188 Recent Advances in Geology & Health

Tuesday, 6 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
212AB

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  HOW NOT TO COMMUNICATE GEOLOGY AND HEALTH ISSUES
  Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
  206527 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING AND LUNG/BRONCHUS CANCER DEATHS IN WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY?
  Lynn M. Crosby, Reston, VA and William H. Orem, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  208502 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  HUMAN BIOACCESSIBILITY OF FE, MN, ZN AND CU FROM CONSUMED EARTH MATERIALS IN VHEMBE DISTRICT, SOUTH AFRICA
  Abuh Momoh, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, N/A
  206137 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  GEOLOGY AND HEALTH INSIGHTS INTO LEAD POISONING FROM ARTISANAL GOLD MINING, NW NIGERIA: SOURCES, EXPOSURE PATHWAYS, ADDITIONAL HEALTH CONCERNS, AND GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
  Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Denver, CO and James T. Durant, Atlanta, GA
  213287 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  LEAD IN URBAN SOILS: A CASE STUDY FROM A TERRE HAUTE COMMUNITY GARDEN
  David T. Van Halen, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Heather Foxx, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Joseph Petitt, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Jennifer C. Latimer, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and James Speer, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
  212965 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  EVALUATING THE ROLE OF IRON IN ANTIBACTERIAL MINERALS
  Keith D. Morrison, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Lynda B. Williams, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  212233 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  UNRAVELING THE MODE OF ACTION FOR A NATURAL ANTIBACTERIAL CLAY OF LACUSTRINE ORIGIN
  S. Carolina Londono, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Lynda B. Williams, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  213025 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  DETECTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS IN GROUNDWATER BENEATH AND ADJACENT TO ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
  Katie L. Supler, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Siddhartha Mitra, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Charles Humphrey, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Michael A. O'Driscoll, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
  210142 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF WATER AND POTENTIAL COST TO THE CONSUMER FOR WATER SUPPLIES FROM THE GLACIAL AQUIFER SYSTEM
  Kelly Warner, U.S. Geological Survey, Urbana, IL and Joseph Ayotte, New England Water Science Center, Pembroke, NH and Mary E. Warner, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
  212694 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  CLIMATE AND CULTURAL IMPACTS ON WATER FLOW IN THE MAUMEE RIVER, OH
  Doris Becker, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH and Kirk A. Zmijewski, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
  210926 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  OPTICAL MONITORING OF DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT PRECURSORS WITH FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION-EMISSION MAPPING (F-EEM): PRACTICAL APPLICATION ISSUES FOR DRINKING, WASTE AND REUSE WATER INDUSTRY
  Adam Gilmore, Molecular and Microanalysis, Edison, NJ
  208684 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  INVESTIGATION OF SNAIL POPULATION DYNAMICS FOR SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION USING STRONTIUM ISOTOPE TRACERS
  Motomu Ibaraki, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  211627 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  POTENTIAL MAPPING OF THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION VIA SPACEBORNE OBSERVATIONS
  Kuo-Hsin Tseng, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Motomu Ibaraki, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Song Liang, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Hyongki Lee, University of Houston, Houston, TX and Jiyoung Lee, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and C.K. Shum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  210705 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  NATURAL ALTERATIONS OF WATER QUALITY BY LOW-RANK COALS: HUMAN HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
  Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
  211199 (Technical Sessions)