What is medical geology?

"Medical Geology” - the science dealing with the relationship between natural geological factors and health in man and animals

Medical geology started as a "new" discipline in 1998 with establishing a Working Group on Medical Geology within COGEOENVIRONMENT, an international commission on environmental geology under the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

Since then medical geology has grown tremendously. For a brief history and background see this page

For those of you who want to know more about medical geology, what it is and what it can be used for, these links are intended to give introductions to this subject.

Medical Geology - a chapter from the book Environmental Medicine giving an introduction to medical geology. (6MB) English

Earth and Health - A brochure om medical geology produced for the UN Initiative Year of Planet Earth. (Brochure "Earth and Health") English

Medicinsk Geologi - a paper from a popular geological magazine (Geologiskt Forum). Gives a general overviwe of medical geology and future plans. Swedish

In January the International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) was launched. For all those who are interested in joining this global association visit the IMGA page and become a member!

MEDICAL GEOLOGY. TRANSLATIONS

Medical geology English
Medicinsk geologi Swedish, Norwegian
Geologie Medicale French
Geologie Medicala Romanian
Mediese Geologie Afrikaans
Geologia Médica Portugese
Mushonganyika Shona (Zimbabwe)
Geologia Médica Spanish
Meditsiiniline Geoloogia Estonian
Medikal Jeoloji Turkish
Medizinische Geologie German
Lääketieteellinen Geologia Finnish
Aousadhi Bhu-Bigyan Nepali
Medicinine geologija Lithuanian