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1ES473 Environmental Geology 2010 Academic Showcase Project – Updated April 10, 2010 Theme Session: “Medical Geology: A Globally Emerging Discipline at the Crossroads of Earth Science and Public Health” Outline for Theme Session I. Medical Geology – Theme Session Introduction TAYLOR II. Overview of Medical Geology and Human Health KELSII ANGELA III. Geologic Factors that Effect Human Health a. Overview-Minerals-Rocks-Regolith JODY BERG b. Water Resources MAC IV. Biogeochemical Interactions KAILEY V. Anthropogenic Factors, Land-use and Human Health MARC D VI. Techniques and Methods in the Study of Medical Geology a. Overview and Geochemistry DAN D b. Epidemiology and Geospatial Analysis BILL c. Geospatial Distribution and Regional Medical Geology ALYSSA M. VII. Case Studies a. Volcanic Eruptions KEVIN b. Dust CARLIE c. Radon JONI d. Metals and Industrial Minerals i. Arsenic VON RICCI ii. Selenium CAITLIN iii. Iodine & Mercury TRISTA iv. Coal & Fibrous Minerals KACEY e. Animals and Medical Geology RACHEL f. Geophagy (soil ingestion) LINDSEY2FOUNDATIONAL READING LIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Benchmark References Komatina, M.M., 2004, Medical Geology – Effects of Geological Environments on Human Health: Elsevier, 488 p. National Research Council (U.S.), 2007, Earth materials and health : research priorities for earth science and public health: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 187 p. Selinus, O., ed., 2005, Essentials of Medical Geology, Elsevier, 812 p. Skinner, H.C. and Berger, A.R., eds., 2003, Geology and Health – Closing the Gap: Oxford University Press, 179 p. I. OVERVIEW OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH [Kelsii, Angela] Berger, 2003, Overview / Linking of Health and Geology, in Skinner and Berger (PDF ON FILE) Bunnell, 2004, Medical Geology: Emerging Discipline on the Ecosystem–Human Health Interface: Ecohealth, v. 1, p. 15-18. (PDF ON FILE) Bowman et al., 2003, Medical Geology – New Relevance in the Earth Sciences, Episodes, v. 26, no. 4, p. 270-278. (PDF ON FILE) Bunnell, J. E., Finkelman, R. B., Centeno, J. A., and Selinus, 2007, Medical Geology: A globally emerging discipline. Geologica Acta, Vol. 5, no. 3, p. 273-281. (PDF ON FILE) Cook et al., 2004, Geological factors in the emergence of infectious disease: Proceedings of the XXV Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, p. 3131-3135. (PDF ON FILE) Davies et al., 2005, Medical Geology perspectives, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Dissanayake, 2005, Of stones and health – Medical geology in Sri Lanka: Science, v. 309, p. 883-885. (PDF ON FILE) Finkleman et al., 2005, Medical geology – The emergence of a new discipline: Terrae, v. 2., p. 3-8. (PDF ON FILE) Finkleman et al., 200X, Medical geology – An emerging discipline: ??? (PDF ON FILE) Komatina, 2004, Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview (PDF ON FILE) Selinus, 2004, Medical Geology: an emerging speciality: Terrae, v. 1., p. 8-15. (PDF ON FILE)3Selinus, O., 2007, Medical Geology – An Opportunity for the Future: Ambio, v. 36, no. 1, p. 114-116. (PDF ON FILE) Selinus and Frank, 2000, Chapter 10 – Medical Geology, in Moller, ed., Environmental Medicine: Joint Industrial Safety Council of Sweden, Publishers, p. 164-182. (PDF ON FILE) Selinus et al., 2007, The Medical Geology Revolution: Episodes, v. 30, no. 4, p. 305-309. (PDF ON FILE) Selinus et al., 2008, Medical Geology – A new future for geology: European Geologist (PDF ON FILE) Singh, 200X, Theoretical Basis For Medical Geology: ??? (PDF ON FILE) Weinstein and Selinus, 200X, Nature and Medicine – A break through for human health: International Year of Planet Earth, www.yearofplanetearth.org (PDF ON FILE) II. GEOLOGIC FACTORS THAT EFFECT HUMAN HEALTH a. Overview-Minerals-Rocks-Regolith [Jody Berg] Alloway, 2005, Bioavailability of Elements in Soil, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Finkelman, R. B. and Limpitlaw, U., 2006, Health benefits of geologic materials and geologic processes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 3, no. 4, p. 278-283. Skinner, 2005, Mineralology in Bone, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Edmunds W.M. and Smedley P.L., 1995, Minerals, water and health: Mineralogical Society Bulletin no.106 p.3-7 Komatina, 2004, Chapter 2 – Overview Geological Factors that Effect Human Health (rock/tectonic framework) (PDF ON FILE) b. Water Resources [Mac] Edmunds, W.M. and Smedley, P.L., 1996, Groundwater geochemistry and health: an overview : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.91-105 Komatina, 2004, Chapter 3 – Other Natural (Environmental) Factors (water resources) (PDF ON FILE) Neal, 2003, Surface and Groundwater Quality and Human Health – Overview, in Skinner and Berger (PDF ON FILE)4 Rubenowitz and Hiscock, 2005, Water Hardness and Health, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) III. BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS [Kailey] Lindh, 2005A, Biochemical Uptake of Chemical Elements, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Lindh, 2005B, Biological Functions of Elements, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Selinus, 2003, Biogeochemical Monitoring in Medical Geology – Methods and Practice, in Skinner and Berger (PDF ON FILE) Selinus, O., Finkelman, Robert B., and Centeno, Jose, A., 2006, Medical problems related to geology and ecosystem interaction. In Geology and Ecosystems, Igor S. Zektser and Brian Marker, eds., Springer, Chapter 16, p.197-218. Steinnes, 2003, Biogeochemical Cycling of Selenium and Iodine – Implications for Geomedicine, in Skinner and Berger (PDF ON FILE) IV. ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS, LAND-USE AND HUMAN HEALTH [Marc D] Fuge, 2005, Anthropogenic Sources, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Komatina, 2004, Chapter 4 – Anthropogenic (man-made) Factors (pollution and land-use) (PDF ON FILE) V. TECHNIQUES AND METHODS IN THE STUDY OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY a. Overview and Geochemistry [Dan D] Appleton J D, Fuge R and McCall G J H. (eds). Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Geological Society Special Publication No 113. London. 23-37. Centeno et al., 2005, Environmental Pathology, in Selinus, 2005 (PDF ON FILE) Fordyce F M and Smith B., 1997, The link between geochemistry and health. Earthwise 10. 21. Fowles et al., 2005, Environmental


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