Centeno, et al., have assembled a special issue Geoscience dealing with current and future medical geology including ... elevated levels of arsenic in drinking water in dozens of countries including the U.S., mercury emissions from coal combustion and its bioaccumulation in the environment, the impacts of mercury, arsenic, and lead mobilizations in surface and groundwater in regions were artisanal gold mining is conducted, the residual health impacts of geologic processes such as volcanic emissions, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and geogenic dust, exposure to fibrous minerals such as asbestos and erionite, and the health impacts of global climate change.
Billions of people, most in developing countries, are afflicted by these and other environmental health issues that can be avoided, prevented, mitigated or minimized only after detailed and comprehensive research and educational outreach have been conducted and solutions identified, if possible. This Special Issue of the journal... Geosciences, marks an important milestone in the global growth and maturation of medical geology. The current Special Issue discusses recent advances in medical geology, providing examples from research conducted all over the world.
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