Aluminum Pots as a Source of Dietary Aluminum

Abstract

To the Editor: Aluminum, the most abundant metal in earth's crust (8.8 per cent), attracted little medical attention until recent recognition of the possible existence of aluminum neurotoxicity; clinically recognizable forms may be dialysis dementia¹ and Alzheimer's disease.² Recent research has shown that aluminum binds to DNA,³ is present in neurofibrillary tangles,⁴ and inhibits hexokinase.⁵ The hazards from aluminum are not limited to human beings; there is the case of a parrot whose general health and plumage improved after his corroded aluminum water pan was replaced with a glass dish.⁶ Possible dangers from aluminum cookware have been noted by Dr. . . .