本文讨论了与人体内铝吸收有关的化学因素，并综述了铝在自然和处理过的水中的浓度、种类和分布。生物利用度问题以及饮用水中的铝比其他形式的铝更容易被吸收的可能性，基于溶解度问题和人类肠道中可能发生的化学转化，被审查和拒绝。包括70个参考文献、表格和图表。

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.