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Essential elements for human health

Essential elements for human health. Ultimate element source is the Earth. Dante Scarpelli and John Craighead, 1985. Nature, it seems, has a limited repertoire of strategies and appears to be governed by the same principles at every level of organization. Paracelsus, 1538.

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Essential elements for human health

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  1. Essential elements for human health Ultimate element source is the Earth

  2. Dante Scarpelli and John Craighead, 1985 Nature, it seems, has a limited repertoire of strategies and appears to be governed by the same principles at every level of organization.

  3. Paracelsus, 1538 All substances are poison; it is the dose that differentiates a poison from the remedy

  4. SOURCES TRANSFORMATION + TRANSPORT Air Water Sediments Biosphere EXPOSURE + HEALTH EFFECTS Geology and Human HealthOverarching Themes: What? Plumlee and Zeigler, 2003

  5. Wells with high concentrations of uranium in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Geogenic sources: mineralogy and geologic setting Asbestos hand specimen and fiber in lung tissue

  6. Industrial discharges to land, water and air Anthropogenic sources Agricultural activities

  7. Accumulation and transformation in soils and sediment

  8. Transport in air and water

  9. Air transport: advection and dispersion

  10. Ground Water Flow Direction Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid DNAPL Plume Migration Sediment transport in streams Sediment deposition Water transport

  11. Exposure: In the end, we are what we eat (and drink and breathe)

  12. Exposure and Risk

  13. Geology and Human HealthOverarching Themes: Who and Where? • Undergrads, general education courses • Undergrad majors, introductory courses • Undergrad majors, upper level courses • Advanced students, interdisciplinary courses • Adult learners, outreach/extension programs • Others???

  14. Geology and Human HealthOverarching Themes: How? • Lectures • Labs • Case studies • Novel interactive exercises • Web based courses and exercises • Other???

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