Medical Geology

Section 1 - Geochemistry and Health

1. Medical geology: Geosphere, human and animal interface

2. Biogeochemistry: Essential link between geosphere and biosphere

3. Geochemical release and environmental interfaces

Section 2 - Dust Storms and Health

4. Minerogenic dust: Trace elements

5. Silicosis and asbestosis

6. Radon and health

Section 3 - Medical Geology of the Hydrosphere

7. Water-rock interactions: Mineral dissolution

8. Water hardness and health

9. Geochemistry of fluoride in the environment and human health

10. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) and strategies for alleviation

11. Understanding nexus between hydrogeochemical cycling and medical geology of arsenic

12. Potentially toxic metals and health

Section 4 - Medical Pedology: Health Effects from Soils and Sediments

13. Dynamics of trace element bioavailability in soil: Agronomic enhancement and risk assessment

14. Geochemical provenance of metalloids and their release: Implications on medical geology

15. Cobalt and copper deficiency and molybdenosis

16. Healing clays structure and functions

Section 5 - Case Studies

17. Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) ? the search for causes and the impact of its politicization

18. Uraniferous province of Lagoa Real: routes, dispersion and impacts of radioelements on health

19. Defluoridation

20. Pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutic effect of metals and minerals used in traditional medicine

21. Understanding the aetiology of trace elements related non-communicable diseases ? reviewing the Ghanaian situation

22. Dental fluorosis in Turkey

23. Environmental and medical geology of the lead mining and metallurgical complex of Bahia: The case of lead metallurgy, Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil

24. Uncontrolled coal fires: How medical geology can save lives