Aluminum From Cans?

"Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi,

Does anyone have knowledge as to whether or not aluminum or anything undesirable leaches into
canned foodstuffs (spaghetti sauce, etc.)?

Mmm, I have always heard that you shouldn't cook in unanodized aluminum cookware since it's said to
be carcinogenic. Anodized cookware is okay.

Aluminum soda cans are coated so they don't present a danger. Tin is okay as long as you don't allow
the insides to oxidize. Don't store food in open tin cans. Unleaded glass and ceramic is fine. One
exception to glass/ceramic is when the lip/rim area of tumblers and mugs are decorated with lead
based (or mercury, chromium, cadmium) colors. I have heard there are issues with PET plastic
bottles. Some studies have shown a higher incidence of cancer in factory workers who produce it.
It's thought to be attributed to toxic chemicals used in their manufacture. And, of course, you know
not to microwave food in plastic containers that are not approved for that purpose. I've also heard
that styrofoam releases gas but I don't know how that effects foodstuffs that are contained in them.

"Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi,

Does anyone have knowledge as to whether or not aluminum or anything undesirable leaches into
canned foodstuffs (spaghetti sauce, etc.)?

Thanks

Soda cans do have aluminum get into the contents.

Also don't cover moist foods with foil.

-Rubystars

Also, I think food cans are made of steel rather than tin. What's with all the recipes that suggest
cooking in foil? I never do that because a chemistry professor once told the class aluminum isn't
good for you. Isn't it found in the brains of Alzheimer's victims?

Rubystars said:

"Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi,

Does anyone have knowledge as to whether or not aluminum or anything undesirable leaches into
canned foodstuffs (spaghetti sauce, etc.)?

Thanks

Soda cans do have aluminum get into the contents.

Also don't cover moist foods with foil.

-Rubystars

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From: "C. James Strutz" [email hidden]
Newsgroups: alt.food.vegan
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 16:02:32 -0500

Quoted message said:

Mmm, I have always heard that you shouldn't cook in unanodized aluminum cookware since it's said to
be carcinogenic. Anodized cookware is okay.

Aluminum soda cans are coated so they don't present a danger. Tin is okay as long as you don't
allow the insides to oxidize. Don't store food in open tin cans. Unleaded glass and ceramic is
fine. One exception to glass/ceramic is when the lip/rim area of tumblers and mugs are decorated
with lead based (or mercury, chromium, cadmium) colors. I have heard there are issues with PET
plastic bottles. Some studies have shown a higher incidence of cancer in factory workers who
produce it. It's thought to be attributed to toxic chemicals used in their manufacture. And, of
course, you know not to microwave food in plastic containers that are not approved for that
purpose. I've also heard that styrofoam releases gas but I don't know how that effects foodstuffs
that are contained in them.

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