Are aluminum pots&pans safe?
On One Hand: Aluminum has been linked to Alzheimer’sA 1970s Canadian study revealed a link between aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease. Aluminum salts found in cookware can leach into food, especially if the food is very acidic or salty. It makes sense to avoid a known source of aluminum.On the Other: Amount of aluminum in cookware is lowScientists estimate that a person cooking and storing food in aluminum ingests 3.5 milligrams daily, compared with 10 to 20 milligrams in a buffered aspirin tablet. Furthermore, aluminum is not easily absorbed in the digestive tract, so it is not easily absorbed in the bloodstream (which is how aluminum would reach the brain). According to Dr. John Koning of Riverside General Hospital in Corona, Calif., “most ingested aluminum is recovered in the feces, and much more is ingested by a person taking antacids than one could ever leach from an aluminum pan.” Since the 1970s study the Food and Drug Administration has been looking closely at research on the met
