T282 Intersection of Geology and Health: Impacts of Geologic Materials on Public Health

Wednesday, 12 October 2011
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room M100BC

Presentations

• 1:40 PM
  MINERAL-INDUCED RADICAL FORMATION: THE GOOD AND THE BAD
  Martin A.A. Schoonen, Stony Brook University, Stonybrook, NY
  195784 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  A COMPARISON OF TOXICOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER FROM DIVERSE SOURCES
  Geoffrey Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Suzette A. Morman, USGS, Denver, CO and Gregory P. Meeker, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  193589 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  THE TRANSPORT OF GEOGENIC CHROMIUM AND NICKEL FROM ULTRAMAFIC SOURCES IN NORTHERN, CALIFORNIA: IS THERE A HUMAN HEALTH RISK?
  Jean Morrison, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO and Martin B. Goldhaber, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Robert L. Hooper, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and Suzette A. Morman, USGS, Denver, CO
  197018 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE ANALYSIS OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN INDIVIDUAL AIR PARTICULATES FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CA: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF AIR PARTICULATES ON HUMAN HEALTH
  Sarah Ulrich, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI and Rober L. Hooper, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
  196600 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  INTEGRATING MINERALOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND TOXICOLOGY FOR THE RAPID DETERMINATION OF THE RESPIRATORY HEALTH HAZARD OF VOLCANIC ASH: RESULTS FROM 10 ERUPTIONS
  Claire Horwell, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Peter J. Baxter, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, N/A and Ben Williamson, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Cornwall, N/A and Ken Donaldson, The University of Edinburgh/MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh, N/A and Terry Tetley, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, N/A
  193094 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  WHAT THE LUNGS SEE: MINERALOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE POTENTIAL TOXICITY OF VOLCANIC ASH
  David E. Damby, Durham University, Durham, N/A and Claire Horwell, Durham University, Durham, N/A
  194592 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  THE IMPACTS OF COAL ON PUBLIC HEALTH
  Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
  193250 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  INVESTIGATION OF SELF-SUSTAINING COMBUSTION OF A COAL WASTE HEAP IN SCOTLAND
  Keith W. Torrance, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, N/A and Christine Switzer, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, N/A and Guillermo Rein, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Rory Hadden, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Claire M. Belcher, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A and Ricky Carvel, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, N/A
  195116 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:10 PM
  BRIDGING THE GAP – AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH FOR DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS
  Andrea D. Harrington, New York University, Tuxedo, NY and Styliani-Anna E. Tsirka, Stony Brook University, Stonybrook, NY and Martin A.A. Schoonen, Stony Brook University, Stonybrook, NY
  196834 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:25 PM
  COUPLING LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS AND ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS IN EPIPHYTIC LICHENS TO TRACK PROCESSES IN THE ATHABASCA OIL SANDS REGION
  Joseph R. Graney, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY and Matthew S. Landis, U.S EPA Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC and Sagar Krupa, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, St. Paul, MN
  195712 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:40 PM
  GEOCHEMICALLY FINGERPRINTING SOURCES IN THE URBAN COMPOST STREAM: TOWARDS DESIGNING BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING FACILITIES AND APPLICATION
  Daniel Brabander, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Emily Estes, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Maia G. Fitzstevens, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA and Jiayang Chien, Boston University School Public Health, Boston, MA and Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Boston University School Public Health, Boston, MA
  197451 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  COMPARISON OF BIOACCESSIBILITY USING PBET AND X-RAY ABSORPTION TECHNIQUES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED LEAD CONTAINING MATERIALS
  Jiajia Zheng, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, N/A and Mansour Edraki, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, N/A and Trang Huynh, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, N/A and Massimo Gasparon, Brisbane, N/A and Jack Ng, Brisbane, N/A and Hugh H. Harris, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, N/A and Barry Noller, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Brisbane, N/A
  195917 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:10 PM
  A SIMPLE METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING THE BIOACCESSIBILITY OF AS, CD, AND PB IN SMELTER CONTAMINATED SOIL SAMPLES: A CASE STUDY OF SOILS IN THE DESERT SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES CONTAMINATED BY PB-AG ORE SMELTER EFFLUENT
  Dana J. Bove, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Heather A. Lowers, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Suzette A. Morman, USGS, Denver, CO and Maurice A. Chaffee, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Denver, CO
  197984 (Technical Sessions)