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 Quality Statistics part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.pampatike.com/index1.html
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 ...
Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Airborne Transport Processes, Other
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets

Data from Selected U.S. Geological Survey National Stream Water-Quality Monitoring Networks (WQN), USGS Digital Data Series DDS-37 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/wqn96/index.html
WQN database contains water-quality and streamflow data collected at 679 NASQAN and HBN stations in the United States. The water-quality data include 63 physical, chemical, and biological properties ...
Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets

National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/index.html
This United States Geological Survey (USGS) program addresses water quality in the US. The goal is to develop long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, ground water, and aquatic ...
Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Organic Compounds, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

The World's Water: Information on the World's Freshwater Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.worldwater.org/
The World's Water is dedicated to providing up-to-date water information, data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater ...
Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

Hurricanes: Links to health information including toxicology and environmental health part of SERC Web Resource Collection

https://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov/hurricanes
This clearinghouse website, compiled by the National Institutes of Health, provides links to a wide variety of useful information regarding the toxicological and environmental health effects of ...
Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Public Policy, Biogenic Hazards, Heavy Metals, Organic Compounds, Other
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Scientific Resources

Recognizing Waterborne Disease and The Health Effects of Water Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.waterhealthconnection.org/tableofcontents.asp
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, ...
Health Topics: Controls on Bioavailability, Biogenic Hazards, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Waterborne Transport Processes, Organic Compounds, Minerals, Heavy Metals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Collection

Groundwater transport of arsenic and chromium at a historical tannery, Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A. part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from 'Applied Geochemistry' is an overview of the use and subsequent reduction of arsenic and chromium compounds in the tanning industry. The article also describes the ...

Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Heavy Metals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity

Public Drinking Water Contamination and Birth Outcomes part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from the American Journal of Epidemiology describes the different types of birth irregularities that occur as a result of gestational consumption of contaminated water.

Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Public Policy, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity

Speciation and fate of arsenic in three lakes of the Aberjona watershed part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This article from Environmental Science and Technology shows the manner in which sediment cores taken from the bottom of the Mystic Lakes were analyzed and used to interpret historic periods (1890s ...

Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Heavy Metals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity

Evaluation of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport at the Wells G and H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts, from 1960 to 1986 and Estimation of TCE and PCE Concentrations Delivered to Woburn Residences part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This doctoral dissertation from the Department of Geological Sciences at Ohio State University features a comprehensive treatment of TCE and PCE transport in the buried valley aquifer in Woburn, ...

Health Topics: Waterborne Transport Processes, Heavy Metals
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Lab Activity