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From: donch@teklabs.UUCP (Don Chitwood)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Calphalon Cookware and Alzheimers Disease (?)
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Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 21:02:55 EST
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Calphalon cookware gets a lot of raves, not only here but elsewhere.
It is very attractive, in spite of the expense, however, I have a
need to know one specific detail before I buy (invest).

There is increasing evidence (SCIENCE NEWS Vol. 124, No. 14, OCT. 1, l983)
that aluminum can accumulate in the brain and cause several kinds of
dementia, including senile type.  Aluminum cookware is one of many sources
for getting aluminum into the body.

My question is obviously:  how does this apply to calphalon which is
an anodized aluminum, essentially aluminum oxide?  Does leaching 
occur at a lower, same, or greater rate in any given alkaline or
acidic cooking environment?

Don Chitwood
Teklabs, Tektronix, Inc.
Beaverton, OR