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List of ContributorsIntroductionPart I: Natural Geologic Hazards1. Linking Health To Geology, Antony R. BergerA. PhysicalObvious and ImmediateCommentary2. Natural Dust and Pneumoconiosis in High Asia, Edward Derbyshire3 Human Sickness and Mortality Rates in Relation to the Distant Eruption of Volcanic Gases: Rural England and the 1783 Eruption of the Laki Fissure, Iceland, John Grattan et al.B. Chemical"Silent" and Long TermCommentary4. Human Geophagy: a Review of Its Distribution, Causes, and Implications, Peter W. Abrahams5. Geogenic Arsenic and Associated Toxicity Problems in the Groundwater-Soil-Plant-Animal-Human Continuum, R. Naidu and P. R. Nadebaum6 Geological Epidemiology: Coal Combustion in China Robert B. Finkelman et al.7 Mitigation of Endemic Arsenocosis with Selenium: an Example from China, Wang Wuyi et al.8. Biogeochemical Cycling of Iodine and Selenium and Potential Geomedical Relevance, Eiliv Steinnes9 Environmental Iodine in Iodine Deficiency Disorders, with a Sri Lankan Example, Fiona M. Fordyce et al.10 Mercury, a Toxic Metal, and Dental Amalgam Removal, U. Lindh et al.11 Nuclear Accumulation of Mercury in Neutrophil Granulocytes Associated with Exposure from Dental Amalgam, A. Lindvall et al.12. Cadmium Accumulation in Browse Vegetation, AlaskaImplications for Animal Health, L. P. Gough, J. G. Crock, and W. C. Day13. Molybdenosis Leading to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Swedish Moose, Adrian FrankPart II: Anthropogenic Changes to the Geologic EnvironmentCommentary14. Surface and Groundwater Quality and Health, with a Focus on the United Kingdom, Colin Neal15. Breast and Prostate Cancer: Sources and Pathways of Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals, Jane A. Plant and Devra L. Davis16 A Legacy of Empires? An Exploration of the Environmental and Medical Consequences of Metal Production in Wadi Faynan, Jordan, John Grattan et al.17. Life in a Copper Province, Eleanora I. Robbins and Michalann Harthill18. Health Problems Related to Environmental Fibrous Minerals, Gunnar Hillerdal19 Anthropogenic Distribution of Lead, H. W. Mielke et al.Part III. Identifying the HazardsCommentary20 Environmental Geochemistry on a Global Scale, Jane A. Plant et al.21. Biogeochemical Monitoring in Medical Geology, O. Selinus22. Some Environmental Problems of Geomedical Relevance in East and Southern Africa, T. C. Davies23. Geochemistry and Vertebrate Bones, H. Catherine W. Skinner24. Soil Nutrient Deficiencies in an Area of Endemic Osteoarthritis (Mseleni Joint Disease) and Dwarfism in Maputoland, South Africa, Portia O. Ceruti, Martin Fey, and Justin Pooley25. Minerals in Human Blood Vessels and Their Dissolution in Vitro, Maciej Pawlikowski26 Organic Compounds Derived from Pliocene Lignite and the Etiology of Balkan Endemic Nephropathy, Calin A. Tatu et al.SummaryGlossary of Medical TermsIndex