In 1996, in Curacao, a small island in the
Netherlands Antilles, ten patients of a hemodialysis
center died because of an outbreak of subacute
aluminum intoxication. Two aspects were responsible
for this intoxication. First, no water purification
system was used in the dialysis center. In
hemodialysis treatment many liters water are used.
The water has to be pure because substances
dissolved in the water can enter the blood
compartiment of the patients. Because very pure
distilled seawater was used for the distribution of
drinking water in those island it was common
practice not...