Internet Resources for Geology and Human Health
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Visible Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides a searchable collection of NASA Earth science images, animations and data visualizations. Most images are available at multiple resolutions, with a description of the image and ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Maps
National Asbestos Exposure Review part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The National Asbestos Exposure Review is the name of an Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry project to evaluate sites that received and processed vermiculite mined in Libby, Montana from ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work
Periodic Table of the Elements part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site presents an interactive periodic table that provides information about each element including its description, uses, occurrence, and role in biological processes. For instructors, the site ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Asbestos Hazard Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Course Information:Course Site, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies
Elements Magazine part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This 64-page issue of Elements Magazine presents an overview of the chemistry, mineralogy, geomicrobiology and health effects of arsenic. Read about the health disaster in Southern Asia caused by ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Overview/Reference Work
Recognizing Waterborne Disease and The Health Effects of Water Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This extensive Physician On-Line Reference Guide addresses the critical need for practicing physicians to have access to peer-reviewed educational resources to assist them in the recognition, ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Overview/Reference Work
Stay Out and Stay Alive part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment features a twenty-four minute video that addresses abandoned mine safety. The video shows the various hazards associated with entering ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
National Analysis of Trace Elements part of SERC Web Resource Collection
These United States Geological Survey (USGS) publications cover issues surrounding trace elements found in streams, ground water, reservoir bed sediment, fish tissue, and clam tissue across the US. ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Reconnaissance Study of the Geology of U.S. Vermiculite Deposits - Are Asbestos Minerals Common Constituents? part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Unusually high incidences of asbestos-related mortality and respiratory disease in the town of Libby, Montana, have been linked to amphibole mineral fibers intergrown with the vermiculite deposits ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results
Tabulation of Asbestos Related-Terminology part of SERC Web Resource Collection
The definition of asbestos often varies depending on the source or publication in which it is used. This report summarizes asbestos-related definitions taken from a variety of academic, industrial, ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
