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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Long-lasting Eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i Leads to Volcanic-Air Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/VolGas/VolGasPoll...
In 1986 the eruption of Kilauea Volcano changed from the episodic fountaining of lava and gas at Pu`u O`o cone every few weeks to the continuous outpouring of lava from a new vent only 3 kilometers ...
Health Topics: Airborne Transport Processes, Gases
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual: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

Asbestos Exposure in Libby, Montana part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/sites/libby_montana/in...
Since 1999, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has been conducting a number activities related to asbestos in Libby, Montana. This web site presents a brief overview of those ...
Health Topics: Minerals, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection

Reconnaissance Study of the Geology of U.S. Vermiculite Deposits - Are Asbestos Minerals Common Constituents? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2192/
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 ...
Health Topics: Minerals, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results

National Asbestos Exposure Review part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/asbestos/index.html
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 ...
Health Topics: Airborne Transport Processes, Minerals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Research Results

Libby Asbestos Homepage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/libby/
This site is the public interface for the EPA's involvement with public health and environmental restoration efforts at an asbestos-contaminated vermiculite mining operation in Libby, Montana. ...
Health Topics: Minerals, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

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

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

Health Impacts of Coal Combustion part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs94-00/
This USGS report provides information about the effects of coal combustion on human health. It explains the hazards associated with emissions from both large-scale coal burning electrical plants and ...
Health Topics: Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Health Effects of Toxic Organic Compounds from Coal part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs004-01/
This USGS fact sheet summarizes the occurrence of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, a serious kidney disease that occurs only in tributary valleys of the Danube River in Romania, Bulgaria, and the former ...
Health Topics: Organic Compounds, Airborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations