GH011
Geochemistry to Health: Linking Geoscience to Exposures and Health Impacts of Nutrients and Toxicants

Session ID#: 75036

Session Description:
Both metals and organic chemicals are released to the environment via natural and anthropogenic activities. Many of them are pollutants that pose harmful effects on ecosystem and human health (e.g., Pb, Hg, PFCs, PAHs). Others (e.g., Se, fatty acids) are essential for living organisms within certain intake ranges. Physicochemical properties and biogeochemical cycling of these chemicals govern their bioavailability and impacts on ecosystem and human health. The influences of global change like climate change, natural disaster, urbanization, and new policies and technologies could significantly alter the extent of chemical exposure and health impacts at genetic, organism, population to ecosystem levels. This session will bring together environmental scientists, ecologists, geoscientists, and epidemiologists under the discussion of “Geohealth”. We welcome presentations covering new advancements in linking environmental sources and biogeochemical processes to health relevant impacts of any toxicants or nutrients, with particular interests in studies looking at the influence of global changes.
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
0232 Impacts of climate change: ecosystem health [GEOHEALTH]
0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]


Primary Convener:  Miling Li, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Convener:  Sae Yun Kwon, POSTECH Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
Primary Liaison:  Miling Li, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
Vulnerability to Groundwater Arsenic in the Bengal Basin: The Interplay between Dense Populations, Geologic Complexity, and Large-Scale Geogenic Contamination (Invited) (486441)
Holly A Michael, University of Delaware, Geological Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, Mahfuzur Khan, University of Dhaka, Department of Geology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Cliff Voss, USGS, Earth System Processes Division, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Charles Franklin Harvey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, Alexander van Geen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Peter Knappett, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States
 
Pollution characteristics, source apportionment and health risk assessment of BTEX in ambient air of Handan, China (489366)
Yu Wang1, Guang Yang1 and Atmosphere Team of Hebei University of Engineering, (1)Hebei University of Engineering, College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Handan, China
 
Spatial Distribution Characteristics and Enrichment Mechanism of Soil Selenium in Tongliao Area, Northeast China (492025)
Xinlin Zhong, School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, China and Yiqun Gan, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Wuhan, China
 
On the Composition and Structure of Human Kidney Stone Nano-layers at Atomic Scale (496419)
Matthew M. Wielicki1, Alberto Perez-Huerta1, Chiara Cappelli2, Richard L Martens3, Mayandi Sivaguru4 and Bruce W Fouke5, (1)University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, United States, (3)University of Alabama, Central Analytical Facility, Tuscaloosa, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, (5)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Geology, Champaign, IL, United States
 
Fluoride exposure biomarkers and mineralized tissue disorders (510645)
Tewodros Godebo, New Orleans, LA, United States
 
Deciphering Changes in Foraging Habitats of Beluga Using lead Isotopes (522951)
Miling Li, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Dominique Weis, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Lisa Loseto, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Winnipeg, Canada
 
Bioleaching of Co and Cs contaminated soil using Acidithiobacillus Thiooxidans (527007)
Kyoung-Woong Kim, GIST Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of (South), Young-gwang Kim Mr., GIST Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea, Myoung-Soo Ko, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South) and Young-Gwang Kim
 
Projection of the Benefit of Minamata Convention on Mercury in the 21st Century (531130)
Yanxu Zhang, Nanjing University, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China
 
Characterizing Childhood Lead Exposure from Soil in Philadelphia Public Spaces (542543)
James Gibson, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, NY, United States and Eden Harris, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
 
Degradation of Adsorbed BPA by Oxidized Manganese Species (547715)
Yanchen Sun1, Nusrat Shobnam2, Jeongdae Im2, Gao Chen1, Yongchao Yin3, Paul R. Erickson4 and Frank E. Loeffler5,6, (1)University of Tennessee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Knoxville, TN, United States, (2)Kansas State University, Department of Civil Engineering, Manhattan, KS, United States, (3)University of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Knoxville, TN, United States, (4)Regenesis Bioremediation, San Clemente, United States, (5)University of Tennessee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, Knoxville, TN, United States, (6)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (UT-ORNL) Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS) and Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
 
Interdisciplinary methods for linking mercury sources, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem and human health (Invited) (552179)
Amanda Giang1, Miling Li1 and Hannah Barnard-Chumik2, (1)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
 
A study on the effect of seawater desalination facilities by-products on ecosystem (568524)
Hong Chun Sang1, Sungjong Lee1, hong Joo Ha2, Hyunwoo Jeon3 and Joungsook Choi3, (1)Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Environmental Science, Yongin, Korea, Republic of (South), (3)Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
 
Estimating long-term husbandry hydrogen sulfide exposure from satellite ammonia observations: A new epidemiological tool (570317)
Ira Leifer1, Christopher Melton2, David M. Tratt3, Kerry N Buckland4, Clement S Chang5, Lieven Clarisse6, Meredith Franklin7, Jeffrey L Hall8, J. Brian Leen9, Tryg Lundquist10, Martin Van Damme11, Samuel A Vigil12 and Simon Whitburn6, (1)Bubbleology Research International, Solvang, CA, United States, (2)Bubbleology Research International LLC, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)The Aerospace Corporation, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)Aerospace Corporation Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)Aerospace Corporation El Segundo, El Segundo, CA, United States, (6)Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Quantum Chemistry and Photophysics, Atmospheric Spectroscopy, Brussels, Belgium, (7)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States, (8)The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA, United States, (9)Los Gatos Research, a member of the ABB Group, San Jose, CA, United States, (10)California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (11)ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium, (12)California Polytechnic State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States
 
Isotopic study of inorganic and methylmercury accumulation and distribution in Paralichthys olivaceus (574274)
Sae Yun Kwon1, Runsheng Yin2, Saebom Jung1, Yo Han Yang1, Seung Hyeon Lim3 and Ju Hyeon Lee1, (1)POSTECH Pohang University of Science and Technology, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang, South Korea, (2)CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Ore Deposit Geochemistry, Guiyang, China, (3)POSTECH Pohang University of Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering, Pohang, South Korea
 
Partitioning of free- and humic substances bound-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using a glass fiber filter coated with polyethylenimine (576464)
Hisanori Iwai, Rodrigo Jose Mundo, Tetsuya Matsunaka and Seiya Nagao, Kanazawa University, Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Nomi, Japan
 
Mitigating Groundwater Arsenic Exposure through in situ and ex situ Treatment (579222)
Yuqin Sun1,2, Jing Sun3,4, Henning Prommer4,5, Benjamin C Bostick6, Xiaoguang Meng7 and Yan Zheng1,6, (1)Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China, (2)Peking University, College of Engineering, Beijing, China, (3)University of Western Australia, School of Earth Sciences, Perth, Australia, (4)CSIRO Land and Water, Wembley, Australia, (5)University of Western Australia, School of Earth and Environment, Perth, WA, Australia, (6)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, (7)Stevens Institute of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental & Ocean Engineering, Hoboken, United States
 
Geogenic and anthropogenic source discrimination of arsenic in water using three-dimensional hydrogeological model combine with geochemical exploration (579790)
Myoung-Soo Ko, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea, Republic of (South) and Donghui Kim Jr., Knagwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
 
Dechlorination of Legacy 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Sediments of a Highly Contaminated Urban River (601428)
Donna Fennell1, Rachel K. Dean2, Cassidy Schneider3 and Haider Almnehlawi2, (1)Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (2)Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, United States, (3)Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Brunswick, United States
 
Processes Controlling the Vertical Distribution of Methylmercury in the Arctic Ocean (613658)
Amina Traore Schartup, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States; Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, Lars-Eric Heimbürger, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography, Marseille Cedex 09, France, Anne Soerensen, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Jeroen Sonke, CNRS-GET, Toulouse, France and Elsie M Sunderland, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
Historical Fluxes of Toxic Trace Elements in the Salton Sea Basin (622293)
Kingsley O Odigie, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States, Dalton S Hardisty, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States, Jeff B Geraci, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Palm Desert, CA, United States and Timothy W. Lyons, University of California Riverside, Department of Earth Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States
 
Reduction in bioaccessibility of soil arsenic through formation of amorphous Fe oxides (629508)
Kyoungphile Nam and Jinhee Park, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
 
Effect of soil pore water chemistry on the determination of ecologically acceptable Cu concentrations in four different land uses (630751)
Buyun Jeong1,2, Kyoungphile Nam2, Jinsung An3 and Hosub Lee2, (1)Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, (2)Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, (3)Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Semyung University, Jecheon-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
 
Individual Particle Controls on Bulk Sample Lead Bio-accessibility in Contaminated Soils (634030)
Andrew Hunt, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, United States
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