What health risks does aluminium intake pose?
Keganhirl > 11-26-2021, 07:09 AM
When considering the hazard potential of aluminium, the focus is on effects on the nervous system, on the mental and motor development of children, as well as negative effects on the kidneys and bones.
When aluminium is ingested via food, its acute toxicity is low. In healthy people, most of the aluminium absorbed is excreted via the kidneys. However, in persons suffering from kidney disease, notably chronic renal insufficiency, this excretion process does not work well enough, meaning that aluminium can accumulate in the body. But even in healthy people, the light metal can accumulate in the body if it is absorbed frequently and regularly, especially in the skeletal system, muscles, kidneys, liver and brain. Once "stored" in the body, aluminium is only excreted very slowly.