Soils and Human Health (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Brevik, Eric C.; Burgess, Lynn C.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first reference to focus on human health from a soils perspective, this book discusses human health as a product of soil health. Authors discuss how soils influence human health in a variety of ways, including the supply of nutrients, presence of toxic materials and pathogens, and other factors such as medicines and climate change. Chapters cover soil elements and human health, soil water, geophagy, organic pollutants in soil, medicinal uses of soils, pathogens in soil, , radioactive elements/issues in soil, soil degradation, soil-based public health recommendations, heavy metals in soil, food security, and climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040053324
• Artikelnr.: 70001634

Autorenporträt

Eric Brevik, PhD, is Associate Professor of Geology and Soils at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, USA. Lynn C. Burgess, PhD, is Associate Professor of Biology, and Director of the Environmental Health Program at Dickinson State University in North Dakota, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Topic Overview: An Introduction to Soil Science Basics. Soils and Human Health: An Overview. Human Health as It Relates to Materials Found in Soil: Soil
Heavy Metals
and Human Health. Organic Pollutants in Soil. Human Disease from Introduced and Resident Soilborne Pathogens. Radioactive Elements in Soil: Interactions
Health Risks
Remediation
and Monitoring. Soil's Influence on Water Quality and Human Health. Human Use of and Interactions with Soil: Geophagy: An Anthropological Perspective. Soil Minerals
Organisms
and Human Health: Medicinal Uses of Soils and Soil Materials. Soils
Human Health
and Wealth: A Complicated Relationship. Human Contact with Plants and Soils for Health and Well-Being. Organic Farming: Impacts on Soil
Food
and Human Health. Addressing Soil Impacts on Public Health: Issues and Recommendations. Food Security and Climate Change: Soils and Food Security. Soils
Climate
and Human Adaptability: Review of History in the Holocene. Climate Change
Soils
and Human Health.