| ChicoSkyWatch.org • CSW Alert #89 • Sunday, February 25, 2018 |
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Come & watch a short, digest version of the film "The Age of Aluminum"
Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or
strikes out against injustice, they send forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a
million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down
the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
• February Film Night
This film is a wake-up call to even the most aware consumer about the hazards of aluminum. Parents, doctors, public health officials, and regulators all have something to learn from watching it. See below for extended information about the toxicity of aluminum and the problems we all face due to its ubiquitous use in our world. The film can be watched in its entirety, free, online: The Age of Aluminum
Upcoming Film Nights: (Save the Dates)
• 39th Annual Endangered Species Faire
This will be our fifth year of attendance to this FREE-to-the-Public event. We chat about Climate
Engineering with curious faire goers to educate and inform and make them aware of GeoEngineering. We
will have our usual petitions, hand-outs, kids' activities, and very popular tomato starts donated
by Betty Credit. We need volunteers at our table/booth for an hour! (or however long you can be
there) This has been a recurring successful and productive event for CSW that we look forward to
every year. We hope to see you there. Please spread the word!
• A Feature Article About Aluminium in Environmental Science
Considering how ubiquitous aluminum salts are in food, cosmetics, medicine, and industrial chemistry, why are health professionals so complacent about it? Professor Christopher Exley of Keele University, UK, is one of the few researchers still studying aluminum's effects on living things. His team found 23 ppm (parts per million) of aluminum in a woman's brain tissue after she died of dementia as a result of a water district accident that put far too much aluminum sulfate into the tap water. Other people in the town where this accident happened developed life-threatening symptoms. For most people, just 3 ppm is considered problematic. One of Exley's published studies, not mentioned in the movie, found that bees have between 13 and 200 ppm aluminum, which may be an unsuspected factor in Colony Collapse. No one else has researched aluminum as a factor in bee die off. Although Aluminum comprises approximately 8% of the Earth's crust, it is bound into minerals like bauxite, mostly making it non-bioavailable. Exley has studied aluminum for 30 years, ever since industrial air pollution led to acid rain and made rivers and lakes toxic to numerous life forms. His research explains how the acidity pulled natural aluminum from rocks, making it highly reactive; it collected in the gills, which blocked oxygenation, killing the fish at just 0.1 ppm. Cancer researcher Philippa Darbre found that women with breast cancer had a higher body burden of aluminum than other women. It's significant that these women had regularly used antiperspirants containing aluminum. Besides the widespread use of the metal in airplanes, cans, abrasives (sand paper), window frames and automobiles, water districts use aluminum salts to clarify water because it is highly reactive. However, this leaves a trace in the water. Further study has led some water agencies to switch to iron instead, because the modern plethora of allergies and the rise in asthma (remember the fish with gill failure) may be due to aluminum. Aluminum hydroxide is widely used in cosmetics to increase spreadability, and also in pharmacology as an adjuvant in vaccines so that the immune system reacts more strongly. Aluminum is a key ingredient for heartburn remedies, and the higher rate of Alzheimer's in people with long term use of these medications led to package inserts for those products that now include warnings like, "Long term use of high doses may lead to aluminum deposits in nerve and bone tissue. This may lead to brain damage (dementia) and anemia. In the case of renal insufficiency and long- term use, the aluminum level should be checked regularly." Back in the 1970s a disturbing problem arose in dialysis centers all around the world. Diabetic patients suffered dramatic neurological problems similar to Alzheimer's after a new ingredient, aluminum hydroxide, was used in preparing the dialysate fluid. They developed speech deficits, movement disorders, and seizures. Many patients recovered as the aluminum gradually left their bodies after calcium-based binders replaced the aluminum hydroxide. Aluminum cans and cookware are less of a problem than aluminum salts. However, cooking acidic foods like tomatoes in aluminum pans causes aluminum to migrate into the food. After decades of research, Exley says, "Pandora's box has been opened." Unfortunately, he adds, "Research into aluminum has been stopped, on purpose." Israeli scientist Yehuda Shoenfeld, edited a new text book (published by Wiley) on new autoimmunity diseases which appear to be related to aluminum in vaccines. Perhaps the fact that no animal or plant requires aluminum for any biological purpose should have been a warning to avoid it. This film is a wake-up call to even the most aware consumer about the hazards of aluminum. Parents, doctors, public health officials, and regulators all have something to learn from watching it. Exley's research found that certain brands of mineral water contain sufficient silica (silicic acid) to pull aluminum from the body when a liter a day is consumed. Similarly, diatomaceous earth (food grade) mixed in water is also very effective (starting with 1 teaspoon a day, gradually increasing). The film can be watched in its entirety, free, online: The Age of Aluminum You can view or download the PDF of Exley's feature article about aluminium in Environmental Science.
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