On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:14:38 -0500, Dieter Zakas
> wrote:

>In article , pennyaline at
wrote on 1/11/06 17:59:
>
>> Dieter Zakas wrote:
>>> In article ,
>>> OmManiPadmeOmelet at wrote on 1/10/06 22:32:
>>>
>>>> In article >,
>>>> Dieter Zakas > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, guys!
>>>>>
>>>>> I seem to recall an article not long ago about research that claims that
>>>>> nonstick materials used in cookware can flake off (microscopic pieces, mind
>>>>> you), be carried over to the food, and be ingested, and can/will ultimately
>>>>> cause Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. This also applied to aluminum
>>>>> cookware.
>>>>>
>>>>> My girlfriend Kelly strongly advocates that I get rid of pots and pans made
>>>>> of or with those materials, and get stainless steel or cast iron. My
>>>>> question is, just what is the current verdict on that?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dieter Zakas
>>>> Like anything else, it's a matter of opinion.
>>>> If you do some googling, you will find websites with opinions working
>>>> both sides of the concept.
>>>
>>> Opinions don't help. Sound scientific research does.
>>
>> Then stop sniffing around this newsgroup for answers you wont accept
>> anyway. Talk to some researchers (though you probably wont believe them,
>> either) or resign yourself to the fact that hard science has gray areas.
>>
>> <as one of my excellent chemistry teachers put it to us: the Laws of
>> Science just haven't been disproved yet>
>
>At the risk of sounding defensive, I'm not, as you put it, "sniffing around
>this newsgroup for answers" I "won't accept." I was wondering whether anyone
>knew of anything "concrete" regarding the topic of my post, and what its
>current verdict is.
>
>I accept the fact that science has gray areas, and that nothing is certain;
>however, science regularly proves and disproves research, and this is no
>exception. My question is, how many of us on this NG are scientists, and
>qualified to comment on this (alleged) teflon-aluminum-dementia link?
>Opinions are one thing, but they don't answer the question of the question I
>originally posed.
>
>Dieter Zakas

Have you checked the web sites of the Alzheimer's Association or
places like the National Institute of Health?
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974