Aluminium

Fobbon Lazyfoot · Post by **Fobbon Lazyfoot** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:33 pm

So I got this old school German water canteen for Christmas, made out of an aluminum inside and hard plastic covering. Any of ya'll know if Aluminum flakes off in water? I read a lot about it coming off of pans and stuff while you're cooking with food, but never heard of water pulling it off. I know aluminum is one of those metals that's toxic.

To the brits: Stop spelling it Aluminium, it sounds funny

SicTimMitchell · Post by **SicTimMitchell** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:40 pm

Hmmmm.

This sounds a bit like the "Teflon scrapes off pans and posions you" myth.

Check Snopes.

Atira · Post by **Atira** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:27 am

nothing has been proven yet, but the last decade there has been heavy research into the link between high levels of aluminum and alzhiemers. Best thing to do is stear clear of uncoated aluminum surfaces , including pop/beer cans, fry pans, bowls ...and any other surface you might eat/drink from. Especially if you scrape utensils across it, while cooking or eating.

Just like heating foods in any kind of plastic. Food in contact with heated plastics contaminates food which inturn reduces male fertility. Its buyer beware ...or more appropriately buyer be informed .

Atira

Vulgarr Disruptor · Post by **Vulgarr Disruptor** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:03 am

I dunno, but it's mighty tasty with lead paint chips.

radhaz · Post by **radhaz** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 3:32 am

Fobbon Lazyfoot wrote:To the brits: Stop spelling it Aluminium, it sounds funny

Edumacation time http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/aluminium.htm

Bahd Zoolander · Post by **Bahd Zoolander** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:02 am

Don't be a wuss, a little aluminum never killed anyone.

Post by **Ddrak** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:08 am

Aluminium is the correct international chemical spelling, just like the metric system is the correct international system of measures. Doesn't stop Americans from being deliberately different though. ;)

Dd

Bahd Zoolander · Post by **Bahd Zoolander** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:19 am

Like a spelling lesson from the people that brought you Vegemite is gonna change things.

Klast Brell · Post by **Klast Brell** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 10:26 am

And don't forget that antiperspirant has aluminum in it. You are getting tons more aluminum in you through your arm pits than you ever will from pop cans and other containers.

-=Xilanthanax=- · Post by **-=Xilanthanax=-** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:41 am

Ddrak wrote:Doesn't stop Americans from being deliberately different though.

Opressing the world, one mistake at a time. /thumbsup

Fobbon Lazyfoot · Post by **Fobbon Lazyfoot** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:15 pm

It just worries me because I can rub the surface of the thing and my hand comes away smelling like metal. I mean I get the feeling that it's even less good for you than cans or deodorant. Least deodorant dosen't smell like copper... good thing, too.

Embar Angylwrath · Post by **Embar Angylwrath** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:20 pm

Klast is right. You get more aluminum absorbed in your body from your anti-perspirant (not to be confused with deoderant) than from aluminum food storage containers.

Also, regarding soda cans and such. Aluminum oxidizes almost immediately in the presence of air to form aluminum oxide. Aluminum oxide is less soluble in solution than aluminum (and both are very insoluble, needing a very low pH to get any appreciable amount into solution).

You have more to fear from aflatoxins in your nutsand beans, nitrosaminesand nitrates in your bacon, polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons in your grilled meat (and grilled veggies) and all manner of crap coming out of campfire smoke.

And if you live in an urban area, near a highway, chances are you've seen more asbestos exposure than some pipefitters.

Oh.. and don't get me started about sunlight.

Fobbon Lazyfoot · Post by **Fobbon Lazyfoot** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:22 pm

You make me itch, Klast

Fobbon Lazyfoot · Post by **Fobbon Lazyfoot** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:22 pm

Embar, rather.

EQLizard · Post by **EQLizard** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:39 am

/Frankenstein on
SUNLIIGHT.....BAAAAAAAD
/Frankenstein off

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