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submitted 6 months ago by LovelyA72@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Thoughts? I am currently trying to avoid using plastic packed drinks as much as possible due to it's limited and finite recycle count

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[-] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Since when is aluminium biologically important? I'm under the impression that humans (and other life?) do not need aluminium at all.

Having said that, my info is that it's nothing to worry about. It is very common in food (naturally and since forever), and the body can get rid of it, and they haven't been able to show adverse effects except in very very high doses. That's the messaging I've been seeing anyway.

[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

You're in fact right, I was hedging a bet that the abundance of aluminum meant it'd be used by some random metabolic processes somewhere, which it probably is, but still none found.

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