Aluminum Toxicity
The following information was compiled and submitted by Frank Hartman.
"From the earliest days of food regulation, the use of alum (aluminum sulphate) in foods has been condemned. It is universally acknowledged as a poison in all countries. If the Bureau of Chemistry had been permitted to enforce the law ... no food product in the country would have any trace of ... any aluminum or saccarin. No soft drink would contain caffeine or hebromin; no bleached flour would be in interstate commerce. Our food and drugs would be wholly without adulteration ... and the health of our people would be vastly improved and their life greatly extended."
From History of crime against the Food Laws (1929) by Dr. Wiley, the prime mover behind the original Pure Food Law and Director of the FDA. He resigned in disgust in 1912 over exceptions granted to the law and lack of enforcement.
Aluminum has been exempted from tesitng for safety by the FDA under a convoluted logic wherein it is classified as GRAS. (Generally Regarded As Safe.) It has never been tested by the FDA on its safety and there are NO restrictions whatever on the amount or use of aluminum.
There are over 2000 references in the National Library of Medicine on adverse effects of alumium. The following were extracted to provide a small sample of the range of toxicity of aluminum.
Quote:
Aluminum toxicity has been recognized in many settings where exposure is heavy or prolonged, where renal function is limited, or where apreviously accumulated bone burden is released in stress or illness. Toxicity may include: encephalopathy (stuttering, gait disturbance, myoclonic jerks, seizures, coma, abnormal EEG) osteomalacia or aplastic bone disease ( associated with painful spontaneous fractures, hypercalcemia, tumorous calcinosis ) proximal myopathy, increased risk of infection, increased left ventricular mass and decreased myocardial function microcytic anemia with very high levels, sudden death.
Aluminum is ubiquitous in our environment; it is the third most prevalent element in the earth's crust. The gastrointestinal tract is relatively impervious to aluminum, absorption normally being only about 2%. Aluminum is absorbed by a mechanism related to that for calcium. Gastric acidity and oral citrate favors absorption, and H2-blockers reduce absorption. As is true for several trace elements, transferrin is the primary protein binder and carrier for aluminum in the plasma, where 80% is protein bound and 20% is free or complexed to small molecules such as citrate.
Cells appear to take up aluminum from transferrin rather than from citrate. Purified preparations of ferritin from brain and liver have been found to contain aluminum.
It is not known if ferritin has a specific binding site for aluminum. Factors regulating the migration of aluminum across the blood–brain barrier are not well understood.
Serum aluminum correlates with encephalopathy; red cell aluminum correlates with microcytic anemia, and bone aluminum correlates with aluminum bone disease.
Basal PTH when elevated appears to protect bone and thereby favor CNS toxicity.
Other factors favoring one form of toxicity over another are not well understood.
Aluminum toxicity has been reported to impair the formation and release of parathyroid hormone. The parathyroid glands concentrate aluminum above levels in surrounding tissues. Treatment of aluminum toxicity in renal failure patients often reactivates hyperparathyroidism, which to a certain extent is helpful for bone remodeling and healing.
Quote:
Aluminum neurotoxicity in preterm infants receiving intravenous-feeding solutions.
Bishop N.J. – Morley R. – Day J.P. – Lucas A.
From: N Engl J Med (1997 May 29) 336(22):1557-61
Aluminum, a contaminant of commercial intravenous–feeding solutions, is potentially neurotoxic. We investigated the effect of perinatal exposure to intravenous aluminum on the neurologic development of infants born prematurely.
RESULTS: The 90 infants who received the standard feeding solutions had a mean (± SD) Bayley Mental Development Index of 95 ±22, as compared with 98 ±20 for the 92 infants who received the aluminum-depleted solutions (P=0.39). The former were significantly more likely (39 percent, vs. 17 percent of the latter group; P=0.03) to have a Mental Development Index of less than 85, increasing their risk of subsequent educational problems. For all 157 infants without neuromotor impairment, increasing aluminum exposure was associated with a reduction in the Mental Development Index (P=0.03), with an adjusted loss of one point per day of intravenous feeding for infants receiving the standard solutions. In preterm infants, prolonged intravenous feeding with solutions containing aluminum is associated with impaired neurologic development.
Quote:
Aspects of aluminum toxicity.
Hewitt C.D. – Savory J. – Wills M.R.
From: Clin Lab Med (1990 Jun) 10(2):403-22
Attention was first drawn to the potential role of aluminum as a toxic metal over 50 years ago, but was dismissed as a toxic agent as recently as 15 years ago. The accumulation of aluminum, in some patients with chronic renal failure, is associated with the development of toxic phenomena; dialysis encephalopathy, osteomalacic dialysis osteodystrophy, and an anemia. Aluminum accumulation also occurs in patients who are not on dialysis, predominantly infants and children with immature or impaired renal function. Aluminum has also been implicated as a toxic agent in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease, Guamiam amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and parkinsonism-dementia.
Aluminum is found in Antacids, and Wasabi (the processed kind) and Baking Powders.
Last edited by madthumbs on Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:38 am; edited 4 times in total
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 57 Location: In the kitchen ... cooking
This is the same reason that drinking a soda out of can, eating friut and veggies out of a can and any meat in a can can be dangerous to your health. There are many possibilities that a fleck of aluminum can get into your body and cause some major damage. At this point.. whats more important, your wallet or your body. Even though plastic bottles/containers can be a little mose costly, try and get those. You may end up living a healthier life if you make minor adjusments like this one.
Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:11 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8599 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 57 Location: In the kitchen ... cooking
Well.... ummm ... I have no idea how to respond..... are there any aluminum free anti-perperants/deoderant out there on the market that WONT cause breast cancer???
Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:35 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8599 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
Sweating is good for you! Adidas is a brand that has a non aluminum anti-persperant if you "must" use it.
For the past few years I have used a couple different kinds of salt mineral/crystal based deoderant.You can find these in either a solid stick-type form (which lasts a lot longer than regular deoderant) or as a liquid spray. Most deoderant and anti-perspirant works by either clogging up your pores with the aluminum-based compound, masking any odors with strong fragrances, or a combination of the two. The mineral salt kind works by preventing the bacteria that causes odor in the first place since it cannot grow in a salt-filled environment. It works pretty well, but will not prevent you from sweating (since it doesn't clog the pores).
Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:40 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8599 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
Yet another item I've found aluminum in is wasabi paste -at least the Tsunami brand. What could possibly be the reason for that, or the aspartame in artificial crab?
Well.... ummm ... I have no idea how to respond..... are there any aluminum free anti-perperants/deoderant out there on the market that WONT cause breast cancer???
I work at a pharmacy and yes, there are deodarants without aluminium.
It's the same with ceramic isn't it? And most of the pans used for cooking and frying have poisonous stuff inside. Thats why some stuff arent suitable for warming because it makes it easier for the chemicals to get out. Think i've read that ceramic is actually not suitable in the oven?(sorry, not the best with explaining stuff in english)There's also a reason your mum always tells you NOT to scrape the pan. Always use a wooden spoon!
This isn't really the subject, but isnt it so that they add this special thing to the aluminum tins so that products similar to coca cola wont ''eat it up''?
Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:24 pm
stOneskull
Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 820 Location: Australia
how about cars.
we live in blocks of housing within grids of roads.
like surrounded in exhaust fumes.
apparently that lead replacement in unleaded fuel is even worse for the lungs than the lead.
Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:29 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8599 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
The Neurological and Physiological Effect of Aluminum Deposition
Aluminum is known to be a significant cross-linking agent that acts to immobilze reactive molecules within brain cells. It also causes free-radical pathology inside the neurons, bringing on molecular cross-linkage throughout the brain’s tissues, resulting in neurofibrillary tangles so characteristic of those seen in autopsies of brains of those with Alzheimer’s syndrome.[Bjorksten, Johan, “The crosslinkage theory of aging”, American Journal of Geriatrics Society, Vol 16, No.4, 1968, p.408-427; Pryor, W., “Free radical reactions and their importance in biochemical systems”, Federal Proceedings, Vol 32, 1973, p.1862-1869; Demopoulos, H., “The basis of free radical pathology”, Federal Proceedings, Vol 32, 1973, p. 1869-1861.]
The process is highly complex, and is outside the scope of our general examination. Research has been conducted to intentionally induce and replicate the sequence of symptoms of Alzheimers in animals. Using cats, and injecting 100 nanomoles (1 billionth of a mole) of aluminum chloride into the hippocampic space (brain ventricle) a dementia similar to Alzheimers developed.[The work of Dr. Donald McLachlan, Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto, Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Toronto, Canada.;McLachlan et al, “Neuronal correlates of an encephalopathy associated with aluminum neurofibrillary degeneration.” Brain Research, Vol 97, 1975, p.253-264.]
It takes very little aluminum to actually begin the process of degeneration. Progressive dementia also developed within ten days of a subcutaneous injection of aluminum chloride under the skin. Neurodegeneration is proportional to long-term accumulation and specific sites of accumulation.[If you have mercury amalgam fillings, drink fluoridated water, get vaccinations and cook in aluminum pots, then remote viewing your future will no doubt bring a picture of a nursing home to view, as you dribble all over your shirt, and your grandchildren, whom you don’t recognize, draw pictures of the current FDA director on the bald spot at the top of your head.]Interestingly, concentrations of aluminum that are toxic to many biochemical processes are found in at least ten human neurological conditions.[Senile and presenile dementia of the Alzheimer type, Down’s syndrome with Alzheimer’s disease, Guam parkinson-dementia complex, Guam ALS. McLachlan et al, “Aluminum in human brain disease: an overview” Neurotoxicology, Vol 1, 1980, pp.3-16; McLachlin et al, “Aluminum: a role in degenerative brain disease associated with neurofibrillary degeneration”, Progress in Brain Research, Vol 70, 1986.]
Animals in these experiments typically develop symptoms within two weeks, including shaking (ataxia) and unsteady gait.[Lewis et al, “Chromatin structure in dementia” Annals of Neurology, Vol 15,1984, pp.329-334.] The same symptoms are exhibited by humans, and also include the inability to correctly pronouce words, lack of coordinatation of movements with the senses (sensory ataxia).When aluminum enters the body it is systemically metabolized. Some of it, depending on the status of the kidneys and the intestinial system, is excreted. The rest is absorbed into the brain.[King, S.W., “The clinical biochemistry of aluminum” CRC Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Scicnces, Vol 14, 1981, pp.1-20.]
The absorption rate of aluminum in various tissues depends on the age of the individual. Generally, uptake of aluminum is greater the older a person becomes. Aluminum absorbed in food enters the blood and then breeches the blood-brain barrier, which is often effectively weakened by other environmental factors, such as mercury or petrochemical derivatives, and enters the brain. Very often, natural peptides present in the brain, such as beta endorphin, actually combine with heavy metals and themselves become toxic .Science, Vol 197, 1977, pp.1187-1192.] Other neural enzymes are inhibited by the presence of aluminum and other heavy metals, resulting in an overall decrease in brain cell energy, fatigue and progressive loss of reasoning ability.
Aluminum Interaction With Brain Chemicals
Aluminum is a potent inhibitor of the uptake of choline and dopamine.[ Banks, W., et al., “Aluminum increases permeability of blood-brain barrier to labelled DSIP and beta-endorphin: possible implications for senile and dialysis dementias” Lancet Vol 26, Hov 1983, p.1227 ; Guest, J., et al., “The effects of aluminum on sodium-potassium-activated adenosine triphosphatase activity and choline uptake in rat brain synaptosomes” Biochemical Pharmacology, Vol 29, 1980, p.141; Davison, A., et al., “Differences in the inhibitory effect of aluminum 3+ on the uptake of dopamine by synaptosomes from forebrain and from striatum of the rat”, Biochemical Pharmacology, Vol 30, 1981, p.3123-3125.] Both are vital chemicals released during nerve inpulse transmission, as well as nerve impulse conduction to muscles and various glands. As a result, the presence of aluminum ions in the brain has an adverse impact on thought and reasoning processes, as well as short-term memory. Furthermore, there is significant evidence that aluminum ions alter enzymes involved with acetylcholine metabolism,[ Wong, P.C., et al., “The effects of aluminum on the methylation of phospolipids in the rat brain synaptosomal membrane”, Biochemical Pharmacology, Vol 30, 1981, p.1704; Simpson, J., et al, “Cholinergic enzymes in neurofibrillary degeneration produced by aluminum”, Brain Research, Vol 197, 1980, p. 269-274. affecting interplay between thought processes and motor coordination, resulting in ataxia and other serious problems so obvious in those with Alzheimer syndrome and other “senile” degenerative conditions.Increase levels of aluminum in the brain also affect the catecholine neurotransmitters, noradrenaline and dopamine, in the frontal cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum. Levels of both chemicals also decrease in the cortex with an excess of copper in the diet. High cumulative concentations of aluminum absorbed over a lifetime result in increased amounts of proline, lysine, arginine and other amino acids in brain cells, leading to an alteration in neuronal excitability, resulting in the erratic and convulsive effects seen in aluminum neurotoxicity.[Wenk, G., et al., “The influence of ingested aluminum upon norepinephrine and dopamine levels in the rat brain”, Neurotoxicology, Vol 2, 1981, p.347-353; Stemmer, K., et al., “Activity of the enzymes dopamine -beta-hyrdoxylase and phenyl-ethanolamine-N-methyl-tranferase in discrete brain regions following aluminum ingestion”, Neurotoxicity, Vol 3, 1982, p.93-99.]
Alzheimers Syndrome: Profiteering with a Preventable Condition
Ultimately, recognition of the harmful effects of heavy metals must begin with elimination of these substances from the diet as much as possible. It is vital that children, especially, begin the process of integrating knowledge with life style in order to increase the probablity of a long, healthy, productive life. As of July 1991, it was estimated that 4 million people in the United States alone are victims of Alzheimers Syndrome. The numbers increase each year as the generational accumulation of toxic substances grows higher. In denial about litigatable and accountable environmental causation, or even the possibility of it in the face of enormous scientific evidence, pharmaceutical companies are constantly engaged in programs to develop “new drugs” to allopathically address the symptoms instead of the cause of the problem. Sandoz, earlier maker of LSD for the CIA, once made the only “FDA approved” drug given to patients suffering under this paradigm.
Other companies, like Warner-Lambert (Tacrine), Bristol-Myers (BuSpar), American Home Products (Ceractin), G.D. Searle, maker of aspartame and owned by Monsanto, historical friend of the CIA (Trental), Ceiba-Geigy, Roche Labs, DuPont Pharmaceuticals, and Lederle Laboratories are all joining the game as the United States population begins to age before its time, worn out by the biochemical pollution and the intentional poisoning levied upon it by the military, industrial, pharmaceutical and medical complexes controlled by a small oligarchy bent on satisfying the greed for power and Malthusian population control mandates at the expense of the health, welfare and happiness of the planet. It’s time for the population to “just say no”, and move to develop a new world community that has left materialist pseudoscience and its profound fixation with a new world order far behind in the distant past. Power politics is for the immature, infantile mind, incapable of striving beyond the legacy of death which has left this planet in such disarray. The way to do this is not through abject violence, but through displacement of the basal paradigm on which materialistic scientism (science as a religion) is based.
Pot smokers are at risk. Cheap pipes are usually made from aluminum. I've seen a guy smoke out of a beer can before.
For all the stoners: non aluminum pipes are better, buy stone, clay, or glass smoke pieces instead of metal. Also, you can be inventive and make a pipe out of an apple (I've done it before) or twist a fatty instead.
Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:00 pm
madthumbs
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 8599 Location: Fingerlakes - NY usa
BellePrincess wrote:
Well.... ummm ... I have no idea how to respond..... are there any aluminum free anti-perperants/deoderant out there on the market that WONT cause breast cancer???
Best to avoid anti-persperants since sweating through your armpits is beneficial to your health, but if you must; there's Milk of Magnesia. It fights odor, wetness, is cheap, doesn't stain, and is relatively safe.
