Run Time: 90 min.
Call Number: RA1231.A5 A35 2013
"A disturbing environmental doc with particular relevance in Iceland, where aluminum smelting is high on the radar of eco-conscious activists, Bert Ehgartner's Age of Aluminum ties the threats presented by aluminum-manufacturing to the environment with hazards the finished product presents to individual users' health. . . . We're told that an unusually high percentage of breast cancers begin near the armpit, leading some doctors to advise patients to throw out all their aluminum-containing antiperspirant. Later we learn of suspicions that use of aluminum in heartburn treatments and dialysis drugs is connected to conditions ranging from food allergies to Alzheimer's. . . . Ehgartner finds many level-headed doctors and researchers who are completely convinced of the substance's harmful effects."
—John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
