GH018
You Are Where You Live: Advances in Linking Geochemical Environments and Human Health I

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 20:30-21:30
Virtual
Primary Convener:  Rachel Coyte, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Conveners:  Jennifer Harkness, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, NC, United States and Thomas Darrah, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Rachel Coyte, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
Chairs:  Rachel Coyte, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, Jennifer Harkness, Duke University, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Durham, NC, United States and Thomas Darrah, Ohio State University Main Campus, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Rachel Coyte, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
20:30
GH018-01
The fidelity of elemental concentrations and mass-dependent (δ18O, δ13C, δ15N, δ2H, δ34S, δ42/44Ca) and radiogenic isotopic compositions (87Sr/86Sr, Pb isotopes) in human hair in seawater and fresh water and implications for forensics, anthropology, and environmental exposure monitoring (Invited) (766946)
Gwyneth Williams Gordon, Arizona State University, METAL Lab, Tempe, AZ, United States
20:35
GH018-02
Assessment of the possible human health hazard associated with exposure to naturally occurring potentially toxic elements in groundwater on the flanks of Meru volcano, Arusha, Tanzania (691098)
Ines Tomasek1,2, Hassina Mouri3, Joanna Wragg4, George Bennett5,6, Julian Ijumulana7, Prosun Bhattacharya7, Karen Fontijn8, Mary John Kisaka6,9, Ceven Shemsanga6, Kristine Walraevens5, Philippe Claeys10, Marc Elskens10, Yue Gao10, Martine Leermakers10 and Matthieu Kervyn11, (1)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemistry (AMGC), Ixelles, Belgium, (2)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Geography (FARD), Ixelles, Belgium, (3)University of Johannesburg, Department of Geology, Auckland Park, South Africa, (4)British Geological Survey Keyworth, Environmental Science Centre, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, (5)Ghent University, Laboratory for Applied Geology and Hydrogeology, Ghent, Belgium, (6)University of Dodoma, Department of Geology, Dodoma, Tanzania, (7)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, (8)Université Libre de Bruxelles, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Society, Brussels, Belgium, (9)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Geography (FARD), Brussels, Belgium, (10)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Department of Chemistry (AMGC), Brussels, Belgium, (11)Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
20:40
GH018-03
Geogenic metals in drinking water in California and risk of spontaneous preterm birth (769367)
Allison Sherris1, Mike Baiocchi2, Scott E Fendorf3, Steve Luby4, Wei Yang5 and Gary M Shaw5, (1)Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, United States, (3)Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford, CA, United States, (4)Stanford University, Medicine, Stanford, United States, (5)Stanford University, Pediatrics, Stanford, United States
20:45
GH018-04
The Grave Risks Associated with Secondhand Exposure to Chemotherapy Drugs Excreted by Cancer Patients in Their Sweat, Saliva, Urine and Feces. (751786)
Jeri Wachter, Consultant, Gilbertsville, NY, United States and James Mullowney, Pharma-Cycle LLC, Chemist, Newport, United States
20:50
GH018-05
Diverse studies document intricate relationships among volcanoes, honey, salmon, and Indigenous peoples as part of a complex geochemical puzzle in the Pacific Northwest of North America (Invited) (662747)
Dominique Weis1, Kate E. Smith1, Rhy McMillan1 and Miling Li2, (1)University of British Columbia, PCIGR, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
20:55
GH018-06
Using trace elements and radionuclides distributions in soils to detect the possible presence of legacy coal combustion residuals disposal in North Carolina (714189)
Zhen Wang1, Rachel Coyte1, Heather Stapleton1, Xiao-Ming Liu2 and Avner Vengosh1, (1)Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
21:00
GH018-07
The spatial structure and origin of trace metals and biological material in dust in the Salt Lake Valley, UT, USA (683440)
Annie Putman1, Daniel K Jones2, Scott A Hynek3, Destry DiViesti1, Molly Ann Blakowski4 and Janice Brahney5, (1)Utah Water Science Center, West Valley City, UT, United States, (2)US Geological Survey, West Valley City, UT, United States, (3)USGS, Utah Water Science Center, West Valley City, UT, United States, (4)USGS, Utah Water Science Center, 2329 West Orton Circle, UT, United States, (5)Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
21:05
GH018-08
The Parallel Fate and Transformation of Toxins in the Body and in the Atmosphere (745816)
Amy Hrdina1, Jesse H Kroll1, Ishwar Kohale2 and Bevin P. Engelward2, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
21:10
Discussion
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