Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!272!21!Rob.Flor From: Rob.Flor@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Flor) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: FAT/MS Message-ID: <16322@bunker.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 90 17:39:23 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Rob.Flor@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:272/21 - "T I N Y", Newburgh NY Lines: 41 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 12403 > Sorry to tell you, but aluminum's adverse health effects have > been written about in medical literature since 1892. There are No need to apologize, Chris, for fleshing out my post. Your messages are jam-packed with information. > States. The matter has been significantly confused by > unethically slanted studies spnsored by aluminum companies. I try to use only ethically slanted sources . A good point though, Chris. In evaluating a claim, to ask "What is the source? Who funded it? Who is presenting the information? Is the evidence anecdotal or experimental? If it's experimental, am I being givin the data or just told someone's conclusion?" Often you just want to know enough to decide if something affects you such that you should take precautions, regardless of the provability of the claim. That's where I stand on aluminum and what I think Nadine is after. Though there hasn't been any causal link _established_ with aluminum and disease, there is enough of a question that I avoid unnessessary consumption in the form of antacids, antiperspirants, and alum containing food additives. If there was any history of Alzheimer's in my family I would be much more stringent. My preference is for aluminum cookware, so I use a quality (heavy) utensil in good condition (a rough and pitted surface increases surface area 10x or more). I must admit, being anorexic also reduces my concern about cookware. Cheers! -Rob -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!272!21!Rob.Flor Internet: Rob.Flor@f21.n272.z1.fidonet.org