Essentials Of Medical Geology: Impacts Of The Natural Environment On Public Health

Essentials of Medical Geology Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health Essentials of Medical Geology Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health Editor-in-Chief Olle Selinus Geological Survey of Sweden Associate Editors Brian J. Alloway The University of Reading, UK José A. Centeno I G IUGS C UNESCO P The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, USA Robert B. Finkelman United States Geological Survey, USA Ron Fuge University of Wales, UK Ulf Lindh Research in Metal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden Pauline Smedley British Geological Survey, UK Amsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London • New York • Oxford Paris • San Diego • San Francisco • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo Elsevier Academic Press 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA 84 Theobald’s Road, London WC1X 8RR, UK This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Except Chapters 2, 10, 11, 12, 15, and 31; as well as Introductions to Sections III and IV. Chapter 2 © 2004, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada. Chapters 10, 11, 12, and 15 British Geological Survey. ©NERC. All rights reserved. Chapter 31, Introduction to Section III, and Introduction to Section IV are all in the public domain. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (+44) 1865 843830, fax: (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail: [email protected] You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://elsevier.com), by selecting “Customer Support” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Application Submitted British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 0-12-6