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		kyriakos 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Researchers develop ‘transparent paper’ as alterna... Part of the reason that a lot of drinks in aluminium have short shelf life. Acidity eventually makes aluminium leak into the drink.

saagarjha 2 days ago [–]

On a very long timeline, sure

cma 1 day ago | [–]

Slightly different situation with steel in contact with the contents, but this can happen rapidly: https://kaiserscience.wordpress.com/chemistry/electrochemist...

I'm not sure if there is a scenario something similar could happen with a drink.

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