Medical Geology A Regional Synthesis
The rapidly expanding field of medical geology deals with the relationships between natural geological factors and health, both human and animal. It also aims to improve our understanding of the ways in which the geological environment has an impact on th
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International Year of Planet Earth Series Editors: Eduardo F. J. de Mulder Executive Director International Secretariat International Year of Planet Earth Edward Derbyshire Goodwill Ambassador International Year of Planet Earth
The book series is dedicated to the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth. The aim of the Year is to raise worldwide public and political awareness of the vast (but often under-used) potential of Earth sciences for improving the quality of life and safeguarding the planet. Geoscientific knowledge can save lives and protect property if threatened by natural disasters. Such knowledge is also needed to sustainably satisfy the growing need for Earth’s resources by more people. Earths scientists are ready to contribute to a safer, healthier and more prosperous society. IYPE aims to develop a new generation of such experts to find new resources and to develop land more sustainably.
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Olle Selinus · Robert B. Finkelman · Jose A. Centeno Editors
Medical Geology A Regional Synthesis
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Editors Olle Selinus Geological Survey of Sweden SE-751 28 Uppsala Sweden [email protected]
Robert B. Finkelman Department of Geosciences University of Texas at Dallas Center for Lithospheric Studies 800 W. Campbell Road Richardson TX 75080 USA [email protected]
Jose A. Centeno U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Department of Environmental & Toxicologic Pathology 6825 16 Cpy NW. Washington DC 20306 USA [email protected] [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3429-8 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3430-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3430-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010925026 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth’s rich and diverse environments. The International Year project was jointly initiated in 2000 by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Earth Science Division of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). IUGS, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation, and UNESCO, an Inter-Governmental Organisation, already shared a long record of productive cooperation in the natural sciences and their application to societal problems,