Where it comes from

Aluminium poisoning is mainly seen on the Indian subcontinent where it is used in sprays for grain and cereal crops. A product containing aluminium phosphate is used as a fungicide for stored grain crops.

Aluminium is abundant in the world like so many other toxic substances. Many minor health problems can be the result of poisoning.

In the home aluminium van be found in saucepans, metal cans, baking powder, self raising flour, salt, antacid preparations and deodorant and antiperspirants, cereal products, toothpaste and tooth whitening products, cosmetics, sunscreens and some soaps.

Symptoms and dangers

Acute aluminium poisoning results in profound system shock, multi-organ failure and myocarditis and a small dose is only required. The fatal dose is between 0.15 and 5 grams. It is also a common suicide method in the region.

Effects of ingestion are seen within a very short time and are dose and time dependent.

• Major circulatory collapse
• Loss of fluids
• Damage to the adrenal gland
• Headache, dizziness
• Fatigue and muscle weakness
• Chest tightness
• Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
• Sensitivity to hot and cold

Inhalation of aluminium phosphates produce:

• Acute respiratory distress
• Heart failure and or arrhythmias
• Convulsions
• Coma

After a period of low dose ingestion liver and kidney toxicity is seen.

Aluminium can also be passed to unborn babies via the placenta

There is no antidote to acute aluminium poisoning but the use of magnesium sulphate may stop a patient from dying.

The use of a low dose of potassium permanganate in a gastric lavage can cause the toxin to decompose.

How to avoid

On the subcontinent exposure will be difficult to avoid but you can still take steps if you are visiting the area by boosting your system with natural detox products calcium, manganese and iron, eating plenty of garlic and onions.

• Always read the labels for all listed ingredients in cosmetics and soaps
• Read food labels looking for trace amounts of aluminium
• Throw away aluminium cookware particularly if pitted and worn

Aluminium is one element that we don’t need to be in our bodies and there are natural detox methods to rid it from our bodies. Just by eating foods rich in sulphides such as egg yolks, cabbage, onions and garlic you prevent the uptake of aluminium.

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