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What happens if you accidentally taste a little aluminum while healing your canker sore?
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No issue: Unless the aluminum is on a lamppost in a minnesota winter and you try to lick it with your tongue. (seriously, aluminum is not a toxic heavy metal).
Answered 8/19/2013
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