ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERVENTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH PROMOTION OF ALUMINUM WORKERS

Abstract

Aluminum industry causes serious health effects in workers. Aluminum environmental pollution affects almost everything plants, sea life, freshwater creatures, wildlife as well as pets. Now, many of these issues have become history or have much reduced or improved in some countries due to the collaboration between the international aluminum industry and the authorities. Aluminum makes up approximately 8% of all the metals in the earth, so it is considered the most plenteous one. It is widely used in industry such as food and pharmaceutical industries. It is also widespread in the field of building and construction. Impaired renal function exaggerates the effect of exposure to aluminum dust especially in acute intoxication, which is very rare except in those patients due to impaired clearance of aluminum from blood (Gupta, 2005). In addition, aluminum could affect renal function as it is mainly excreted by the kidneys (Rondeau, et al., 2009). Aluminum causes an oxidative stress within brain tissue. Some scientists claim that aluminum may lead to Alzheimer diseas