Title: Geology and health : closing the gap /
Authors: Skinner, H. Catherine W.; Berger, Antony R.; Skinner, H. Catherine W.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Environmentally induced diseases; Environmental health; Medical geography.; Geology Health aspects.; Geology; Hazardous Substances adverse effects; Environmental Health
Abstract: "Geology and Health is an integrated collection of papers from earth scientists, biologists, and medical specialists on health issues of concern to people worldwide, demonstrating how human health and well-being now and in the future can benefit through coordinated scientific efforts. International example of dusts, coal, arsenic, fluorine, lead, mercury, and waterborne chemicals that have affected health are among the cases documented and explored. They illustrate how hazards and potential hazards may come from natural materials and processes and how human-induced changes have contributed to disease and debilitation from naturally occurring materials. Introductory essays by the editors highlight some of the progress toward scientific integration that could be applied elsewhere. Increased collaboration between earth and health scientists could benefit communities and individuals in many countries. Effective solutions to combat present and future hazards will arise when the full scope of human interactions with the total environment is understood by decision-makers whose choices will have long-term impacts. The book demonstrates the virtues of cooperation between the earth, life, and health sciences as a practical and effective approach to better public health worldwide."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: PART I: Linking Health To Geology / Antony R. Berger -- Natural Dust and Pneumoconiosis in High Asia / Edward Derbyshire -- Human Sickness and Mortality Rates in Relation to the Distant Eruption of Volcanic Gases: Rural England and the 1783 Eruption of the Laki Fissure, Iceland / John Grattan et. al. -- Human Geophagy: A Review of Its Distribution, Causes, and Implications / Peter Abrahams -- Geogenic Arsenic and Associated Toxicity Problems in the Groundwater-Soil-Plant-Animal-Human Continuum / R. Naidu and PR. Nadebaum -- Geological Epidemiology: Coal Combustion in China / Robert B. Finkelman et. al. -- Mitigation of Endemic Arsenocosis with Selenium: An Example from China / Wuyi Wang et. al. -- Biogeochemical Cycling of Iodine and Selenium and Potential Geomedical Relevance -- Eliv Steinnes -- Environmental Iodine in Iodine Deficiency Disorders, with a Sri Lankan Example / Fiona M. Fordyce et. al. -- Mercury, a Toxic Metal, and Dental Amalgam Removal / U. Lindh et. al. -- Nuclear Accumulation of Mercury in Neutrophil Granulocytes Associated with Exposure from Dental Amalgam / A. Lindvall et. al. -- Cadmium Accumulation in Browse Vegetation, Alaska -- Implications for Animal Health / L.P. Cough -- Molybdenosis Leading to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Swedish Moose / Adrian Frank