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Published online 21 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060417-10
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Death of Alzheimer victim linked to aluminium pollution
Brain autopsy of pollution victim rekindles contaminant fears.
Fears of a link between aluminium and Alzheimer's disease have been reignited by the case of a British woman who died of the illness 16 years after an industrial accident polluted her local drinking water.
An autopsy on Carole Cross's brain showed that she was suffering from a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's when she died in May 2004, and also revealed the presence of high levels of aluminium in her tissues.
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