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Can Exposure To Aluminum Cause Alzheimer's?

Jacqueline Marcell
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Jacqueline Marcell is a former college professor and television...

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Monday, May 05, 2008
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I received this question today: "I am so afraid of using aluminum products, because I believe it caused my mother's and her best friend's Alzheimer's. They worked together in an aluminum plant for most of their lives and they died together too. I am wondering if that connection has been pro...
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    Sue
    Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 09:01 PM

    Thanks Jacqueline for your post.  Community members may want to read more on the prevention of Alzheimer's Disease as well as what to know if they are just diagnosed with this disease.

     

    All the best, sue

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  2. aluminum and the era of Alzheimers, think about this!
    Rhonda
    Friday, December 12, 2008 at 10:48 PM

    Alzheimers is so common in the elderly of my fathers generation, he is now 75 yrs. old. Remember back in the days when Soda Pop was in a bottle as well as a beer. There were no aluminum cans. And the cookware was generally either cast iron or stainless. Then in the 70s came the alum. cans etc. I strongly fell that is linked as to why the elderly is being hit hard with alzheimers. And it is even starting to affect people as young as 40!!   

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