From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Ralph Mowery wrote:   
      
   > CK1@nospam.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> Just checked my kitchen cupboard, tins of fruit, carrots, soup,   
   >> and spaghetti, all steel.  I'm guessing it's because aluminium is   
   >> poisonous, one of the reasons I have a steel scuba tank.   
   >   
   > My thinking is that steel  is less expensive than aluminum.  I also   
   > think that some things may attack the aluminum and steel differently.   
      
   Aluminium drinks cans have a thin plastic lining, so the contents don't   
   touch the aluminium.   
      
      
      
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