- Hello Jeff...
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- I am a truck driver, and have hauled just about
everything over the past 13 years.
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- I read your site's article postulating that naturally
occurring aluminum found in water might be the key to Alzheimer's
disease. I'll go one better than that.
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- I once picked up a 44,000 pound load of aluminum
dioxide powder in the aptly-named town of Bauxite, Arkansas. Noting that
the destination for the load was not a processing plant or a
mill,
- I enquired as to why this load was destined for the
Colgate-Palmolive Company. The shipping agent said that the quality of
bauxite (Aluminum dioxide) found in Arkansas was too low grade for
manufacturing purposes, but was fine for toothpaste.
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- "Toothpaste?" I enquired. He then went on to explain
that common white toothpaste is made largely from Aluminum Dioxide,
which is a mildly abrasive, brilliantly white powder. They'll simply add
a sudsing agent to make the bubbles, a flavoring agent to make it
palatable, perhaps a food coloring agent, some water, and presto -
toothpaste.
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- Go read the ingredients on your tube of toothpaste.
It'll list one or two 'active ingredients'...notice the combined total
amounts of 'active ingredients' is usually less than 1%. What about the
other
- 99%?
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- * Were you aware that every day of your life, you are
filling your mouth with a gob of nearly pure aluminum dioxide?
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- * Can you imagine the possible health effects?
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- * Do you see how this is the number one entry point
for aluminum to enter the body?
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- * Can you guess why the inactive ingredients aren't
listed?
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- * Imagine the outcry from all the millions of health
conscious Americans who suddenly discovered that they are being
poisoned!
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- *Yes, that's why they aren't listed.
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- So, if you and your vast readership are concerned
about getting too much aluminum in their diets, you can all relax about
naturally occurring aluminum in the water, or cooking with pots and
pans. These are trivial sources of aluminum compared with the several
pounds of aluminum directly swallowed or absorbed through the tissues
while brushing our teeth.
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- On the bright side, we can all still have a beautiful
smile in our old age, if only we can remember how to smile.
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- Comment
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- From KT Feller
- 5-4-3
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- Hi Jeff,
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- I don't know if aluminum dioxide causes Alzheimer's or
not, but Tom's Natural Toothpaste is one brand of toothpaste that uses
calcium carbonate as the abrasive. They aren't afraid to admit what's in
their products.
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- http://www.tomsofmaine.com/toms/product.asp?dept%5Fid=400&pf%5Fid=TP%2DFL
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- Thanks for everything
- feller
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