Aluminum Pots as a Source of Dietary Aluminum

To the Editor: Aluminum, the most abundant metal in earth's crust (8.8 per cent), attracted little medical attention until recent recognition of the possible existence of aluminum neurotoxicity; clinically recognizable forms may be dialysis dementia 1 and Alzheimer's disease. 2 Recent research has shown that aluminum binds to DNA, 3 is present in neurofibrillary tangles, 4 and inhibits hexokinase. 5 The hazards from aluminum are not limited to human beings; there is the case of a parrot whose general health and plumage improved after his corroded aluminum water pan was replaced with a glass dish. 6 Possible dangers from aluminum cookware have been noted by Dr. . . .