Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/3/85; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!wws From: wws@ukma.UUCP (Bill Stoll) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Aluminum pans-a health risk? Message-ID: <2015@ukma.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 10:45:46 EDT Article-I.D.: ukma.2015 Posted: Sun Aug 4 10:45:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Aug-85 08:21:34 EDT Distribution: na Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences, Lexington KY Lines: 61 The first indication that aluminum was a serious brain toxin came to light back when kidney dialysis first started. The first series of patients all turned into vegetables after about 6 months of dialysis. Obviously, 6 months of life was not worth spending the rest of your earthly existance as a vegetable (these people didn't die--they just lost their cognitive function--almost exactly like Alzheimer's). The researchers discovered that the Aluminum preservative in the solution settled into the brain tissue (just like autopsies show in Alzheimer's). When the Aluminum was removed from the solution the problem never recurred. Unfortunately, all those who were vegetables stayed that way (just like Alzheimer's). There were a few solitary "voices in the wilderness" back in the 40's warning about the dangers of Asbestos. Economic, and political, pressures covered up the evidence. Finally, 30 years later the accumulation (which takes 30-4- years to cause the damage) of evidence was so overwhelming that even the most obtuse "scientist" was forced to agree. You all know that story by now. Aluminum is the same. It takes 30-40 years, in this culture, for the accumulation to cause severe and permanent damage. There are a few solitary "voices in the wilderness", who are trying to warn us about Aluminum. The same people are still around who, for economic and political reasons, are trying to cover up the data. Start reading the lables on the things you eat. Nearly everything has some Aluminum added to it. Most public drinking water supplies have a high concentration of Aluminum added to them--; it is a cheap method of flocculation (part of the sewage treatment). Since the present epidemic of Alzheimer's started exactly 40 years after this country started adding lots of Aluminum to those things we take into our bodies, don't you think it behooves a prudent person to err on the side of caution until----------? Until people get out of the habit of thinking; "If it doesn't kill me, or make me sick, today or tomorrow, it is perfectly safe!", the government will keep on misunderstanding the pollution problem. If we've learned anything in the past 10 years it is: we cannot depend on the government to protect our health. Those of you who are willing to give them that power over you are welcome to continue to support the "Medical/Pharmaceutical Complex" with your bodies and your $. The rest of us have got to get busy gathering data to make up our own minds. There are lots of community organizations, and a few national ones: 1. Common Cause, 2. CSPI, 3. Kellog Foundation, 4. The Peoples Medical Society (Rodale), etc., who are doing good work in this area. They deserve our support. My grand mother used to tell me that Aluminum Pans were poisonous. She is dead now so I will never find out how she knew (she died at age 88 in full possession of her faculties). My mother laughed at my grandmother's foolishness and flaunted her new set of Aluminum pans (after all, they were so much lighter--and saved so much $). My mother is now 69 years old and has Alzheimer's. It seems the Aluminum Pans weren't such a bargain after all. Obviously there are many factors involved in Alzheimer's disease. One of them is the old adage: "Use it, or lose it!". People who watch a lot of TV are a lot more likely to get Alzheimer's. If it weren't for the renal dialysis serendipidous discovery, I would wonder about the Aluminum controversy too.