Grenfell fire survivors may be at increased risk for Alzheimer's Disease

Professor Chris Exley, of Keele University is warning that survivors of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London were exposed to airborne aluminum which may increase their risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life.   Although aluminum is toxic and was once thought to cause AD subsequent research has not supported the hypothesis that aluminum cause AD.  Neuropathological findings have been reported in a patient exposed to aluminum in Camelford, Cornwall where 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate was mistakenly discharged into the mains water supply (King et al., 2017). Bioaccumulation of aluminum in the brain has been associated with dialysis encephalopathy (Andrade et al., 2005).  Increase aluminum concentration observed in brain tissue from subjects with familial Alzheimer's disease has rekindled the debate about the role this neurotoxic metal may play in this devastating neurodegenerative disease (MIzra et al., 2017). 

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