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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Water-Borne Illnesses part of SERC Web Resource Collection
In this curricular unit, students learn how water becomes contaminated with specific water-borne diseases, read personal accounts of unsafe water, and work together to brainstorm solutions to the ...Resource Type: Activities:Project, Classroom Activity
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
Love Canal Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection
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 ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
EnviroHealthAction part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides an online community for health professionals and others interested in environmental health and gives users the opportunity to access important resources about public health. Topics ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Policy Resources
National Water Information System Web Data for the Nation part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This USGS site provides access to water resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The site features real-time and ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides reports from a British Geological Survey project which assessed the scale of arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh and examined the possible source, mobility and fate ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations
West Bengal and Bangladesh Arsenic Crisis Information Center part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This clearinghouse site features links to a comprehensive collection of resources related to the arsenic health crisis in Bangladesh and India. The site provides links to news articles, reports and ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection
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
Enviromapper Storefront part of SERC Web Resource Collection
EnviroMapper is a Web-based interactive mapping tool for viewing and querying environmental information. This application allows users to zoom in to an area, or enter a state, county, city, ZIP code, ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Environmental Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Hosted by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), this site contains updated monthly tables with statistics about United States environmental quality. The major topics covered in these tables are ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets