The secondtheory—possiblyanurbanmyth—is that concernedparentsin severalstatesproposedbans onmetallunchboxes, claimingkids were usingthemas "weapons" tohitone another.
One contentious theory, carried by some Russian and German media, is that the submarine was hit by a missile fired in error by a Russian warship during exercises.
One possibility is that the amyloid theory is right, but that the Eli Lilly drug is flawed and did not hit the proper molecular target, and ended up merely causing toxicity.