Newsletter # 1

Newsletter #2 (0.5 MB)

Newsletter #3 (0.3 MB)

Newsletter #4 (0.7 MB)

Newsletter #5 (1.3 MB)

Newsletter#6 (0.7 MB)

Newsletter #7 (1.8 MB)

Newsletter#8 (800 Kb)

Newsletter#9

Newsletter#10

Newsletter#11

 

A newsletter for the members of IMGA is produced. The newsletter is produced twice a year. The future of this newsletter depends on the members of the working group who should submit information and notices regularly to Dave Elliott, if possible by e-mail ( davide5@telus.net).

Editor of the newsletter is Dave Elliott, Canada. Please send your contributions to him.

The newsletters will be posted to all members of the International Medical Geology Association.

Older newsletters are published on the website. More recent newsletters are only distributed to members of IMGA

Contents of Newsletter #1

EDITOR’S COMMENT
REPORT FROM THE WORKSHOP OF THE WORKING GROUP IN UPPSALA 8-12 JUNE 1998
THE CENTRE FOR METAL BIOLOGY IN SWEDEN
PLANNED BOOK ON MEDICAL GEOLOGY
MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN NORWAY
NORDIC NETWORK FOR MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY
IN MEMORIAM OF VALENTINE KONSTANTINOVICH LUKASHEV

Contents of Newsletter # 2

Message from the Chairman
IGCP Project 454. Medical Geology
Geomedicine in East and Southern Africa
Environmental Studies Programme: Moi University
Geomedicine Course Syllabus
Geology in Researching Links between Environment and Health
List of Working Group Members
Workshop in Uppsala

Contents of Newsletter #3

Message from the chairman
Medical Geology an emerging discipline
The presence of calcium oxalate in street sediment from Niteroi (Brazil), and its health implications
An imperial legacy? An exploration of the environmental impact of ancient metal mining and smelting in Southern Jordan
Medical geology at the United States Geological Survey
Upcoming conferences
New book on Medical geology
Second East and Southern Africa Regional Workshop in Geomedicine, Zambia, June 2001

Contents of Newsletter #4

Message from the Chairman
Editors comments and Guidelines for authors
Introduction to the Radon Hotline
Health Effects and Indoor Radon Reduction
Soil Nutrient Deficiencies in an Area of Endemic Osteoarthritis, South Africa
“Manganese Madness” Clues to the Aetiology of Human Brain Disease Emerges from an Geological Anomaly
Medical Geology Applications of an East Africa Geochemical Database
3rd International Conference of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa Euroregion “Environment and Health”
Multiple Metal Contamination from House Paint: Consequences of Power Sanding and Paint Scraping in New Orleans
Books of Interest

Contents of newsletter #5

Message from the Chairman
The Emerging Discipline of Medical Geology
Report on the Medical Geology: Earth Systems Conference
Air Quality Downwind of Sour Gas Flaring
Environmental Pathology and Health Effects of Arsenic Poisoning
ITTRCA: International Tissue and Tumor Repository for Chronic Arsenias
Medical Geology Research in the Slovak Republic
Human Exposure to Lead from a Mining Area in Brazil

Contents of newsletter #6

Arsenic Groundwater Pollution in Mexico
Environmental Mercury and Methylmercury contamination from the Palawan Quicksilver Mine, Philippines
Toxic Mercury from the Industrialised World is Flooding Developing Countries
Challenges of Using Plants in Biogeochemical Studies
Short Course in Medical Geology

Contents of newsletter#7

Message from the chairman
Health effects of toxic organic compounds from coal: from Romania to Powder River
Preliminary assessment of the impact of petroleum refinery, Kaduna, Northern Nigeria on the environment and human health
Distribution of some respiratory diseases within the Minsk oblast
High fluoride in groundwater cripples life in part of India
Groundwater resources and quality in Lithuania
Drinking water: Safety issues in Lithuania
Book review: Green chemistry in Africa
IMGA
New website
Short courses
Book Medical Geology

Contents of Newsletter # 8

Special newsletter: International Medical Geology Association

Message from the chairman
Book: Medical Geology
The new IMGA
2004 Activities
Initiatives for the future
The website, logo competition
Short courses
Regions: Brazil, China, Cuba, Africa, Russia, India, Malaysia, USA
Biographies, contact information
COHAB 2000

Contents of Newsletter #9

Message from the directors
UK Research Councils new Environment and Health Program
Letter to the editor: Geoscience philosophy
Dangerous gas in the Jubarkas district, Lithuania
International Year of Planet Earth
International symposium on medical geology, Stockholm, abstracts
Postgraduate training in medical geology, University of Western Australia
Geohealth and medical geology listserve

Contents of Newsletter#10

FROM THE DIRECTORS MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN THE IMGA RUSSIA-NIS DIVISION
ISOTOPES 234, 238U AND 241Am IN THE ENVIRONMENT
DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL RADON IN THE MOSCOW REGION
METHODOLOGY FOR THE RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATERS IN THE MOSCOW REGION
RISK ASSESSMENT RELATED TO MINERALS
THE CORRELATION OF POTENTIAL FIELDS WITH PSYCHIC DISORDERS AND SOMATIC DISEASES IN LITHUANIA
HEALTH OF CATTLE AND WILDLIFE DOWNWIND FROM GAS FACILITIES: THE WESTERN CANADA STUDY
BOOK: MEDICAL GEOLOGY IN BRAZIL

Contents of Newsletter#11

FROM THE DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
INTERNATIOAL YEAR OF PLANET EARTH
WHY EATING DIRT CAN BE GOOD FOR YOU
MEDICAL GEOLOGY FORUM, MALAYSIA
GEOGENIC DISEASE IN THE GANGETIC PLAIN
LITHIUM IN GROUNDWATER AND SUICIDE MORTALITY
MALIGNANCIES IN SWEDEN AFTER CHERNOBYL
ECOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL HABITAT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
US NRC REPORT, EARTH MATERIALS AND HEALTH: RESEARCH PRIORITIES
IMGA AND GSA GEOLGY AND HEALTH DIVISION
22ND HEMISPHERIC MEDICAL GEOLOGY CONFERENCE, BRAZIL
NEW DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE IN MEDICAL GEOLOGY