Internet Resources for Geology and Human Health
A collection of internet resources intended to help faculty in teaching or designing courses and activities related to geology and public health. Resources include data, images, animations, activities, literature and references. Contribute a resource to this collection.
Health Topics
- Airborne Transport Processes 4 matches
- Biogenic Hazards 3 matches
- Controls on Bioavailability 2 matches
- Epidemiology and Risk Analysis 11 matches
- Gases 2 matches
- Heavy Metals 8 matches
- Minerals 1 match
- Organic Compounds 19 matches
- Other 3 matches
- Public Policy 3 matches
- Waterborne Transport Processes 11 matches
Results 1 - 10 of 19 matches
Massachusetts Military Reservation Cleanup part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides information about pollution remediation efforts at a military base on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The site provides documentation of cleanup efforts at seventy-eight different point ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Scientific Resources:Research Results
Lessons from Woburn part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site presents a three-part videotape series produced to enhance classroom discussions of the book A Civil Action. The site gives outlines of material covered by each tape and allows users to ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Scorecard: Get the Facts on Local Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Scorecard provides environmental maps with a pollution locator to search by area, for the following subjects: criteria air pollutants, hazardous air pollutants, lead hazards, lead contamination, ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Nutrient Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The Nutrient Pollution site explains what nutrients are, how nitrogen and phosphorus are used in the ecosystem, how nutrients can become pollutants to the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers, what the ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
A case control study of childhood leukemia in Woburn, Massachusetts: the relationship between leukemia incidence and exposure to drinking water part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article provides a review of previous health studies of the famous groundwater contamination case at Woburn, MA. The text summarizes the number and distribution of childhood leukemia cases ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Bibliography, Overview/Reference Work, Policy Resources:Opinion
Remediation of the Wells G and H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article gives a detailed description of the sources and distributions of TCE and PCE at the Woburn superfund site. It also describes the various types of remediation systems being used to ...
Resource Type: Policy Resources:Opinion, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work
Critical Windows of Exposure to Household Pesticides and Risk of Childhood Leukemia part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article, found in 'Environmental Health Perspectives,' discusses the potential for household pesticide exposures to cause disease. The study compared exposure to indoor and outdoor pesticides at ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity
Central-Nervous-System Defects in Children Born to Mothers Exposed to Organic Solvets During Pregnancy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from a 1974 issue of 'The Lancet' describes birth outcomes after women's exposure to organic solvents during pregnancy.
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity
An Analysis of Contaminated Well Water and Health Effects in Woburn part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from the Journal of the American Statistical Association describes the 1979 discovery that two of the eight municipal wells servicing Woburn, Massachusetts, were contaminated with ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results
No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This is a book written about the cluster of childhood leukemia cases that occurred from the 1960s through the 1980s in Woburn, Massachusetts, and spotlights the community action viewpoint. Material ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Opinion
