effects.
2006-12-25 14:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by Rochester 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Possible risk to the brain. It depends on the sort of food that you cook too as acidic or alkaline food can increase the rate at which it dissolves.
2006-12-25 09:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless the Aluminium is rubbed, the Oxygen layer on it won't come of it, so there is no risk of Aluminium poisoning. Yet.
2006-12-26 06:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alzheimer disease
2006-12-25 09:46:30 · answer #6 · answered by qwine2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋