RESEARCH ARTICLE Aluminum concentrations l

Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground The use of aluminum, in many different chemical pre-sentations, has now reached the highest level in docu-mented history. This element is one of the most common metals in the lithosphere, and it is utilized in a wide range of industries manufacturing products such as food, paper, dyes, pigments, paints, glass, fuels, textiles, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; it is also used in water purification and oil refining processes. The presence of elevated concentrations of aluminum in the general pub-lic might be a consequence of its extensive use [1]. It has been hypothesized that powerful antiperspirants containing aluminum compounds, widely used in current formulations of hygiene products that are generally applied to the axilla, may pose some risks to health [2]. Recent evi-dence has indicated increased genomic instability in the outer quadrants of the breast [3], and in one report it wa