Analyses on the absorption of aluminium by rice boiled in distilled water in a variety of containers, such as old and new aluminium pots, clay receptacles, stainless steel pots, and steel pots, were carried out. 10？g of rice was taken as a representative sample. Colorimetric analysis of classical methods was used to determine the concentration of aluminium. The control for aluminium was 350 ± 130？μg/g. The new aluminium pots had a concentration of 126 ± 64？μg/g, old aluminium pots had 314 ± 128？μg/g, new clay pots had 132 ± 68？μg/g, old clay pots had 195 ± 137？μg/g, new steel pots had 241.00 ± 200？μg/g, old steel utensils had 186.83 ± 75.18？μg/g, new stainless steel utensils had 294.83 ± 163？μg/g, and old stainless steel utensils had 289.00 ± 75.155？μg/g. Aluminium leaching was detected in all forms of new and old cooking utensils, and leaching was below and within the control concentration range. Old aluminium pots had the highest concentration of leaching while new steel pots had the least leaching of aluminium. However, the aluminium contamination of the foods tested was insufficient to constitute a hazard to health. 1. Introduction Aluminium is the third most abundant element in the earth’s crust more than other elements [1–3]. From both health and medical points of view, oral ingestion of moderate doses of aluminum in healthy subjects has not been associated with any particular disease [4, 5]. With the possible exception of aluminum phosphate studies, aluminum appears to be associated with the brain lesion characteristics of Alzheimer’s diseases, associated with aluminum in drinking water in several epidemiological studies [4–10]. The concentration of aluminium was confirmed in the brain tissue of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and encephalopathy [8–11]. An average of 30？mg of aluminium is consumed through water, food, and drugs daily [8, 11]. Before 1980, the daily intake of aluminium was reported to be 18–36？mg per day. According to recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the following was reported: a daily consumption of 9？mg of aluminium for teenage and adult females while for teenage and adult males a daily consumption of 12–14？mg of aluminium. In 1989, WHO reported that provisional tolerance weekly intake (PTWI) is 7？mg of aluminium per kilogram per body weight [9, 11–14]. Therefore, for a person with a weight of 60？kg, the acceptable dosage is not more than 60？mg/day. Some researchers reported the concern of the absorption of aluminium from cookwares, such as acidic food like tomatoes and basic foods
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