Thursday, April 28, 2016

Cans or bottles? -- you decide

Is it ok to drink from cans?  We haven't thought so for many, many years when we learned of a former NFL team who practiced on a field laden with heavy-metal sludge:  many members succumbed early to Alzheimer's, dementia, and similar neuro-muscular issues.

It seems metals and brain function do not peacefully co-exist.

We had reason to revisit the issue recently.   Here's what we found:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/14/bottle-chemical-bpa-health-newser/20397547/

http://miami-water.com/blog/1802/is-aluminum-bad-can-aluminium-make-you-sick/

http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/alzheimers.htm

http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2015/02/no-i-cant-why-im-turning-away-canned-craft-beer

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080213103206AAICdiK

Summary:  Cans bear risk from liners and the aluminum itself.  Alzheimer's takes many years to emerge, but autopsies show patients have higher rates of aluminum in their brains.  Where does it come from?  As these web pages point out, many sources.  Still....

Scientists are wary even though partisans like the American Beverage Association tells us a cheery "no problem."

So we come back to the ubiquitous question:  who do you trust?  Or in the immortal words of Clint Eastwood, "do you feel lucky, punk....well, do you?"

This writer doesn't trust trade groups, and doesn't feel "lucky," and very rarely drinks from cans.  Beer -- bottles only.  Water bottle and cookware -- stainless steel.

Cancer and dementia are horrors.  Why help them along?

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