Using aluminium foil in cooking is convenient but problematic


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It's sometimes hard to imagine a barbecue without the help of aluminium, but have you considered how much of it is entering your body when you eat? — Photo: Monique Wüstenhagen/dpa

Hardly a barbecue does without aluminium foil or foil pans. They make it awfully easy to gently cook food on a grill, be it salmon, marinated meat or feta. Afterwards, you simply throw the foil away - you don't have to scrub anything clean.

Some people use aluminium foil and foil pans without a thought; others with a uneasy feeling, knowing that its use is sometimes seen as problematic. So what's the problem?

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