What Happens to Your Body When You Cook with Foil?

11. Environmental Impact and the Food Chain
While the focus is often on human health, the production and disposal of aluminum foil cause significant environmental damage that eventually circles back to us. Discarded aluminum leaches into the soil and is absorbed by plants. Health Hazard: The entry of aluminum into agricultural products via soil and water increases the cumulative dose of this metal in the human body, potentially leading to chronic poisoning.