MEDICAL NEWS: I heard you can get Alzheimer's from aluminum beer cans...

[jswordy]

...but I forget who told me that!

[Liberal_Andy]

1. DOOOOOMMMED!!! I"M DOOOOMED!

:beer:

[jswordy]

2. LOL...I would comment on yer post...

...but I forgot what you wrote!

[MISSDem]

3. Just buy it in bottles. Seriously, I have also read that

autopsies have shown high levels of aluminum in the brains of those who had alzheimers. The article referred to America's "love affair" with aluminum, ie, tv dinners, aluminum cans, prepared baked goods, etc.

[MidwestTransplant]

6. Deoderant too.

[jandrok]

4. THIS JUST IN: you can get drunk from drinking beer out of aluminum cans

[democracyindanger]

5. UPDATE: Beer in aluminum cans isn't real beer

[guinivere]

7. So

that's what's wrong with me! Here I thought it was result of the contents of the cans.

[AntiCoup2K4]

8. Is it just beer cans? Or aluminum cans in general?

And I ask that question for a number of reasons.

For one thing, if it's only beer, I'm safe, because I only drink it out of bottles, or kegs.

On the other hand, I do occasionally drink Coca-Cola or an energy drink out of aluminum cans.

And finally, my dad worked over thirty years in an aluminum can mfg plant, so if it is anything in the aluminum itself, or in the coating that they spray inside the cans, then he would have been at serious risk. He's 73 and still has a fully functional mind as far as I know, so I don't want to sound paranoid. But it does seem like a reason for concern.

[RC]

9. It has not been decided if aluminum is the cause or a symptom.

The evidence is inconclusive.