Aluminum also accumulates in plants and animals that feed on it, and the effect of aluminum respiration on animals is respiratory problems, weight loss, and decreased activity
When the concentration of Aluminum in the environment increases, it has severe effects on human health. Water-soluble aluminum is dangerous. Particles of aluminum that dissolve in water are called ionic particles, for example, aluminum chloride. Other ways to increase the amount of aluminum in the body are to breathe and make skin-to-skin contact with aluminum.
Prolonged contact with aluminum damages the central nervous system, causes insanity, loses memory, causes lethargy, and causes severe chills and seizures. Breathing aluminum or aluminum oxide powder is also pathogenic. Aluminum also accumulates in plants and animals that feed on it, and the effect of aluminum respiration on animals is respiratory problems, weight loss, and decreased activity.
Aluminum ions react with phosphate. The reaction of ions with phosphate causes a phosphate deficiency in aquatic organisms. Groundwater, which is high in aluminum, damages tree roots.