Table 6.

Metals leaching (mg/L) from non-anodized and anodized aluminum cookware upon boiling with distilled water for various time intervals.

Metals	Non-Anodized (n = 6 Each)				Anodized (n = 6 Each)
	Time (h)				Time (h)
	New			Old	New			Old
	0.5	1	2	1	0.5	1	2	1
Al	1.69 ± 0.03	2.27 ± 0.09	2.90 ± 0.45	1.52 ± 0.10	0.16 ± 0.02	0.60 ± 0.062	1.33 ± 0.02	1.15 ± 0.04
Pb	0.002 ± 0.00	0.003 ± 0.00	0.005 ± 0.00	0.22 ± 0.04	0.00 ± 0.00	0.001 ± 0.00	0.002 ± 0.00	0.15 ± 0.04
Fe	0.02 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.002	0.06 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.03 ± 0.01
Cr	0.02 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.007 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.03 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.01
Cd	0.00 ± 0.00	0.004 ± 0.01	0.01 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.01	0.00 ± 0.00	0.001 ± 0.01	0.003 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01
Cu	0.02 ± 0.00	0.03 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.00	0.05 ± 0.00	0.01 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.00
Ni	0.00 ± 0.00	0.02 ± 0.00	0.06 ± 0.01	0.02 ± 0.03	0.00 ± 0.00	0.004 ± 0.00	0.008 ± 0.00	0.009 ± 0.00