This article discusses chemical considerations relative to aluminum uptake in the body and reviews aluminum concentrations, species, and distribution in natural and treated waters. The issue of bioavailability and the likelihood that aluminum in drinking water is more readily assimilated than other forms of aluminum is reviewed and rejected based on issues of solubility and likely chemical transformations that take place in the human gut. Includes 70 references, tables, figures.
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Edition: Vol. 87 - No. 5 Published: 05/01/1995 Number of Pages: 15File Size: 1 file , 810 KB