Medical geology

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Medical geology is an emerging interdisciplinary scientific field consisting of those aspects of geology as they affect human, animal and plant health.:In its broadest sense, medical geology studies exposure to or deficiency of trace elements and minerals; inhalation of ambient and anthropogenic mineral dusts and volcanic emissions; transportation, modification and concentration of organic compounds; and exposure to radionuclides, microbes and pathogens.'' (Geotimes 2001)Examples include:
  • Lead and other heavy metal exposure resulting from dust and other particulates
  • Asbestos exposure such as amphibole asbestos dusts in Libby, Montana
  • Fungal infection resulting from airborne dust, such as Valley Fever or coccidioidomycosis


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