How silicon protects against the toxicity of aluminium
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - 08:31
in Earth & Climate
Aluminium is arguably the planet's most significant ecotoxin. It is certainly its most abundant being the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust. Life on Earth as we know it today exists in spite of aluminium and because through evolutionary time silicon protected all living things from the toxicity of aluminium.