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ALUMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
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ALUMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF INDIA
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Applications |
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Alzheimer's disease is progressive, degenerative disease that attacks the brain and results in impaired |
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memory, thinking and behaviour. |
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Extensive investigations for 60 years by reputed health agencies and R&D establishments have clearly |
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shown that the amount of aluminium ingested through cooking in aluminium utensils is very small and |
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harmless. |
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Investigations conducted directly on the human brain could not establish that aluminium causes |
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Alzheimer's disease. |
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Aluminium has not been demonstrated to pose a health risk to healthy non-occupationally exposed |
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humans. |
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What World Health Organisation (WHO) says |
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There is no evidence that aluminium causes any brain disorder (Alzheimer's Disease). |
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Data are inadequate to support the hypothesis that exposures to aluminium in drinking water accelerate |
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Alzheimer's Disease or that exposures, either occupationally or via drinking water, impair cognitive |
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function. |
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There is insufficient health related evidence to justify altering existing WHO guidelines for aluminium |
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exposure in health, non-occupationally exposed humans. |
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Ordinary environmental exposure to Aluminium is safe. |
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Intake of aluminium through cookware, packaging, etc. is negligible and harmless. |
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The amount of Aluminium ingested through cooking in aluminium vessels is very small. |
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Has not been demonstrated to pose a health risk to humans. |
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Any intake of aluminium is promptly excreted. |
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There is no evidence that Aluminium causes any brain disorder(Alzheimer disease). |
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What the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA says |
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The biological significance of aluminium in the brain is not understood. |
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Aluminium is poorly absorbed in the body. |
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Ordinary environmental exposure to aluminium is safe. |
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Dr. Jacob Roy and his colleagues through their extensive research work on Alzheimer's disease have also ruled out that there is not even casual connection between Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease and that the evidence for the linkage has never been more than circumstantial. As already mentioned, they report that the incidence of Alzheimer's disease could be attributed to a number of factors, from emotional stresses, to an interruption of the brain's blood supply and the genetic risk factors.
Dr K Jacob Roy, President,
Alzheimer's Related Disorders Society of India (ARSDI),
as reported in the WEEK, Sept. 27th 1998.
Kochi. Published by Malayalam Manorama
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Aluminium In The Human Body |
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Found naturally - approx. 35 mg - 50% in the lungs,
25% in the soft tissues,
25% in the bones |
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Impossible to avoid exposure |
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Body adjusted well to the exposure |
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Plays no physiological role |
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Types of exposure : |
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Natural content, through diet, Depending on geographical area,
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Intentional additives |
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Preservatives, leavening agent, etc. (2-50 mg) |
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Unintentional additives |
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Packaging & cooking in aluminium utensils (up to 3.5 mg) |
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Drugs and medicines (50-1000 mg) |
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The human body strives to maintain an effective balance of all materials. Most of the aluminium |
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entering the human body through whatever source is thrown out as quickly as possible. |
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