Aluminum in drinking water tied to Alzheimer's

Last Updated: 2003-04-14 16:26:15 -0400 (Reuters Health)

By Jacqueline Stenson

SAN DIEGO (Reuters Health) - Adding support to a controversial theory
linking aluminum with Alzheimer's disease, new research indicates the
disease is more common in regions of northwest Italy where levels of
aluminum in drinking water are highest.

And when the investigators studied the effects of one form of the metal
on two types of human cells in the lab, they found it hastened cell
death.

"We were absolutely surprised by these results," said study author Dr.
Paolo Prolo, a researcher at the University of California at Los
Angeles. "I did not expect any effect from aluminum."

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