Aluminum: health effects, hazards-Metalpedia

Thanks to medical developments, we have gradually realized the pernicious effects aluminum can have. Not only is aluminum an unnecessary element in the body, but it is also harmful to the human body. In 1989, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally confirmed that aluminum is a food contaminant. If the content of the element aluminum within the human body is too great, intestinal absorption of the elements phosphorus, strontium, iron and calcium will be affected. Insoluble aluminum phosphate will form in the intestine and then be passed out of the body with faeces, which may result in osteoporosis due to insufficient calcium phosphate being generated, leading to bones fracturing easily.
Excess aluminum deposition in the body will have an adverse effect on the central nervous system, digestive system, hematopoietic system, immune system, brain, liver, bones, kidneys and cells. In addition, it also interferes with a pregnant woman's body acid-base balance, thereby shrinking the ovaries, affecting fetal growth and altering the body's calcium phosphorus metabolism. With accumulating aluminum deposition , skin elasticity will decrease and wrinkles will increase. What is more, senile dementia has been found to be related to an excessive intake of the element aluminum.

1. Food:
Food additives containing aluminum such as alum and soda in fried dough sticks and aluminum compounds in silk noodles and deep-fried dough cakes. Some raising agents, as well as leavening agents in chips also contain the element aluminum.
2. Aluminum products:
Aluminum pots and bowls, as well as other aluminum alloy products (exacerbated by adding vinegar, which accelerates dissolution). In addition, beverage cans also have a lot of the element aluminum in them.
3. Medicine and drinking water:
Purifiers made from alum or other aluminum compounds, and aluminum hydroxide in the medicine Gastropine.