Aluminum. The new Lead.
Let the junk science begin.
No, not aluminum. The article specifically says aluminium.
And I thought it was all that beer that kept me out of Phi Beta Kappa. If I had been drinking straight from the tap instead of all those cans, I’d be a genius today.
Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements.
Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-any-proof-that-a/
If aluminum is so ubiquitous not only in the natural environment but also in the many of the products we use like antiperspirants and in the foods we eat and the water we drink, then we would expect the incidences of Alzheimers to be much more prevalent than it is. Yes, Alzheimers seems to be more prevalent now days than ever before but that could also be attributed to the fact that people in general are living much longer than ever before. Alzheimers is the leading cause of what most consider old age dementia but it is not the only cause. Lewy body dementia and vascular dementia (think strokes and mini strokes) conditions such as Parkinson's and Huntington’s disease are also common causes of dementia.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dementia/basics/causes/con-20034399
When reading any article making health claims or even scientific studies submitted for publication (and under peer review – although we almost never hear about how many of these papers are eventually shot down under the peer review system because of study flaws or the inability for other scientists to replicate the same results), it is important to remember that correlation does not always equal causation.
I recall a few years ago, two different studies that came out on breast cancer around the same time.
One claiming that a large percentage of breast tissue biopsies from women who were diagnosed with breast cancer (in a study of only about hundred breast cancer patients BTW IIRC) contained trace amounts of aluminum, the assumption being that it was from use of antiperspirants and the aluminum in the antiperspirants played some role in the development of breast cancer because the underarm is close to the breast. This study however did not include information on biopsies of breast tissue where there was no breast cancer found but still contained the same trace amounts of aluminum, the amount of aluminum found in other tissues and their sources, or the number of women who used antiperspirants overall over many years and how many of them developed breast cancer vs. those who didn’t or how many women who never used antiperspirants still developed breast cancer.
A similar study pointed to parabens used in some deodorants and has been similarly debunked.