Disease link to water poisoning

A toxic chemical was tipped into the wrong tank at the Lowermoor worksA post-mortem test on a woman who drank water during the Camelford water poisoning incident has found abnormally high levels of aluminium in her brain.
It is the strongest evidence yet of a possible link between the poisoning and a disease similar to Alzheimer's.
Water in the Cornish town was contaminated with 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate in 1988.
Hundreds of people said they became ill after the toxic chemical was put into the wrong tank at a treatment works.
Inquest adjourned
West Somerset Coroner Michael Rose released the post-mortem examination results on Thursday.
He asked leading neuropathologist Prof Margaret Esiri to examine the woman's brain and spinal cord following her death in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, in February last year.
Further research will be needed before the significance of the elevated brain aluminium concentration... can be clarified
Michael Rose, coroner
The woman was living in Camelford at the time of the incident.
It was discovered that she died from beta amyloid angiopathy, a form of cerebrovascular disease usually associated with Alzheimer's disease, which could be connected to an abnormally high level of aluminium in her brain.
Mr Rose said: "Further research will be needed before the significance of the elevated brain aluminium concentration in this case can be clarified.
"A scientific report on the case has been submitted for publication. The inquest will stand adjourned until the completion of further research."