compilation

2006 and before

British Geological Survey Medical Geology Papers:

1988 Aggett, P. J., Mills, C. F., Morrison, A., Callan, M., Plant, J. A., Simpson, P. R., Stevenson, A., Dingwall-Fordyce, I. and Halliday, C. F. A study of environmental geochemistry and health in North East Scotland. In: Thornton, I. (editor) Geochemistry and Health. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium. Science Reviews Ltd., Northwood.

1991 Radovanovic Z and Edmunds W M. Groundwater chemistry and the Balkan endemic nephropathy: Environmental Geochemistry and Health 13(2) p.43-49

1994 Appleton J D and Fordyce F M. Animal Health. Earthworks. Issue 6. 4.

1994 Breward N and Williams T M. Arsenic and mercury pollution in gold mining: IN: Mining Environmental Magazine 1994 p25-27

1994 Edmunds W.M. Groundwater chemistry and development: IN: Groundwater quality edited by H. Nash and G.J.H. McCall; Chapman & Hall; p5-7

1994 Gaus, I. Kinniburgh, D.G. Talbot, J.C. and Webster, R.Geostatistical analysis of arsenic concentration in groundwater in Bangladesh using disjunctive kriging: In: Environmental Geology Vol 44 pt/no 8 p 939-948

1994 Williams, T.M. and Smith, B. Hydrochemical characterisation of acute acid mine drainage at Iron Duke Mine, Mazowe, Zimbabwe: In: Environmental Geology Vol. 39 pt/no 3-4 (2000) p. 272-278

1994 Williams T.M. , Breward N. , Lumb A.J. and Cummins C. Trace element contamination around centres of gold mining : examples from peninsular Malaysia: Environmental Geochemistry and Health 16(2) p90

1995 Edmunds W.M. and Smedley P.L. Minerals, water and health: Mineralogical Society Bulletin no.106 p.3-7

1996 Edmunds, W.M. and Smedley, P.L. Groundwater geochemistry and health: an overview : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.91-105

1996 Fordyce F M, Masara, D and Appleton J D. Stream sediment, soil and forage chemistry as indicators of cattle mineral status in north-east Zimbabwe. In: Appleton J D, Fuge R and McCall G J H. (eds). Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Geological Society Special Publication No 113. London. 23-37.

1996 Nicholson, R.A. ; Roberts, P.D. ; Baxter, P.J. Preliminary studies of acid and gas contamination at Poas volcano, Costa Rica : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.239-243

1996 Plant, J.A. ; Baldock, J.W. and Smith, B. The role of geochemistry in environmental and epidemiological studies in developing countries: a review : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.7-21

1996 Smedley P.L. Arsenic in rural groundwater in Ghana: Journal of African Earth Sciences 22(4) p.459-470

1996 Smedley, P.L. ; Pelig-Ba, K.B. and Edmunds, W.M. Mobility of arsenic in groundwater in the Obuasi gold-mining area of Ghana: some implications for human health : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), 1996, Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.163-181

1996 Smith, B. ; Breward, N. ; Crawford, M.B. and Reeder, S.The environmental geochemistry of aluminium in tropical terrains and its implication for health : IN: J.D.Appleton, R.Fuge & G.J.H.McCall (ed), Environmental geochemistry and health: with special reference to developing countries. London: Geological Society of London (Special Publication no.113) p.141-151

1996 West, J.M. Smedley P.L. and Paintsil A. Arsenic in drinking waters in the Obuasi area, Ghana - the role of microbiology: IN: International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface 4th Ilkley, Yorkshire; Proceedings..short papers; University of Leeds 1996; p699-702

1996 Williams T M, Fordyce F M, Paijitprapapon A and Charoenchaisri, P. Arsenic contamination in surface drainage and groundwater in part of the SE Asian tin belt, Nakon Si Thammarat Province, Southern Thailand. Environmental Geology 27. 16-33.

1997 Edmunds W.M. and Gaye C.B. Naturally high nitrate concentrations in groundwaters from the Sahel: Journal of Environmental Quality 26(5) p1231-1239

1997 Fordyce F M and Smith B. The link between geochemistry and health. Earthwise 10. 21.

1998 Appleton, J.D. Williams, T.M. Breward, N. Apostol, A. Miguel. J. Mercury contamination associated with artisanal gold mining on the island of Mindanao, the Philippines: IN: The Science of the Total Environment 228 p95-109

1998 Ge X, Zhang G, Zhang Q, Zhang Z, Luo D, Liu X, Johnson C C, Fordyce F M, Appleton J D, Wang Y and Ji F. Soil selenium species and their availability to plants in Zhangjiakou area. Geology-Geochemistry. Vol. 26. No. 2. 15-

1998 Metcalfe, R. Breward, N. and Klinck, B.A. Minimising the impact of mine waste : strategies to reduce the effect on the environment: In: Earthwise No. 12 p. 14-15

1998 Rawlins, B.G. Ferguson, A.J.Chilton, P.J. Arthurton, R.S. Rees J.G. & Baldock J.W. Review of agricultural pollution in the Caribbean with particular emphasis on small island developing states: In: Marine Pollution Bulletin Vol 36 pt/no 9 p 658-668

1998 Smedley, P.L. Nicolli, H.B. Barros A.J. and Tullio J.O. Origin and mobility of arsenic in groundwater from the Pampean Plain, Argentina: IN: International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction 9th Taupo; Proceedings; Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema p275-278

1998 Talbot, D.K. Appleton, J.D. Ball T.K. & Strutt M.H. A comparison of field and laboratory analytical methods for radon site investigation: Journal of Geochemical Exploration 65(1) p.79-90

1998 Williams, T.M. Rawlins, B.G. Smith B. & Breward N. In-vitro determination of arsenic bioavailability in contaminated soil and mineral beneficiation waste from Ron Phibun, southern Thailand : a basis for improved human risk assessment: In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health Vol.20 pt/no 4 p 169-177

1998 Zhang G, Ge X, Zhang Q, Luo D, Lui X, Fordyce F M, Mao D and Su H. Selenium geological and geochemical environmental background in Enshi, Hubei Province. Chinese Journal of Endemiology. Vol 19. No 1. 67-

1999 Appleton, J D. Radon potential maps : identification of at-risk areas: In: Earthwise No. 13 p. 14

1999 Appleton J D, Fordyce F M and Johnson C C. Red rice or a red herring? Links between environmental iodine, selenium, diet and goitre in Sri Lanka. Earthworks Issue 6. 3.

1999 Breward N and Rees J G. Coastal pollution : current problems and baseline data for future solutions: In: Earthwise No. 13 p. 26

1999 Fordyce F M, Ferguson A J, Shaw R J and Baldock J W. Urban geochemical mapping. Earthwise 13. 13.

1999 Fordyce F M, Plant J A, Smith B M, Appleton J D, Johnson C C, Smedley P and Williams L A. Environmental Geochemistry and Health - Global Perspectives ICSU-IGU Setting an Agenda on Health and the Environment: Health and Environmental Resources. Web-site http://geog.queensu.ca/h_and_e/healthandenvir/workshop2.htm

1999 Johnson C C, Fordyce F M and Stewart A G. Environmental controls on IDD - what do we really know? International Council on IDD Newsletter. November 1999.

1999 MacDonald A M. Sustainable water supplies : the potential for groundwater development in eastern Nigeria: In: Earthwise No. 13 p. 21

1999 Rawlins B. Agricultural pollution : assessing its impact on coastal resources in the Caribbean: In: Earthwise No. 13 p. 25

1999 Rees, J.G. Setiapermana, D.Sharp, V.A Weeks, J.M. and Williams, T.M. Evaluation of the impacts of land-based contaminants on the benthic faunas of Jakarta Bay, Indonesia: In: Oceanologica Acta Vol. 22 pt/no 6 p. 627-640

1999 Smedley, P L. Groundwater geochemistry : the impact of trace elements on community health: In: Earthwise No. 13 p. 22

1999 Smith, B. A diet of dirt : the benefits and dangers of eating soil: In: Earthwise No. 14 p. 27

2000 Appleton, J D. Radon protective measures GIS : guidance for new dwellings: In: Earthwise No. 15 p. 6-7

2000 Cave M R and Wragg J. Measurement of heavy metals : bioavailability and distribution in contaminated soils: In: Earthwise No. 15 (2000) p. 32-33

2000 Fordyce F M. Environmental Geochemistry and Health - Global Perspectives. IUGS COGEOENVIRONMENT Newsletter. No 16. 7 - 10.

2000 Fordyce F M. Geochemistry and Health, Why Geoscience Information is Essential. Geoscience and Development. No. 6. 6-8

2000 Fordyce F M, Zhang G, Green K and Xinping L. Soil, grain and water chemistry in relation to human selenium responsive diseases in Enshi District, China. Applied Geochemistry 15. 117-132.

2000 Fordyce F M, Johnson C C, Navaratne U R B, Appleton J D and Dissanayake C B. Selenium and iodine in soil, rice and drinking water in relation to endemic goitre in Sri Lanka. The Science of the Total Environment. 263/1-3. 127-142

2000 Johnson, C.C. Ge, X. Green, K.A. and Liu X. Selenium distribution in the local environment of selected villages of the Keshan Disease belt, Zhangjiakou District, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China: IN: Applied Geochemistry 15(3) p385-401

2000 Smith, B. Rawlins, B.G. Cordeiro, M.J.A.R. and Hutchins, M.G. The bioaccessibility of essential and potentially toxic trace elements in tropical soils from Mukono District, Uganda: Journal of the Geological Society of London 157(4) p.885-892

2000 Williams T M . Assessment by hair analysis of mercury exposure among mining impacted communities of Mindanao and Palawan, the Philippines: Environmental Geochemistry and Health 22(1) p.19-31

2000 Williams, T.M. Rees, J.G. and Setiapermana, D. Metals and trace organic compounds in sediments and waters of Jakarta Bay and the Pulau Seribu Complex, Indonesia: Marine Pollution Bulletin 40(3) p.277-285

2001 Appleton, J. D. Mercury pollution from artisanal gold mines : a hazard to human health?: In: Earthwise No. 17 p. 12-13

2001 Appleton, J.D. Williams, T.M. Orbea, H. and Carrasco, M. Fluvial contamination associated with artisanal gold mining in the Ponce Enriquez, Portovelo-Zaruma and Nambija areas, Ecuador: IN: Water, Air and Soil Pollution 131 2001 p19-39

2001 Fordyce F M. Medical Geology. Earthwise No 17. 6.

2001 Fordyce F M and Hope B C. Fluoride and Fluorosis in Central Europe. Earthwise No 17. 10 - 11.

2001 Smith, B. Depleted uranium - its hazards and uses: In: Mineralogical Society Bulletin no.132 p.3-5

2001 Smith, B. Depleted uranium : its hazards and uses: In: Earthwise No. 17 p. 28-29

2001 Smith, B. Geophagia : the hazards to health of soil in the diet: In: Earthwise No. 17 p. 24-25

2002 Appleton J.D. & Ball T.K. Geological radon potential mapping: IN: Geoenvironmental mapping, methods, theory and practice. Editor Peter T. Bobrowsky; A.A. Balkema p577-613

2002 Brown, C.J. Chenery, S.R.N. and Smith, B. A sampling and analytical methodology for dental trace element analysis: In: The Analyst 127(2) p.319-323

2002 Fordyce F M and Johnson C C. The Rock Diet - Selenium and Iodine. Planet Earth. Autumn 2002. 18 - 20.

2002 Johnson C C, Fordyce F M and Stewart A. Reducing the risk of iodine deficiency disorders. Earthworks 15. 4 - 5.

2002 Kinniburgh, D.G. and Kosmus, W. Arsenic contamination in groundwater: some analytical considerations: IN: Talanta 58 p165-180

2002 Rawlins, B.G. Lister, T.R. Cave, M.R. Arsenic in UK soils: reassessing the risk: In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Civil Engineering 150(4) p.187-190

2002 Smedley, P. L. Arsenic in groundwater : the hidden threat: In: Earthwise No. 17 p. 8-9

2002 Smedley, P.L. and Edmunds, W.M.A. Review of the source, behaviour and distribution of arsenic in natural waters : In: Applied Geochemistry 17(5) p.517-567

2002 Smedley, P.L. and MacDonald, D.M.J. Hydrogeochemistry of arsenic and other inorganic constituents in groundwaters from La Pampa, Argentina: In: Applied Geochemistry 17(3) p.259-284

2002 Smith, B. Eating soil: In: Planet Earth Autumn p.21-22

2003 Fordyce F M, Johnson C C, Dissanayake C B and Navaratne U R B. Environmental iodine in iodine deficiency disorders with a Sri Lankan example. In: Skinner H C W and Berger A R (eds). Geology and Health: Closing the Gap. Part 1, Chapter 9. Oxford University Press. New York. 61 - 64

2003 Johnson C C and Fordyce F M. Environmental Controls on Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Geoscience and Development No. 8. 24.

2003 Johnson, C C, Fordyce, F M, and Stewart, A G. What do you mean by iodine deficiency? A geochemical perspective. IDD Newsletter, Vol. 19(2), May 2003.

2003 Kinniburgh, D.G. Smedley, P.L. Davies, J. Milne, C.J. Gaus, I. Trafford, J.M. and Burden, S.R.The scale and causes of the groundwater arsenic problem in Bangladesh: In: Arsenic in Ground water p.211-257 edited by Alan H. Welch, Kenneth G. Stollenwerk p.211-257

2003 Smedley, P.L. Arsenic in ground water: South and East Asia: In: Arsenic in ground water p.179-209 edited by Alan H. Welch, Kenneth G. Stollenwerk

2003 Smedley, P. L. Mobilisation of arsenic and other trace elements in fluviolacustrine aquifers of the Huhhot Basin, Inner Mongolia: In: Applied Geochemistry 18(9) p.1453-1477

2004 Appleton, J. D. Geology and radon protection : using maps to target the potential hazard: In: Earthwise No. 21 p 20-21.

2004 Appleton, J. D. Natural radioactivity and health : the risks posed by exposure to ionising radiation: In: Earthwise No. 21 p 16-17

2004 Appleton, J.D. Lister, T. R. Tesha, A.L. Nayopa, J. and Veiga, M.M. Mercury in artisanal gold mining in Geita District, Tanzania: In: Materials and Geoenvironment Vol 51 pt/no 1 p 294-297

2004 Breward, N and Johnson, C. C. Mapping radioactivity : geochemical baselines for radioactive elements from the G-BASE project: In: Earthwise No. 21 p 10-11

2004 Brown, C.J. Chenery, S.R.N. Smith, B. Mason, C.F. Tomkins, A. Roberts, G.J. Sserunjogi, L. and Tiberindwa, J.V. Environmental influences on the trace element content of teeth : implications for disease and nutritional status: In: Archives of Oral Biology Vol 49 pt/no 9 p 705-717

2004 Hough, R. L. Breward, N. Young, S.D. Crout, N. M. J. Tye, A.M. Moir, A. M. and Thornton, I.Assessing potential risk of heavy metal exposure from consumption of home-produced vegetables by urban populations: In: Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 112 pt/no 2 p. 215-221

2004 Johnson, C.C. Rawlins, B.G. Breward, N. The British Geological Survey's geochemical baseline survey of the environment : arsenic in soil: In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Vol. 68 pt/no 11S Special supplement p A537

2004 Plant J A, Kinniburgh D, Smedley P, Fordyce F M, and Klinck, B. Chapter 9.02: Arsenic and Selenium. In: Sherwood Lollar, B. (editor) Environmental Geochemistry. Holland H D and Turekain K K. (exec editors) Treatise on Geochemistry Series. Volume 9. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 17 - 66.

2004 Saikat, S. Carter, J.E. Mehra, A. Smith, B. and Stewart, A.G. Goitre and environmental iodine deficiency in the UK : Derbyshire : a review: In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health Vol. 26 pt/no 4 p 395-401

2004 Smith, B. Depleted uranium : origin, uses, releases, concerns: In: Earthwise No. 21 p 22-23

2004 Smith, B. Uranium in groundwater : impacts on health, geochemical exploration and radwaste disposal: In: Earthwise No. 21 p 18-19

2004 Taylor, H. Appleton, J.D. Lister, T.R. Chitamweba, D. Mkumbo, O. Tesha, A.L. Beinhoff, C. and Veiga, M.M. Exposure to environmental mercury in the Rwamagasa artisanal gold mining area, Geita District, Tanzania: In: Materials and Geoenvironment Vol 51 pt/no 1 (2004) p 294-297

2005 Appleton, J. D. Radon in air and water: In: Essentials of Medical Geology : impacts of the natural environment on public health / edited by Olle Selinus. Amsterdam, London : Elsevier, p 227-262

2005 Appleton, J.D. Mercury contamination: In: Earthwise 2005 No. 22 (2005) p. 18-19

2005 Ball, D.F. MacDonald, A.M. and Lilly, A. Agriculture and diffuse pollution : groundwater nitrate vulnerable zones in Scotland: In: Scottish Journal of Geology Vol. 41 pt/no 1 p. 61-68

2005 Edmunds, W.M. and Smedley, P.L. Fluoride in natural waters: In: Essentials of medical geology : impacts of the natural environment on public health edited by Olle Selinus. Amsterdam, London : Elsevier, p 301-329

2005 Fordyce F M. Chapter 15: Selenium Deficiency and Toxicity in the Environment. In: Selinus O. (ed). Essentials of Medical Geology. Academic Press, London. 373-415.

2005 Fordyce F M, Brown S E, Ander E L, Rawlins B G, O'Donnell K E, Lister T R, Breward N and Johnson C C. GSUE: Urban geochemical mapping in Great Britain. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. Vol. 5(4), 325-336 (12).

2005 MacDonald A M , Davies J, Calow R and Chilton J. Developing groundwater : a guide for rural water supply. Bourton-on-Dunsmore : ITDG Publishing

2005 Miles J C H and Appleton J D. Mapping variation in radon potential both between and within geological units: In: Journal of Radiological Protection Vol.25 p. 257-276

2005 Palumbo-Roe, B. Cave, M.R. Klinck, B.A. Wragg, J. Taylor, H. O'Donnell, K.E. and Shaw, R.A. Bioaccessibility of arsenic in soils developed over Jurassic ironstones in eastern England: In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health Vol. 27 pt/no 2 (2005) p. 121-130

2005 Rawlins, B.G. Lark, R.M. O'Donnell, K.O.Tye, A.M. Lister, T.R. The assessment of point and diffuse metal pollution of soils from an urban geochemical survey of Sheffield, England: In: Soil Use and Management Vol. 21 p. 353-362

2005 Smedley, P.L. Kinniburgh, D.G. MacDonald, D.M.J. Nicolli, H.B.Barros, A.J.Tullio, J.O.Pearce, J.M. and Alonso, M.S. Arsenic associations in sediments from the loess aquifer of La Pampa, Argentina: In: Applied Geochemistry Vol. 20 pt/no 5 p 989-1016

2005 Smedley, P. L. and Kinniburgh, D. G. Arsenic in groundwater and the environment: In: Essentials of medical geology : impacts of the natural environment on public health edited by Olle Selinus. Amsterdam, London : Elsevier, 2005. p 263-299

2005 Taylor, H. Appleton, J.D. Lister, T.R. Smith, B. Chitamweba, D. Mkumbo, O. Machiwa, J.F. Tesha, A.L. and Beinhoff, C. Environmental assessment of mercury contamination from the Rwamagaza artisanal gold mining centre, Geita district, Tanzania: In: Science of the Total Environment Vol 343 pt/no 1-3 p 111-133

2006 Abrahams, P.W. Follansbee, M.H. Hunt, A. Smith, B. and Wragg, J. Iron nutrition and possible lead toxicity : an appraisal of geophagy undertaken by pregnant women of UK Asian communities: In: Applied Geochemistry Vol. 26 p. 98-108

2006 Appleton, J.D., Zhang, Q., Green, K. A., Zhang, G., Ge, X., Liu, X. and Li, J. X. Selenium in soil, grain, human hair and drinking water in relation to oesophageal cancer in the Cixian area, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China. Applied Geochemistry 21(4), 684-700.

2006 Appleton, J.D. Weeks, J.M. Calvez, J.P.S. and Beinhoff, C. Impacts of mercury contaminated mining waste on soil quality, crops, bivalves and fish in the Naboc River area, Mindanao, Philippines: In: Science of the Total Environment Vol. 354 (2006) p. 198-211

2006 Broadley, M.R. White, P.J. Bryson, R.J. Meacham, M.C. Bowen, H.C. Johnson, S.E. Hawkesford, M.J. McGrath, S.P. Zhao, F.J. Breward, N. Harriman, M. and Tucker, M. Biofortification of UK food crops with selenium: In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society Vol. 65 pt/no 2 p. 169-181

2006 Meharg, A.A. Scrimgeour, C. Hossain, S.A. Fuller, K. Cruickshank, K. Williams, P.N. and Kinniburgh, D.G. Codeposition of organic carbon and arsenic in Bengal delta aquifers: In: Environmental Science and Technology Vol. 40 pt/no 16 p. 4928-4935

2006 Scheib, C. Appleton, J.D. Jones, D.G. and Hodgkinson, E. Airborne uranium data in support of radon potential mapping in Derbyshire, Central England: In: Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Geological Aspects of Radon Risk Mapping edited by [Ivan Barnet ... et al]. [Prague : Czech Geological Survey]

Recent posters by Fiona Fordyce, BGS:

2005 Broadway A, Farmer J G, Ngwenya B T, Cave M R and Fordyce F M. Assessing the Human Health Risks Posed by Industrially Contaminated Urban Soil: Chromium in Glasgow. 23rd Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health European Conference, University of Paisley, 4-6 April 2005.

2005 Cave M R, Wragg J, Fordyce F M, Appleton J D and Taylor H. Assessment of the Human Exposure to Arsenic, Cadmium and Selenium in the Enshi District China using Hair Analysis and Soil Bioaccessibility Measurements. Health Protection Agency Conference on Chemical Hazards, Poisons and Sustainable Communities 5-7 December, Cardiff.

2006 Broadway A, Farmer J G, Ngwenya B T, Cave M R, Fordyce F M and Bewley R J F. Bioaccessibility and Human Health Risk: Chromium in Glasgow. Abstracts of the CL:AIRE Conference on Environmental Risk Assessment For Contaminated Land. London 23 February 2006.

2006 Broadway A, Farmer J G, Ngwenya B T, Cave M R, Fordyce F M and Bewley R J F. Solid phase distribution of chromium in industrially contaminated urban soil, Glasgow. Abstracts of the 13th Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium, Glasgow Caledonian University, 10 - 12 July 2006.

Papers by Centeno and Finkelman, USA:

Selinus, O., Finkelman, Robert B., and Centeno, Jose, A., 2006, Medical problems related to geology and ecosystem interaction. In Geology and Ecosystems, Igor S. Zektser and Brian Marker, eds., Springer, Chapter 16, p.197-218.

Finkelman, Robert B., 2006, Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Human Health (from Trace Elements to Dust). 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference Agenda. Abstract no. 8017, p. 76.

Finkelman, R. B., Belkin, H. E., and Centeno, J. A., 2006, Health Impacts of Coal: Should we be concerned? Geotimes, Sept. 2006, p. 30-34.

Centeno, J. A., Cook, A., Weinstein, P., Mullick, F., Finkelman, R. B., and Selinus, O., 2006, Health effects of natural and mineral dust: The role of trace elements and compounds. XXVI International Congress of the Academy of Pathology.

Centeno, J. A., Tseng, C-H, Van der Voet, G. B., and Finkelman, R. B, 2006, Global impacts of geogenic arsenic – A medical geology research case. AMBIO, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Finkelman, R. B., 2006 Health impacts of coal: Facts and fallacies. International Symposium on Medical Geology. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Zhai, M, Totolo, O., Modisi, M., and Finkelman, 2006, Heavy metal and arsenic distributions in soils surrounding Palapye, Botswana: An evaluation of environmental impact of coal mining and combustion in a sub-arid region. Abstracts of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, vol 25 (Suppl.), p.53.

Selinus, O., Finkelman, R. B., and Centeno, J. A., 2006, The medical geology revolution. Abstracts of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, vol. 25 9Suppl.), p.81.

Zheng, B., Wu, D., Wang, B., Liu, X., Wang, M., Wang, A., Xiao, G., Liu, P. and Finkelman, 2006, Fluorosis caused by indoor coal combustion in China: discovery and progress. Journal of Environmental Geochemistry and Health. P.

Selinus, O., Finkelman, R. B., Centeno, J. A., and Lax, K., 2006, Medical Geology – a new future for Geoscience. European Geologist, p. 27- 30.

Huang, X., Gordon, T., Rom, W. N., and Finkelman, R.B., 2006, Interaction of iron and calcium minerals in coals and their roles in coal dust-induced health and environmental problems. Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry, Vol. 64, p….

Some papers from Sweden

Ljung, K. 2006. Metals in urban playground soils – distribution and bioaccessibility. Doctoral thesis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Soil Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. ISBN 91-576-7130-3

Ljung, K., Oomen, A., Duits, M., Selinus, O., Berglund, M. Metal bioaccessibility of urban playground soil. Journal of Environmental Science and Health – Part A, special issue on bioaccessibility of soil contaminants, Accepted.

Ljung, K., Selinus, O., Berglund, M., Otabbong, E. 2006. Metal distribution in soil particle sizes relevant to soil ingestion by children. Applied Geochemistry 21, 1613-1624.

Ljung, K., Selinus, O. & Otabbong, E. 2006. Metals in soils of children's urban environments in the small northern European city of Uppsala. Science of the Total Environment 366, 749-759.

Ljung, K., Otabbong, E. & Selinus O. 2006. Natural and anthropogenic trace metal inputs to soils in urban Uppsala, Sweden. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 28, 353-364.

Madrid, L., Diaz-Barrientos, E., Ruiz-Cortés, E., Reinoso, R., Biasioli, M., Davidson, C.M., Duarte, A.C., Grcman, H., Hossack, I., Hursthouse, A.S., Kralj, T., Ljung, K., Otabbong, E., Rodrigues, S., Urquhart, G.J., Ajmone-Marsan, F. 2006. Variability in concentrations of potentially toxic elements in urban parks from six European cities. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 8, 1158-1165

Ljung, K., Selinus, O., Berglund, M. 2005. Metal distribution in soil particle sizes with regard to bioavailability. Focus on Soils Symposium “Managing Soils for the Future”, Uppsala, Sweden, Sept 14-16, 2005.

Papers by Weinstein and Cook, Australia

Cook, A. and Weinstein, P. Volcanic emissions and health risks of metal contaminants in New Zealand. In: Metal contaminants in New Zealand, Moore, T. Black A Centeno J Harding J and Trumm D (eds). University of Canterbury Press, Christchurch, 2005, Ch 23 pp 465-73.

Weinstein P. and Patel A. The Mount Ruapehu eruption 1996: a review of potential health effects. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 21: 773-8 (1997)

Hickling J., Clements M., Weinstein P. and Woodward A. Acute health effects of the Mt. Ruapehu (New Zealand) volcanic eruption of June 1996. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 9: 97-107 (1999)

Weinstein, P. and Cook, A. Human health impacts of volcanic eruptions. Histopathology 41 (Supp.2) 329-333 (2002).

Durand M, Florkowski C, George P, Walmsley T, Weinstein P and Cole, J. Elevated trace element output in urine following acute volcanic gas exposure. J Volc Getherm Research 134: 139-48 (2004)

Cook, A., Finkelman, R., and Weinstein, P. Geological factors in the emergence of infectious disease. Pathology International 54 (Supp. 1): S131-5 (2004).

Durand M, Florkowski C, George P, Walmsley T and Weinstein P. Effect of volcanic gas exposure on urine, blood, and serum chemistry. New Zealand Medical Journal 118: 1-9 (2005)

Weinstein, P. Palaeopathology by proxy: the case of Egil's bones. Journal of Archaeological Science 32: 1075-1080 (2005)

Cook A, Weinstein P, Centeno J. Health effects of natural dust: the role of trace elements and compounds. Biological Trace Element Research 103: 1-16 (2005)

Lindsay, M., Jardine, A., Johansen, C., Wright, A., Harrington, S, Weinstein, P., 2007. Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna in inland areas of southwest Western Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 46, 60-64.

Papers from the International Symposium on Medical Geology, organised by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. All these will be published in full in the journal of the Academy, Ambio, in the beginning of 2007:

Prof. Philip Weinstein, Angus Cook, Epidemiological transitions and the changing face of medical geology

Dr. Chandra Dissanayake, Fluorides and Human Health

Prof. Ron Fuge, Iodine Deficiency, an Ancient Problem in a Modern World

Prof. Edward Derbyshire, Natural Mineral Dust: Sources, Pathways, Toxins and some Health Impacts

Dr. Jose A. Centeno, Global Impacts of Geogenic Arsenic – A Medical Geology Research Case

Prof. Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Blackfoot Disease and Arsenic: A Never-ending Story

Prof. Marie Vahter, Health Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water

Dr. James Donald Appleton, Radon in Air and Water

Prof. Changsheng Li, Selenium Deficiency and Endemic Heart Failure in China

Dr. Fiona Fordyce, Selenium Geochemistry and Health

Dr. William Orem, Health Effects of Toxic Organic Substances from Coal: Pandemic Nephropathy

Dr. Robert B. Finkelman, Health Impacts of Coal: Facts and Fallacies

Prof. Ulf Lindh, Metal Biology – Aspects of Beneficial Effects

Dr. John Munthe, Mobilisation and Environmental Cycling of Mercury

Dr. Olle Selinus , Medical Geology – An Opportunity for the Future

Publications by Centeno et al (2005-2006):

Christian JW, Hopenhayn C*, Centeno JA, Todorov TI. Distribution of urinary selenium and arsenic among pregnant women exposed to arsenic in drinking water. Environ Res 2006;100:115-122.

Centeno JA*, Tchounwou PB, Patlolla AK, Mullick FG, Murakata L, Meza E, Todorov TI, Longfellow D, Yedjou CG, 2006. Environmental pathology and health effects of arsenic poisoning – A critical review. In Managing Arsenic in the Environment – From Soil to Human Health, Naidu R, Smith E, Owens G, Bhattacharya P, Nadebaum P (Eds.), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, chapter 17, p. 311-327. ISBN 1-57808-425-3.

Gray MA, Harris A, Centeno JA*, 2005. The role of cadmium, zinc and selenium in prostate cancer. In Metal Contaminants in New Zealand, Moore TA, Black JA, Centeno JS, Harding JS, Trumm DA (Eds.), resolutionz press, Christchurch, New Zealand, chapter 20, p. 393-414. ISBN 0-476-01619-3.

Centeno JA* Gray MA, Mullick FG, Tchounwou PB, Tseng CH, 2005. Arsenic in drinking water and health issues. In Metal Contaminants in New Zealand, Moore TA, Black JA, Centeno JS, Harding JS, Trumm DA (Eds.), resolutionz press, Christchurch, New Zealand, chapter 21, p. 415-439. ISBN 0-476-01619-3.

Gray MA, Centeno JA*, Slaney DP, Ejnik JW, Todorov TI, Nacey JN. Environmental exposure to trace elements and prostate cancer in three New Zealand ethnic groups. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2005;2(3):374-384.

Todorov TI, Ejnik JW, Mullick FG, Centeno JA*. Arsenic speciation in urine and blood reference materials. Microhim Acta 2005;151:263-268.

Selinus O, Finkelman RB, Centeno JA. Human Health and Ecosystems. In Geology and Ecosystems (Zektser IS, Marker B, Ridgway J, Rogachevskaya L, and Vartanyan G, editors), Springer, ISBN 0-387-29292-6, Part IV, 2006.

Finkelman RB, Centeno JA, Selinus O. Medical Geology – The Emergence of a New Discipline. Terra (2006, in press).

Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Ching-Ping Tseng, Choon-Khim Chong, Tong-Yuan Tai, Jose A. Centeno* 2006. Arsenic and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Taiwan. In Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 9PthP. (Eds. Alpoim MC, Norais PV, Santos MA, Cristovao AJ, Centeno JA, Collery P. ), John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2006 pp 70-74.

Mosley C, Todorov TI, Tseng CH, Centeno JA.* 2006. Characterization of Arsenic Species by Raman Microspectroscopy. In Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol 9Pth P. (Eds. Alpoim MC, Norais PV, Santos MA, Cristovao AJ, Centeno JA, Collery P. ), John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2006 pp 70-74.

Finkelman RB, Belkin HE, Centeno JA. Health Impacts of Coal – Should we be concerned? Geotimes 2006;30:31-35.

Centeno JA, Tseng CH, van der Voet GB, Finkelman RB. Global Impacts of Geogenic Arsenic – A Medical Geology Research Case. AMBIO, Vol. 1, 2007.

Centeno JA, Mullick FG, et al. Environmental Pathology and Medical Geology – An Overview of Health Effects from Exposure to Toxic Metals. In Essentials of Medical Geology – Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health (Olle S, Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, et al., editors), Elsevier-Academic Press, Chapter 23, pp. 563-594;2005.

Centeno JA, Todorov T, Pestaner JP, Mullick FG, and Jonas W. Histochemical and Microprobe Analysis in Medical Geology. Essentials of Medical Geology – Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health (Olle S, Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, et al., editors), Elsevier-Academic Press, Chapter 30, pp. 725-736;2005.

Cook AG, Weinstein P, Centeno JA. Health Effects of Dust – Role of Trace Elements and Compounds. Biol Trace Element Research 2005;103:1-15.

Finkelman RB, Centeno JA, Selinus O. The Emerging Medical and Geological Association. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 2005;116:155-165.

Centeno JA, Mullick FG, Finkelman RB, Selinus O. Medical Geology – An Emerging Discipline in Support of Environmental and Military Medicine. Mil Med Tech 2005;9(5):7-9.

Centeno. List of Abstracts Presented at Scientific Conferences (2006 only):

Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, Selinus O, Mullick FG. Global Impacts of Geogenic Arsenic – A Medical Geology Research Case. In Book of Abstracts: International Symposium on Medical Geology, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. May 2006.

Kolker A, Conko K,P PKoslov K, Panov Y, Gibb H, Centeno JA, Korchemagin V, and Gunchenko V. Environmental and Occupational Exposure to Inorganic Mercury in Gorlovka, Ukraine. 8PthP International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 2006.

Centeno JA. The Emerging Discipline of Medical Geology – Health Risks from Long-Term Mercury Exposure. In Book of Abstracts 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006, pp 35.

Tchounwou PB, Centeno JA, Patlolla A. Arsenic Toxicity and Carcinogenesis: A Health Risk Assessment and Management Approach. In Book of Abstracts 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006, pp 46.

Gray MA, Centeno JA, Todorov TI, Slaney DP, Nacey JN. Environmental Exposure to Cadmium, Zinc and Selenium and Risk of Prostate Cancer. In Book of Abstracts 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006, pp 61.

Mosley C, Centeno JA, Todorov TI. Characterization of Arsenic Species by Raman Microspectroscopy. In Book of Abstracts 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006, pp 139.

Todorov TI, Gray MA, Kadjacsy-Balla A, Mullick FG, Centeno JA. Cadmium, Zinc, Selenium and Arsenic Content in Fresh and Paraffin-Embedded Prostate Tissues. In Book of Abstracts 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine. Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006, pp 143.

Centeno JA. Medical Geology – An Introduction and Overview. In Book of Abstracts 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference. New Mexico, USA, August 6-11, 2006, pp. 73.

Todorov TI, Potter K, Reedy E, Centeno JA. Laser-ablation ICP-MS analyses –elemental and chemical mapping of trace and toxic metals in pathological and forensic specimens. In Book of Abstracts 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference. New Mexico, USA, August 6-11, 2006, pp. 174.

Centeno JA, Cook A, Weinsteinn, P, Mullick, FG, Finkelman RB, Selinus, O. Health Effects of Natural and Mineral Dust – The Role of Trace Elements and Compounds. In Book of Proceedings XXVI International Academy Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, Symposium on Environmental Pathology – Respiratory Toxicology, Montreal, Canada, September 16-21, 2006; CD media publication.

Selinus O, Finkelman RB, Centeno JA. The Medical Geology Revolution. Chinese J. of Geochemistry 2006;25(S):81.

Centeno JA, Cook A, Weinstein P. Environmental Toxicology and Exposure to Natural Dust – The Role of Trace Elements. Chinese J. of Geochemistry 2006;25(S):222.

Centeno. List of Invited Presentations at Scientific Conferences (2006 only):

Centeno JA (Invited Speaker). Trace Element Speciation in Environmental Medicine – The Examples or Arsenic and Depleted Uranium. 2006 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrophotometry, Tucson, Arizona, January 9, 2006.

Centeno JA (Invited Speaker). Global Impacts of Geogenic Arsenic – A Medical Geology Research Case. International Symposium on Medical Geology, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Stockholm, Sweden. May 18-19, 2006.

Centeno JA (Plenary Speaker). The Emerging Discipline of Medical Geology – Health Risks from Long-Term Mercury Exposure. 9th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal, May 21-24, 2006.

Centeno JA (Plenary Speaker). Medical Geology – An Emerging Discipline in Support of Environmental Medicine and Public Health. XLIII Brazilian Congress on Geology, Aracaju, Brazil, September 3-8, 2006.

Centeno JA (Invited Speaker). Health Effects of Natural and Mineral Dust – The Role of Trace Elements and Compounds. XXVI International Academy Congress of the International Academy of Pathology, Symposium on Environmental Pathology – Respiratory Toxicology, Montreal, Canada, September 16-21, 2006.

Centeno JA (Invited Speaker). Environmental Toxicology and Exposure to Natural Dust – The Role of Trace Elements. The 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Beijing, China, September 24-27, 2006.

Centeno. Other Presentations:

Centeno JA (Invited Seminar Speaker). Medical Geology – An Emerging Discipline in Support of Environmental and Military Medicine. US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 20, 2006.

Centeno JA (Invited Seminar Speaker). Medical Geology and the Work of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK, October 31, 2006.

Centeno JA (Invited Seminar Speaker). Metals, Metalloids and Human Diseases – Chronic Arsenic Poisoning as a Medical Geology Case Study. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, November 9, 2006.

Papers in special issue of Journal of Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) beginning of 2007:

F. M. Fordyce, K. Vrana, E. Zhovinsky, V. Povoroznuk, G. Toth, B. C. Hope, U. Iljinsky and J. Baker - A health risk assessment for fluoride in Central Europé

Zheng Baoshan, Wu Daishe, Wang Binbin, Liu Xiaojing, Wang Mingshi, Wang Aim, Xiao Guisen, Liu Pugao, Robert B. Finkelman - Fluorosis caused by Indoor coal combustion in China: Discovery and Progress

Bernardino Ribeiro de Figueiredo, Ricardo Perobelli Borba, and Rômulo Simões Angélica - Arsenic occurrence in brazil and human exposure

Meral Dogan and A.Umran Dogan - Arsenic mineralization, source, distribution, and abundance in the Kutahya region of the western Anatolia, Turkey

Stanislav Rapant and Katarína Krčmová - Health risk assessment maps for arsenic groundwater contamination: Application of national geochemical databases

N. Segovia, M.I. Gaso, and M.A. Armienta - Environmental radon studies in México

C.B Dissanayake and Rohana Chandrajith - Medical Geology in Sri Lanka and neighboring countries

Akinlolu F. Abimbola, Olusegun O.Kehinde-Phillips and Akinade S. Olatunji - The Sagamu Cement Factory, SW Nigeria; is the dust generated a potential health hazard?

MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN BRAZIL
EFFECTS OF GEOLOGIC MATERIALS AND FACTORS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT

Edited by
Cassio Roberto da Silva, Bernardino Ribeiro Figueiredo, Eduardo Mello De Capitan, Fernanda Gonçalves da Cunha

This book published in 2006 is arranged in 30 chapters which were presented as research articles at the recent 2005 International Workshop of Medical Geology

CONTENTS

Introduction

Medical Geology Selinus O.

Medical Geology in Brazil Silva CR, Figueiredo BR, De Capitani EM

Epidemiology and Medical Geology De Capitani EM

Monitoring in Health Related to Chemistries in Domain of Only System Health Netto GF

Geochemistry Multielementary of Surface in the Delimitation of Risks and
Environmental Impacts, Paraná State, Brazil Licht OAB

Geochemistry of Brazilian Soils: Actual Situation Pérez DV

Biofortification as Tool to Combat the Deficiencies in Micronutrients Nutti M

Evaluation of Risk a Tool to the Process of Managent Socioenvironmental: Study of Case North Region of Mato Grosso Hacon S

Risks to Heath of Natural Organic Substance Mello CSB de

Occurrences of Arsenic in Brazil and Human Exposition Figueiredo BR

The Arsenic in the Groundwaters of Ouro Preto-MG Gonçalves JAC, Pereira MA, Paiva JF, Lena JC de

Arsenic in Estuary Sediments of the Canal of Access the Antonina Bay, Paraná Sá F, Machado EC, Ângulo JR

Human Exposition to the Arsenic in Medium Vale do Ribeira, São Paulo De Capitani EM, Sakuma AM, Figueiredo BR, Paoliello MMB, Okada IA, Duran MC, Okura RI

Lead and Arsenic in the Sediments of river Ribeira of Iguape, SP/PR Lopes Jr I, Figueiredo BR, Enzweiler J, Vendemiatto MA

Environmental Diagnostic and of Human Health: Contamination for Lead in Adrianópolis, on State of Paraná, Brazil Cunha, F.C., Figueiredo, B.R., Paoliello, M.M.B., De Capitani, E.M.

Study of Composition and the Isotopics Sources of Pb from the Aerossóis in Brasília (DF), Central Brazil Gioia, SMCL, Pimentel MM, Kerr A

Dental Fluorose and Fluorine Anomalies in the Groundwater on Municipal district of São Francisco – Minas Gerais, Brazil Velásquez, L.N.M., Fantinel, L.M., Ferreira, E.F., Castillo, L.S., Uhlein, A., Vargas, A.M.D., Aranha, P.R.A.
Geochemistry of Fluorine in Waters and Sediments of Region of Cerro Azul, Paraná State: Definition of Areas of Risk for Human Consumption Andreazzini, M.J., Figueiredo, B.R., Licht, O.A.B.

Hydrogeochemistry Study of Fluorine in the Groundwaters of the Basins of the Rivers Casseribú, Macacú e São João, State of Rio de Janeiro Panagoulias, T.I., Silva Filho, E.V.

Mercury – Natural Ocorrences in Paraná State, Brazil Plawiak, RR AB, Licht, O.A.B., Vasconcelos, E.M.G., Figueiredo, B.R.

Contamination for Antropic Mercury in soils and Stream Sediments of Lavras do Sul, RS, Brazil Grazia,C.A., Pestana, M.H.D.

Implications of Radioelements in the Environment, Agriculture e Public Health in Lagoa Real, Bahia, Brazil Oliveira, J.E.
Asbestos: What it is Also Important to Consider Scarpelli, W.

Crenoterapia of the Minerals Waters of Rio de Janeiro State Martins, A.M., Mansur, K.L., Pimenta, T.S., Caetano, L.C.

Evaluation of the Level of Contamination of the Groundwaters of Parintins City, Amazonas, Brazi Marmos, J.L., Aguiar, C.J.B.

Geochemistry Characterization of Waters of System of Public Supplying of Eastern Amazônia, Brazil Macambira, E.M.B., Viglio, E.P.

Chemical Elements in Waters of Public Supplying on State of Ceará Frizzo, S.J.
Evaluation of the Contamination of Consumed Water of the UFRN in Relation to the presence of Nitrate Derived of Septic Systems Petta, R.A., Araújo, L.P., Lima, R.F.S., Duarte, C.R.

Aluminium Dissolved in the Water of the Caves of Sand Extration – A Study of the possible Implications of its Toxicity – Municipal district of Seropédica – Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Duarte Marques, E.D., Silva Filho, E.V., Tubbs, D., Santelli, R.E., Sella, S.M.

The Influence of the Superficial Area of Particles in the Adsorptions of Trace Elements for Sediments of Deep: A Study of Case in the Adjacencies of the City of Macaíba, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Lima, R.F.S., Guedes, J.A., Brandão, P.R.G., Souza, L.C., Petta, R.A.

POLISH JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Vol. 15, No 2a (2006), Part II
Editors Alina Kabata Pendias, Krystyna Skibniewska

`Beryllium Concentration in Hydroxiapatites of Gallstones in the Inhabitants of Upper Silesia"
M. BOGUNIA, J. KWAPULINSKI, E. BOGUNIA, B. AHNERT, B. BRODZIAK, M. BEBEK,J. JAKUBOWSKA, K. MITKO

"Content of Selenium in Feed Grasses and Mixtures Depending on a Harvest Date"
K. BOROWSKA, R. LYSZCZARZ

"The Chemical Composition of Bottom Deposits in a Small Dam Reservoir"
1. CYMES, S. SZYMCZYK

"Content of Zinc, Copper, Manganese and Iron in Black, Red and Green Teas and in their Infusions"
A. CZECH, E. RUSINEK

"Analysis of Dietary Intake of Iron, Copper and Zinc and their Serum and Hair Levels in Hypertensive Adults"
G. DUDA, J. SULIBURSKA, R. WÖJCIAK, Z. KREJPCIO, D. PUPEK-MUSIALIK, M. LUCZAK

"Realization of Minerals' RDA by Warsaw Adult Inhabitants in Comparison with Average Polish Intake"
E. DYBKOWSKA, B. WASZKIEWICZ-ROBAK, F. SWIDERSKI

"Factors Determining Spatial Variability of Zn in Soils - a Case Study of the Middle Lyna River Valley, NE Poland"
K. GLINSKA-LEWCZUK, A. BIENIEK

"Levels of Trace Elements in Cow Milk from Farms of Southem Podlasie Region"
A. GORSKA, K. OPRZADEK

"Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements in Some Plant Species Growing in the Area under
Environmental Effect of the Kowary Mine Tailing Pond"
K. GRABAS, B. KOLWZAN, K. GEDIGA, Z. SPIAK

"Trace Elements in Grounds and Plants from the Heaps of the "Radoniöw" Mine"
K. GRABAS, B. KOLWZAN, K. GEDIGA, Z. SPIAK

"Fluctuations in the Content of Heavy Metals in the Water of the Narew River and Some of its Tributaries"
B. GRABINSKA, J. KOC

"Speciation of Copper in Industrially Polluted Soils - a Comparison of Two Sequential Extraction Methods"
B. GWOREK, A. MOCEK, 1. KONDZIELSKI

"Spatial Distribution of Total Iron in the Topsoils of the Central Region of Wielkopolska"
M. JAKUBAS, A. MOCEK, J. CZEKALA

"Aluminium Content in the Upper Soil Horizons as an Indicator of Natural Environment Quality"
E. JANOWSKA, D. CZFPINSKA-KAMINSKA

"Zirconium in Alfisols of Different Granulometric Composition within Soil Profiles"
H. JAWORSKA, H. DYBKOWSKA-NASKRFT

"Selenium in Food of Plant Origin in Poland"
R. JFDRZEJCZAK, W. R1 ~CZAJSKA, B. SZTEKE

"Total Content of Lithium, Barium and Strontium in Soils of South Podlasie Lowland"
D. KALEMBASA, D. JAREMKO

"Content of Lithium, Barium and Strontium in Organic Materials"
D. KALEMBASA, D. JAREMKO, B. WISNIEWSKA, A. MAJCHROWSKA-SAFARIAN

"The Relationship Between Iron Nutritional Status and Mortality Among Older People from the Warsaw Region"
J. KALUZA, M. JERUSZKA-BIELAK

"Zinc and Lead in Forest Soils of Karkonosze National Park - Data for the Assessment of Environmental Pollution and Soil Monitoring"
A. KARCZEWSKA, K. SZOPKA, C. KABALA, A. BOGACZ

"Activity of Glutathione Peroxidase and Selenium Level in the Blood of Children and Adolescents from Silesia"
J. KARCZEWSKI, L. SZYWALA, J. USTYMOWICZ-FARBISZEWSKA

"The Content of Heavy Metals in Soil and Silver Birch Leaves (Betula pendula Roth) from Walbrzych and Glog6w"
A. KLINK, B. LETACHOWICZ, J. KRAWCZYK, M. WISLOCKA

"Long-Term Effect of Intensive Cultivation of Orchards and Arable Soils in the Krajenska Lake District on the Total Content of Mercury"
M. KOBIERSKI

"Concentration of Trace Elements in Bottom Sediments of a Stream, a Pond and a Lake Loaded with Runoffs from an Agricultural Catchment"
J. KOC, P. SKONIECZEK

"Content of Iron, Manganese and Fluorine in Groundwater and After its Purification to Potable Water"
J. KOC, M. WONS, K. GLINSKA-LEWCZUK, S. SZYMCZYK

"Prediction of Spring Wheat Yield in Zinc Contaminated Areas"
J. KORZENIOWSKA, E. STANISLAWSKA-GLUBIAK

"Aluminium Status in Free Living European Bisons from Bialowieza Primeval Forest"
T. KOSLA, M. SKIBNIEWSKI, E.M. SKIBNIEWSKA, G. URBANSKA-SLOMKA

"Chromium Content in Confectioners' Bread and Cake Products"
A. KOT, S. ZAR1E BA

"Concentrations of Heavy Metals in the Dust Deposited on the Coltsfoot and Stinging Nettle Leaves in the Vistula Area"
J. KOWOL, J. KWAPULINSKI, A. PAUKSZTO, E. GROMULSKA, E. GOSZYK

"Content of Microelements in Selected Herbs from Natural Meadows"
T. KOZANECKA, K. CZARNOWSKA, Z. BROGOWSKI, W. KWASOWSKI

"Evaluation of the Content of Iron, Zinc, Copper and Chromium in the Hair of Selected Group of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Patients - a Pilot Study"
Z. KREJPCIO, R.W WOJCIAK, H. STANIEK, B. WIERUSZ-WYSOCKA

"Content of Macro- and Microelements in Milk of Black-White and Simentals Cows Throughout the Summer and Winter Feeding Seasons"
J. KRÖL, Z. LITWINCZUK, J. BARLOWSKA, M. KEDZIERSKA-MATYSEK

"Bioaccumulation of Microelements in Selected Plants of the Undergrowth in Kampinos National Park"
W. KWASOWSKI, D. MICHALAK, T. KOZANECKA

"Assessment of Energy, Carbohydrates, Vitamin B, and Chromium Content in Daily Food Rations of the Polish National Team of Athletes"
A. LEBIEDZINSKA, R. ZBIKOWSKI, J. CZAJA, P. SZEFER

"Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Organs of Typha latifolia L."
B. LETACHOWICZ, J. KRAWCZYK, A. KLINK

"The Influence of Mineral Fertilization on Heavy Metal Fraction Contents in Soil. Part 1. Zinc" A. LUKOWSKI

"Effects of Sorbents on Concentrations of Some Trace Elements in Butter-Head Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L. Var. Capitata L.)"
J. MAJKOWSKA-GADOMSKA

"Effect of Environmental Pollution with Heavy Metals on Lead and Cadmium Concentrations in Roots of Permanent Teeth"
P. MALARA, J. KWAPULINSKI, B. MALARA

"Copper, Tron and Manganese in Some Food Products for Infants"
A. MARZEC, Z. MARZEC, S. ZAREBA

"Speciation of Metals in Street Dusts"
J. MIROSLAWSKI, J. KWAPULINSKI, A. PAUKSZTO, R. ROCHEL, M. BORON, 0. DRABEK

"Tron Metabolism in Two Meat Breeds of Cattle in Selected Elements of the Trophic Chain"
T. MITUNIEWICZ, K. IWANCZUK-CZERNIK, A. WÖJCIK, J. SOWINSKA, D. WITKOWSKA 431

"The Relationship Between Available Zinc Content and Basic Parameters of an Arable Soil"
B. MURAWSKA, E. SPYCHAJ-FABISIAK, J. DLUGOSZ

"Contents of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments of Oxbow Lakes and the Slupia River"
K. OBOLEWSKI, K. GLINSKA-LEWCZUK

"Minerals and Trace Elements in Some Soy-Based Food Products from Poland"
K. OPRZADEK, K. SYROCKA, E. OLSZEWSKA, M. SZMITKOWSKA, M. BORKOWSKA

"Vanadium Concentrations in Soil and Mosses Collected in the Gdansk Region"
M. PACER-STRACH, W. CZARNOWSKI

"Relationship Between Contents of Heavy Metals in the Nettle and Soil: a Case Study in Chocholowska Valley (the Tatra Mountains National Park)"
A. PAUKSZTO, J. KOWOL, J. KWAPULINSKI, R. ROCHEL, J. MIROSLAWSKI,
B. BRODZIAK, A. KROPCZYNSKA, B. SMIETANA

"Bioacumulation of Some Metals in Muscle Tissue, Liver and Kidneys of Young Male and Female Goats"
K. PIENIAK-LENDZION, R. NIEDZIÖLKA, E. HOROSZEWICZ

"Seasonal Changes of Some Trace Elements in Bottom Sediments of Midfield Kettle Holes Located in Areas of Different Agricultural Use"
J. PODLASINSKA, H. SIWEK

"Iron and Manganese in Water of the Great Lagoon (Szczecin Lagoon)"
G. POLESZCZUK

"The Relationship Between Ionic Concentration in Soil Solution and Degree of Plant Supply with Micronutrients"
B. RUTKOWSKA, W. SZULC, J. LABETOWICZ

"Speciation and Concentration of Trace Elements in the Ferruginous Sediments of Poland"
G. RZEPA, T. BAJDA, M. SIKORA

"Copper Concentration in Chosen Organs and Tissues of Free Living European Bison from Bialowieza Forest"
E.M. SKIBNIEWSKA, T. KOSLA, M. SKIBNIEWSKI, G. URBANSKA-SLOMKA

"Cadmium and Lead in Bottom Sediments and Reed Sweet Grass (Glycerii aquatica) Roots in Selected Rivers of Upper Narew River Basins"
E. SKORBILOWICZ

"Iron in Water of the Suprad River and Melioration Ditches in its Basin Area"
M. SKORBILOWICZ

"Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Bottom Sediments in Small Water Bodies Characterized by Various Levels of Degradation"
A. SKWIERAWSKI

"The Content of Cd, Cu and Zn in Carrot Storage Roots as Related to Differentiated Nitrogen Fertilization and Foliar Nutrition"
S. SMOLEN, W. SADY

"Manganese in Morphological Fractions of Bean Seed, Wheat Flour and its Food Products"
M. SORAL-SMIETANA, U. KRUPA

"Spatial Variability of Available Zinc in Soil under Maize"
E. SPYCHAJ-FABISIAK, J. DLUGOSZ

"Application of Some Laser Techniques in Environmental Monitoring"
M. SZOPA, Z. MIERCZYK, M. DLUGASZEK

"Loss of Magnesium, Iron and Copper After Soaking and Cooking of Legume Seeds"
B. WASZKIEWICZ-ROBAK

"Daily Selenium, Zinc and Copper Intake in Two Populations of Healthy Individuals in Poland. A Preliminary Study"
W. WAtSOWICZ, E. PYTLINSKA, J. GROMADZINSKA, J. BERTRANDT, A. KLOS,
K. SKIBNIEWSKA, A. DARAGO

"Variation of Zinc Accumulation in the Grain of Spring Wheat Cultivars Depending on Foliar or Soil Application"
R. WEBER, B. HRYINCZUK, S. WRÖBEL

"Cadmium and Lead in a Liquid Phase of Surface Run-Offs as a Potential Source of the
Watercourse Pollution in a Mountain Region"
B. WISNIOWSKA-KIELIAN, K. KLIMA

"Assessment of Contamination of Cereal Products with Elements Noxious to Human Health"
M. WOJCIECHOWSKA-MAZUREK, K. STARSKA, E. BRULINSKA-OSTROWSKA, M. PLEWA, U. BIERNAT, K. KART,OWSKI

"Zinc Status in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis"
R.W WÖJCIAK, Z. KREJPCIO, J. GAWItCKI, J. WALKOWIAK

"Fertilization with Boron as a Security Factor of the Nutrient Availability under Drought Conditions"
S. WRÖBEL, B. HRYNCZUK, K. NOWAK

"Interaction of Cadmium with Other Heavy Metals and its Influence on the Soil Biochemical Properties"
J. WYSZKOWSKA, J. KUCHARSKI, M. KUCHARSKI

"Microbial Activity in Zinc Contaminated Soil of Different pH"
M. ZABOROWSKA, J. WYSZKOWSKA, J. KUCHARSKI

"Fe(II) Determination in MultiRVitamol Syrup by lon Chromatography, Classical and Derivatives Spectrophotometry with the Use of Metrian, Metriap, Metriarez-y and Metidarez-(3 - Dyes and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry"
S. ZARFBA, A. POMYKALSKI, K. SZARWILO, A. ZARFZBA

"Caco-2 Cell Culture as a Model to Study Transepithelial Transport of Chromium Applicated as the Biomimetic Cation [Cr 30(O2CCH2CH3)6(H20)3]+"
M. ZIELINSKA-DAWIDZIAK, K. GRAJEK, Z. KREJPCIO, H. STANIEK, W. GRAJEK

2007

Papers by Jose Centeno et al

 Christian WY, Hopenhayn C, Centeno JA, Todorov TI. Distribution of Urinary Selenium and Arsenic Among Pregnant Women Exposed to Arsenic in Drinking Water. Environmental Research 2006;100:115-122.
 Selinus O, Finkelman RB, Centeno JA. Human Health and Ecosystems. In Geology and Ecosystems (Zektser IS, Marker B, Ridgway J, Rogachevskaya L, and Vartanyan G, editors), Springer, ISBN 0-387-29292-6, Part IV, 2006.
 Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Ching-Ping Tseng, Choon-Khim Chong, Tong-Yuan Tai, Jose A. Centeno 2006. Arsenic and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Taiwan. In Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 9th. (Eds. Alpoim MC, Norais PV, Santos MA, Cristovao AJ, Centeno JA, Collery P. ), John Libbey Eurotext, Paris. 2006 pp 70-74.
 Finkelman RB, Belkin HE, Centeno JA. Health Impacts of Coal – Should we be concerned? Geotimes 2006;30:31-35.
 Centeno JA, Tchounwou PB, Patlolla AK, Mullick FG, Murakata L, Meza E, Gibb H, Longfellow D, and Yedjou CG. Environmental pathology and health effects of arsenic poisoning: a critical review. In: Naidu R, Smith E, Smith J and Bhattacharya P eds. Managing Arsenic In the Environment: From Soil to Human Health. CSIRO Publishing Corp. Adelaide, Australia. (Book Chapter in Press), 2005.
 Cook AG, Weinstein P, Centeno JA. Health Effects of Dust – Role of Trace Elements and Compounds. Biol Trace Element Research 2005;103:1-15.
 Finkelman RB, Centeno JA, Selinus O. The Emerging Medical and Geological Association. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 2005;116:155-165.
 Centeno JA, Gray MA, Mullick FG, Tchounwou PB, 2005. Arsenic in Drinking Water and Health Issues. In Metal Contaminants in New Zealand (Moore TA, Black A, Centeno JA, Harding J, Trumm D, Editors), resolution press, Christchurch, NZ, chapter 21, p. 415-439.
 Gray MA, Harris A, Centeno JA, 2005. The Role of Cadmium, Zinc, Selenium and Prostate Disease. In Metal Contaminants in New Zealand (Moore TA, Black A, Centeno JA, Harding J, Trumm D, Editors), resolution press, Christchurch, NZ, chapter 20, p. 393-414. 2005).
 Todorov TI, Ejnik JW, Mullick FG, Centeno JA. Arsenic Speciation in Urine and Blood Reference Materials. Microchimica Acta 2005;1:1-6.
 Centeno JA, Mullick FG, Finkelman RB, Selinus O. Medical Geology – An Emerging Discipline in Support of Environmental and Military Medicine. Mil Med Tech 2005;9(5):7-9.
 Gray M, Centeno JA, Slaney DP, Todorov TI, Ejnik JW, Nacey JN. Environmental Exposure to Trace Elements and Prostate Cancer in Three New Zealand Ethnic Groups. Int J Environ Research Public Health 2005;2(3):374-384.
 Tchounwou PB, Centeno JA and Patlolla AK. Arsenic toxicity, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis - a health risk assessment and management approach. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry 255: 47-55, 2004.
 Tchounwou PB, Patlolla AK and Centeno JA. Serum aminotransferases as biomarkers of arsenic-induced hepatotoxicity in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine vol 8; 284-288: 2004 (ISBN: 2-7 420-0522-6).
 Finkelman RB, Centeno JA, Selinus O, Pereira JJ. Medical Geology: An Emerging Discipline. Environmental Health Focus 2004;2(2):21-28.
 Tchounwou PB, Centeno JA and Patlolla AK. Health risk assessment and management of arsenic toxicity and carcinogenesis. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, vol 8; 14-18: 2004 ((ISBN: 2-7 420-0522-6).
 Centeno JA, Finkelman RB, Olle S. Medical Geology: An Emerging Discipline. Pathology International 2004;54(Suppl.1):S128-S130.

Papers by Bob Finkelman et al

Bunnell, J. E., Finkelman, R. B., Centeno, J. A., and Selinus, 2007, Medical Geology: A globally emerging discipline. Geologica Acta, Vol. 5, no. 3, p. 273-281.

Zhang, B., Wang, B., Ding, Z., Zhou, D., Zhou, Y., Zhou, C., Chen, C., and Finkelman, R. B., 2005, Endemic arsenosis caused by indoor combustion of high-As coal in Guizhou Province, P. R. China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, p. 521-528.

Finkelman, R. B., Belkin, H. E., and Centeno, J. A., 2006, Health Impacts of Coal: Should we be concerned? Geotimes, Sept. 2006, p. 30-34.

Huang, Xi and Robert B. Finkelman, 2006, Mineral Interactions and Health Impacts of Coal Dust Exposure. Abstracts of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, vol. 23, p.95-97.
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Huang Xi, Jisen Dai, and Robert B. Finkelman, 2006, Iron, calcite, and oxidative stress in coal dust-induced lung diseases. Abstracts of the 7th International Symposium on Environmental Geochemistry, Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, vol 25 (Suppl.), p.216-217.

Finkelman, R. B., 2006 Health impacts of coal: Facts and fallacies. Ambio, Vol. 36, no. 1, p. 103-106.

Finkelman, R. B., Selinus, O., and Centeno, J., eds., 2007, Vol. 29, Journal of Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Special Volume Introduction, p.81-82.

Ding, Z-h, Finkelman, R. B., Belkin, H. E., Zheng, B-s, Jin, Z-s, Zhou, Y-s, and Zhou, D-x, 2003, Mineral composition of coals from coal combustion endemic arsenosis areas in Guizhou Province. Coal Geology & Exploration, Vo. 31, No. 1, p. 14-16. (In Chinese).

Finkelman, R. B., 2006, Medical Geology: Tools for improving environmental health. The 4th UNU & GIST Joint Program. International Environmental Research Center, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. P. 3-10.

Finkelman, R. B. and Limpitlaw, U., 2006, Health benefits of geologic materials and geologic processes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 3, no. 4, p. 278-283.

Finkelman, R. B., 2007, How can medical geology help address mining industry health issues? Enviornmin 2007 Program and Abstract Book. Abstract O-7, p.26.

Finkelman, R. B., 2005, The emerging medical and geological association. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association. Vol. 116, p.155-165.

Finkelman, R. B., Centeno, J., and Selinus, O., 2007, Medical Geology: The Future. XI Congresso Brasileiro de Geoquimica. CD-Rom.

Finkelman, Robert B., Centeno, Jose, A., and Selinus, Olle, 2007, Medical Geology: The emergence of a new discipline. Terrae, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, p.3-8.

J. Denis N. Pone, Kim A.A. Hein, Glenn B. Stracher, Robert B. Finkelman, and Harold J. Annegarn, 2007, Potential Environmental and Health Impacts of Burning Coal in Witbank Coalfield, South Africa, ERSEC (Ecological Research for Sustaining the Environment in China) Ecological Book Series – 4.

Papers by Fiona Fordyce et al

 2007 Fordyce F M, Vrana K, Zhovinsky E, Povoroznuk V, Toth G, Hope, B C, Iljinsky U and Baker J. A health risk assessment for fluoride in Central Europe. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Special Issue Medical Geology in Developing Counties. Vol. 29 (2), 83-102.

 2007 Fordyce F M. Selenium geochemistry and health. AMBIO A Journal of the Human Environment. Special Volume from the International Medical Geology Symposium, Stockholm 18 - 19 May 2006. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Vol. XXXVI (1). 94-97

 2007 Fordyce F M. Selenium medical geology. Géosciences et Santé (Geosciences and Health). BRGM Géosciences Vol. 5 (March 2007). 62.

 2007 Broadway A, Farmer J G, Ngwenya B T, Cave M R, Fordyce F M. Assessing the human health risks posed by chromium-contaminated land in Glasgow and its environs. Abstracts of the 25th Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health European Conference, John Moore's University, Liverpool, 4-5 June 2007.

A special volume of AMBIO, the journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on medical geology.
No 1, February 2007

MEDICAL GEOLOGY: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE

Preface to Medical Geology Papers
Rolf Hallberg

Epidemiological Transitions and the Changing Face of Medical Geology
Philip Weinstein and Angus Cook

Iodine Deficiency: An Ancient Problem in a Modern World
Ron Fuge

Natural Minerogenic Dust and Human Health
Edward Derbyshire

Global Impacts Of Geogenic Arsenic: A Medical Geology Research Case
Jose A. Centeno, Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Gijsbert B. Van der Voet, and Robert B. Finkelman

Blackfoot Disease in Taiwan: Its Link with Inorganic Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water
Chin-Hsiao Tseng, Choon-Khim Chong, Ching-Ping Tseng, and Jose A. Centeno

Radon: Sources, Health Risks, and Hazard Mapping
J. D. Appleton

Selenium Deficiency and Endemic Heart Failure in China: A Case Study of Biogeochemistry for Human Health
Changsheng Li

Selenium Geochemistry and Health
Fiona Fordyce

Health Effects of Toxic Organic Substances from Coal: Toward “Panendemic” Nephropathy
William Orem, Calin Tatu, Nikola Pavlovic, Joseph Bunnell, Harry Lerch, Virgil Paunescu, Valentin Ordodi, Deolinda Flores, Margo Corum, and Anne Bates

Health Impacts of Coal: Facts and Fallacies
Robert B. Finkelman

Metal Biology: Aspects of Beneficial Effects
Ulf Lindh

Mobilization of Mercury and Methylmercury from Forest Soils after a Severe Storm-Fell Event
John Munthe, Sofie Hellsten, and Therese Zetterberg

Medical Geology: An Opportunity for the Future
Olle Selinus

A special volume of the Journal of BRGM (Geological Survey of France) on Medical Geology (Geosciences et Sante)
No 5, March 2007. 118 pp

 Édito - Jean Dercourt
 Introduction - Peter Bobrowsky
 Les minéraux en pharmacie Daniel Lefort des Ilouzes, Roger Deloncle et Pierre Dubois
 Le radon dans les bâtiments - Bernard Collignan
 L’amiante dans l’environnement en France : de l’exposition au risque
 Marie-Annick Billon-Galland, Laurent Martinon, Mathilde Pascal et Côme Daniau
 Plomb et santé : importance de la spéciation Philippe Glorennec, Valérie Laperche et Dominique Guyonnet
 Mercure naturel et santé - Patrice Piantone
 Étude des risques sur les sites pollués : le rôle des processus naturels - Olivier Atteia et Alain Saada
 L’eau souterraine est-elle toujours potable à l’état naturel ? Ariane Blum, Laurence Chéry et Hélène Legrand
 Fluoride in groundwater: origin and health impacts Hélène Pauwels et Shakeel Ahmed
 Le thermalisme, la médecine que la Terre nous a donnée Christian-François Roques
 Boire l’eau du robinet ou l’eau en bouteille Philippe Vigouroux et Thierry Pointet
 Protection des captages d’eau souterraine destinée à la consommation humaine Didier Pennequin, Jean‑François Vernoux, Charles Saout, Gaelle Château et Anne Pillebout
 L’évaluation des risques sanitaires : application au stockage des déchets ménagers Frédéric Dor et Dominique Guyonnet
 Tribune - Health and hazards: Interdisciplinary activities between earth sciences and public health - H. Catherine W. Skinner
 Tribune - The medical geology revolution Olle Selinus, Jose A. Centeno et Robert B. Finkelman
 Tribune - Volcanisme et santé - Jacques Varet
 Tribune - Les métaux sont-ils utiles ou néfastes pour la santé ? Alain Grimfeld

Metals in the environment. Proceedings from the 3rd International Conference in Lithuania.
With a special session of Metals and Health.

 EFFECT OF PRE- AND PERINATAL MANGANESE EXPOSURE ON BRAIN MANGANESE LEVELS, BODY WEIGIT, GAIN AND LEARNING ABILITY OF THE RAT Tamar Bikashvili, Asmat Shukakidze, Ia Kutateladze, Nato Chkhartishvili and Ilia Lazrishvili, Georgia
 EFFECTS OF MANGANESE IN THE BRAIN. NEUROTOXICITY. A MINI-REVIEW Solhie Ermidou-Pollet. Serse Pollet. Greece
 EYE CHANGES IN THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE OF SOME HEAVY METALS Daiva Imbrasiene, Jurate Jankauskienea and Lisiia SvellieneL. Lithuania
 THE PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF SELECTED ESSENTIAL MINERALS Donald Oberleas, USA
 SELENIUM CONNECTION WITH ANTIOXIDANTS IN BLOOD OF CHERNOBYL CLEAN-UP WORKERS Andrejs Skesters, Tija Zvagule, Alise Silova, Kim D Rainsford, Nina Rusakova, Inna Burdukova, Brian Callingham and Liga Larmane,Latvia and UK
 EFFECTS OF CADMUM IONS ON THE TRANSLATION MACHINERY AND ON THE CELLDEATH IN MOUSE LIVER Ilona Sadauskiene, Leonid Ivanov, Laima lvanoviene,Vaiva Lesauskaite, Arunas Liekis, Inga Staneyiciene, Lithuania
 LEAD AND COPPER LEVELS IN RAW COW'S MILK IN LITHUANIA Rasa Valiukenaite, Marija Stankevitiene, Lithuania

TERRAE V2 No1/2
Environment and Health

Medical Geology: the emergence of a new discipline
Robert B. Finkelman, Jose A. Centeno, Olle Selinus

Human health risk areas in the State of Paran i, Brazil: results from low density geochemical mapping
Otavio Augusto Boni Licht

Arsenic in the rivers of the Amazon Basin
Wilson Scarpelli

Human and environmental lead contamination in the Upper Ribeira Valley Southeastern Brazil
Fernanda Gontalves da Cunha, Bernardino Ribeiro Figueiredo, Monica B. Paoliello, Eduardo M. De Capitani, Alice M. Sakurna

Environmental gamma radiation in municipalities of Eastern of Säo Paulo State, Brazil
Rodrigo O. Bastos, Elisabete M. Pascholati