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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Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2156/b2156.htm
This collection of articles summarizes environmental geochemical studies of metallic mineral deposits in Alaska, including sulfide, gold, mercury, chromium, and uranium mines and deposits. The ...
Health Topics: Minerals, Radionuclides, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Heavy Metals, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations

Ecosystem Change and Public Health: A Global Perspective part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/1495.html
This textbook was published to: 1) raise awareness of changes in human health related to global ecosystem change; and 2) expand the scope of the traditional curriculum in environmental health to ...
Health Topics: Airborne Transport Processes, Waterborne Transport Processes, Biogenic Hazards, Other, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

BASINS: Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/BASINS/
BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system for use by regional, state, and local agencies in performing watershed and water quality based studies. This new software makes it possible to ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Analytical Techniques, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

BASINS: Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/BASINS/
BASINS is a multipurpose environmental analysis system for use by regional, state, and local agencies in performing watershed and water quality based studies. This new software makes it possible to ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Analytical Techniques, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

Assessing Ground-Water Vulnerability to Contamination part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2002/circ1224/
This USGS report provides an overview of some of the common types of assessments used to determine the vulnerability of ground-water resources to contamination. Scientists can use the methods in this ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Public Policy, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Asbestos part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/minerals/hazardous_minerals...
This California Geological Survey site provides information about naturally occurring chrysotile and amphibole asbestos in ultramafic rocks and the possible health hazards of asbestos dust from the ...
Health Topics: Controls on Bioavailability, Minerals, Airborne Transport Processes, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Natural Environmental Effects of Silver-Lead-Zinc Deposits in the Brooks Range, Alaska part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-0092-95/
This USGS fact sheet presents the results of a study showing significant metal contamination of streams associated with un-mined silver-lead-zinc deposits in the Brooks Range, Alaska. The metal ...
Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Heavy Metals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Risk Assessment for Toxic Air Pollutants: A Citizen's Guide part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://www3.epa.gov/airtoxics/3_90_024.html#:~:text=A%2...
This EPA fact sheet provides easy-to-understand information about air pollution and how it affects human health. Topics include health risks, exposure assessment, dose-response relationships, risk ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet, and Global Health part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/index.htm
The Supercourse is an online library of lectures from more than 10,000 faculty in 151 countries. This site allows users to search an extensive collection of over 1,770 lectures on epidemiology, ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection

Love Canal Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/lovecanal/
Between 1947 and 1952, Hooker Chemicals and Plastic Corporation buried thousands of tons of chemical waste in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. By 1978, President Jimmy Carter had ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Controls on Bioavailability, Public Policy, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work