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.

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Center for International Earth Science Information Network part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/index.html
CIESIN was established in 1989 as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing ...
Health Topics: Heavy Metals, Gases, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Datasets with Teaching Activities, Policy Resources, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

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 ...

Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Organic Compounds
Resource Type: Policy Resources:Opinion, Scientific Resources:Research Results, 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 ...

Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Organic Compounds
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Policy Resources:Opinion, Scientific Resources:Bibliography

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: What is Fair? part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article addresses the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Topics include the 1990 RECA, RECA criteria, exposure data, medical conditions and exposure thresholds, smoking, experience with ...

Health Topics: Radionuclides
Resource Type: Policy Resources:Opinion

Memories Come To Us In the Rain and the Wind part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book contains 25 oral histories from Navajo uranium miners and their families. Their hope was to gain compensation for the great loss in death and illness brought about by mining uranium, with ...

Health Topics: Radionuclides
Resource Type: Biographical Resources, Policy Resources:Opinion