Aluminum Pots as a Source of Dietary Aluminum

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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. . . .