"Solar Flare" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:They didn't change to aluminum at that point and most still are steel
"Calif Bill" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:Not the reason Alum cans became predominant. The can companies had
to payQuoted message said:for the goods when a "Tin" can leaked. The aluminum cans were a
little moveQuoted message said:expensive, but the lack of a side seam made for a lot less buy
backs. SoQuoted message said:the beer companies went aluminum as the can companies could sell
them at aQuoted message said:cheaper overall cost.
"Solar Flare" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...Quoted message said:Cans used to be steel and with lead solder seams. People were
becomingQuoted message said:Quoted message said:retarded, in many cases, from lead poisoning, similar to some of
ignorant young'uns here, and they had to change materials.Never buy canned good from countries without food standards.
"GregS" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> In article
<[email hidden]>,Quoted message said:Quoted message said:[email hidden] wrote:
> >aluminum cansa re more often than not lined with some type of
varnish
> >but the little point in which you open the can exposes freshly
bareQuoted message said:Quoted message said:> >aluminum which the beverage is poured through so just about
everyQuoted message said:Quoted message said:drop
> >is exposed to raw aluminum
> >
> >if you fear titanium make sure you check the ingredients in your
> >toothpaste
> >
>
> Seems like they make titanium body parts.
> I wonder if aluminum cans have always been lined.
> They didn't used to use aluminum for beer cans.
> Of course here in Pittsburgh, Iron City beer also comes
> in aluminum bottles. I never took one apart. Supposed to keep
beerQuoted message said:Quoted message said:cooler!
> This same company used to make most of the Samuel Adams.
>
> Green olives comes in glass jars and black olives comes
> in cans. A DJ said this today.
> Perhaps the acedic nature of green olive packing?
>
> greg
You rarely see a steel beer can! Beer and soda tends to leak more as it is
under pressure.