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     5 years ago 

    Powdered aluminum that is used as an anti-clumping agent in dry goods is DANGEROUS.

    Aluminum cans and aluminum foil is not linked to Alzheimer's.

    We don't need any new plastics. Packages should be paper, card-board, glass, aluminum, or steel.

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     5 years ago 

    From your link,

    In health evaluation no. 033/2007 [1], the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) clearly states that there is “No danger of contracting Alzheimer’s disease from aluminum in household utensils.” Furthermore, this document states that there is no scientific evidence indicating a connection between aluminum uptake from foodstuffs, including drinking water, pharmaceuticals, or cosmetics and Alzheimer’s disease. No increases in the frequency of amyloid plaques in the brain have been found in dialysis patients or in aluminum workers, both groups of people with extensive contact with aluminum. The BfR, therefore, does not recognize a health danger for consumers through aluminum uptake from food and cooking utensils or cosmetics [1]. The BfR does recommend that consumers avoid the use of aluminum pots or dishes for acidic or salted foodstuffs such as apple sauce, rhubarb, tomato puree, or salt herring due to the increased solubility of aluminum under the influence of acids and salts, thus prophylactically avoiding the “unnecessary ingestion” of aluminum [1].

    So, as long as you don't cook anything in aluminum, it's probably just fine.

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     5 years ago 

    I need to stop trying to debate while stoned. 😂 I was arguing that it does leach, forgetting that my original argument was that it’s linked to Alzheimer’s.

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     5 years ago 

    I agree that aluminum isn't perfect, but if you're filling it with soft-drink, that's like 99% pure poison, so 1% aluminum would seem negligible.

    At least aluminum isn't going to kill all the fish and birds...

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       5 years ago 

      Glass, aluminum, and steel are not biodegradable. Hemp plastics are. With the mass production of goods, and the high level of unaccountability, secondary measures should be implemented to ensure there is less build up of waste products.

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      Glass, aluminum, and steel are not biodegradable.

      Steel will eventually degrade into rust.

      Glass and aluminum are not dangerous contaminants.

      Glass and aluminum are 100% recyclable (unlike plastic).

      Glass and aluminum also already have well-established use-cases and long histories as industrial packaging materials.

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       5 years ago 

      These corporate morons keep trying to re-invent-the-wheel.

      They just need to go back to what they were already doing 50 years ago.

      It's not exactly rocket-science.

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