Groundwater deterioration due to enrichment with contaminants of either geogenic or
anthropogenic origin has adversely affected safe water supply for drinking and irrigation …

Soil has a considerable effect on human health, whether those effects are positive or
negative, direct or indirect. Soil is an important source of nutrients in our food supply and …

Clay, or more precisely, certain clay typologies, have been used traditionally by humans for
therapeutic, nutritional, and skin-care purposes though they may be responsible for some …

Purpose This paper aims to review the known and anticipated medical geology problems in
Ghana, to highlight the impact of some trace elements on human health and to reveal some …

The role of plant-matrix certified reference materials as instruments ensuring the uniformity
of measurements and the reliability of the results in performing ecological research and the …

The chapter starts with the uptake of minerals in the elemental form by the human body,
minerals that could be either beneficial or harmful, the uptake involving four sources (food …

Fluorine is an element that can be discovered in water, soil, rocks, minerals, and other
natural surroundings. It is a naturally occurring substance. Fluoride's effects on plant health …

Insufficient information on the link between health data and geology in developing countries
is a major barrier to identify sources of some emerging public health problems. A total of …

Ingestion of geophagic materials might affect human health and induce diseases by different
ways. The purpose of this study is to determine the geochemical composition of geophagic …

This chapter is initiated with the record and discussion of the diverse uses of healing clay,
both for internal applications involving geophagy and edible clay and for external or topical …