The Nome nugget., 1928-03-17


 conclusions. If he. after reading the facts presented herein, is Sc. !; to thinking and perhaps to do some investigating on his own ac- count. there Is hope that in time and with the general dissemina- tion of knowledge some action will follow which may set the stone a. rolling that in it's onward move will crush the powers which aow. to the great detriment of the people. disregard apd conceal most vital facts.
 During the month of February of last year at a Parent-Teachers Association banquet in Kansas City more than, 50 person who had partaken of the food served at the banquet, became sick. The food had been prepared and was allowed to stand in aluminium ware.
 Dr. c. T. Betts. of Toledo, Ohio. who furnished much of the data used here, in the interest of pub lie health and on the basis of much investigation and research conducted by him. urged that the authorities direct their inquires, not only toward bacterial, but al So to mineral poisoning; namely, to the investigation of the alum. mum chemistry. He offered to de- posit the sum of $500 to defray the expense of another dinner, to be cooked again in aluminium dish es. and to forfeit the money if az ain 15O persons were not poisoned. Apparently the doctor failed; his offer was not accepted.
 If, after presentation of the ey. idence, the reader still inclines to disbelieve any other but his own experience, the following little ex- pertinent is suggested In clean aluminium dish boil some water for half an hour; do the same with an equal quantity of water in porcelain dish. Pour each speci- men after having boiled it, into separate clean glasses, allow to stand for half an hour. Hold the two specimens against light, and observe the clearness of the wat CT boiled in the porcelain and the precipitate in the water of the al minimum dish. The white precipi- tate you will see. is aluminium hy- droxide. a chemical extensively us ed in the treatment Of stomach dis eases. such as dypepsia. gas, belch- ing. pain. ulcers and intestinal ills.
 Upon the time you allow the wat CT to boil and to stand in aluminium dishes, depends the amount of all uminum hydroxide' you will pro- duce. If you cook food in aium- mum dishes, you produce various aluminium compounds. For in- stance, if you cook eggs, you man. ufacture the drug known as alum mum phosphate; if salted meat, aluminium chloride: and If you boil alkaline foods you will pro duce various aluminium compounds, always depending on what kind of food you prepare in aluminium ware.
 If you are taking some aluminium compound as a medical prescribed by your physician for some ailment for which such drug is indicated and besides also eat food prepared in aluminium dishes. you obviously ingest more than your share of all minimum drugs. But if you are not taking aluminium in medical doses under doctors direction, but eat food prepared in aluminium dishes, then you get the aluminium drug whether you need it or not. and the doses you get and the kind of aluminium compound you eat. are without rhyme or reason. because there is no way of knowing dose or kind of compound when you eat several meals a day. carrying all kinds of aluminium compounds with them.
 It has already been stated that when salted meat is prepared or boiled in aluminium dishes (even