Issues Raised Involving the Copper Hypotheses in the Causation of Alzheimer's Disease

Issues Raised Involving the Copper Hypotheses in the Causation of Alzheimer's Disease

I present evidence that the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease is a new phenomenon exploding in the latter part of the 20th century in developed countries. I postulate that a major causative factor in the epidemic is the coincident use of copper plumbing, and the ingestion of inorganic copper leac...

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Main Author: George J. Brewer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/537528
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spelling doaj-86029e39f2dd461d9fce4cd99cb57b242020-11-25T01:49:12ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Alzheimer's Disease2090-02522011-01-01201110.4061/2011/537528537528Issues Raised Involving the Copper Hypotheses in the Causation of Alzheimer's DiseaseGeorge J. Brewer0Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USAI present evidence that the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease is a new phenomenon exploding in the latter part of the 20th century in developed countries. I postulate that a major causative factor in the epidemic is the coincident use of copper plumbing, and the ingestion of inorganic copper leaching from the copper plumbing. I present evidence to support this hypothesis and discuss various objections and criticisms that have been raised about the hypothesis, and my responses to these criticisms. I conclude that the hypothesis is well supported by the evidence and deserves serious consideration, because if it is valid, it indentifies a partially preventable cause of Alzheimer's disease.http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/537528
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
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description I present evidence that the epidemic of Alzheimer's disease is a new phenomenon exploding in the latter part of the 20th century in developed countries. I postulate that a major causative factor in the epidemic is the coincident use of copper plumbing, and the ingestion of inorganic copper leaching from the copper plumbing. I present evidence to support this hypothesis and discuss various objections and criticisms that have been raised about the hypothesis, and my responses to these criticisms. I conclude that the hypothesis is well supported by the evidence and deserves serious consideration, because if it is valid, it indentifies a partially preventable cause of Alzheimer's disease.
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