Effect of High Aluminum Concentration in Water Resources on Human Health, Case Study: Biga Peninsula, Northwest Part of Turkey

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dc.authoridBABA, ALPER/0000-0001-5307-3156
dc.contributor.authorBakar, Coskun
dc.contributor.authorKaraman, Handan Isin Oezisik
dc.contributor.authorBaba, Alper
dc.contributor.authorSengunalp, Fatma
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:45:34Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:45:34Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractWidespread and intense zones of silicified, propylitic, and argillic alteration exist as outcrop around the Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey. Most of the springs in the study area surface out from these altered volcanic rocks. The concentrations of aluminum (Al) in these springs ranged from 13.17 to 15.70 ppm in this region. These high levels of Al were found to exceed the maximum allowable limits (0.2 ppm) depicted in national and international standards of drinking water quality. Therefore, the effect of high Al in water resources on human health was evaluated in this research. A total of 273 people aged above 18 years and living in the Kirazli region (whose water supply is from springs emerging from these alteration zones) and in the Ciplak-Halileli region (whose water supply is provided from an alluvium aquifer) were selected as the research group. For this group, a questionnaire was completed that contained questions on descriptive characteristics of humans and a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was administered by the authors using the face-to-face interview technique. A neurological examination was then performed by the neurology specialist as a second-stage investigation. Finally, 10 ml of venous blood samples were obtained from these people as a third-stage analysis to determine the serum Al levels together with vitamin B-12, folic acid, and thyroid-stimulating hormone parameters. The result typically revealed that the MMSE score was less in 31.9% and there was no statistically significant difference between the two regions. However, the result also showed that neuropathy in the history (including a careful past medical history) was significantly higher in the Kirazli region.
dc.description.sponsorshipTurkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA); Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors express their gratitude to the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) and Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for providing financial aid. We thank Isfendiyar Egeli and Orhan Gunduz, who checked the English of this article.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00244-009-9435-3
dc.identifier.endpage944
dc.identifier.issn0090-4341
dc.identifier.issn1432-0703
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.pmid20012432
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77952093961
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage935
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-009-9435-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24636
dc.identifier.volume58
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000277135900005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofArchives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectMild Cognitive Impairment
dc.subjectAlzheimers-Disease
dc.subjectDrinking-Water
dc.subjectFollow-Up
dc.subjectRisk
dc.subjectExposure
dc.titleEffect of High Aluminum Concentration in Water Resources on Human Health, Case Study: Biga Peninsula, Northwest Part of Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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