Issue 10, 2013

Human exposure to aluminium

Abstract

Human activities have circumvented the efficient geochemical cycling of aluminium within the lithosphere and therewith opened a door, which was previously only ajar, onto the biotic cycle to instigate and promote the accumulation of aluminium in biota and especially humans. Neither these relatively recent activities nor the entry of aluminium into the living cycle are showing any signs of abating and it is thus now imperative that we understand as fully as possible how humans are exposed to aluminium and the future consequences of a burgeoning exposure and body burden. The aluminium age is upon us and there is now an urgent need to understand how to live safely and effectively with aluminium.

Graphical abstract: Human exposure to aluminium

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
15 Jūl. 2013
Accepted
19 Aug. 2013
First published
19 Aug. 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2013,15, 1807-1816

Human exposure to aluminium

C. Exley, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2013, 15, 1807 DOI: 10.1039/C3EM00374D

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