par Cammaerts Tricot, Marie-Claire 
;Cammaerts, Roger
Référence Journal of nutrition and health sciences., 5, 1, page (15)
Publication Publié, 2018-03-07
;Cammaerts, Roger Référence Journal of nutrition and health sciences., 5, 1, page (15)
Publication Publié, 2018-03-07
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Aluminum is a metal largely present in many products used by humans (in vaccines, cosmetics, baby milk and packages for food among others). Such a presence is nowadays debated. Using ants as models, we showed that the presence of aluminum foil in their sugar water has effectively several adverse effects. It increased the ants’ general activity, sugar water consumption, sinuosity of locomotion, and decreased their meat consumption, audacity, tactile perception, cognition, ability in escaping from an enclosure, and their ability in acquiring conditioning, affecting thus their short and middle term memory. It did not impact the individuals’ social relationship. No habituation to these adverse effects occurred; no addiction developed. After consumption was stopped, the effects decreased slowly, linearly over time and vanished in 15 to 16 hours. Most of these effects discovered on ants agree with information on the effects of aluminum in mammals; a few ones have never been examined in mammals but might exist. However, people use aluminum foil without reserve. Since it effectively adversely impacts among others, the activity, locomotion and functioning of the nervous system, alternatives to the use of aluminum foil in food trade should be searched. |
