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2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (25–29 August 2013)

Session No. 35
Tuesday, 27 August 2013: 2:10 PM-5:10 PM
Washington III (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Water and Human Health II

 

Giora Rytwo, Chair
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2:10 PM
WATER SALINITY RISK ASSESSMENT USING THE SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO (SAR) IN WATER FROM A DAM USED FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES
DE LA MORA OROZCO, Celia1, FLORES LÓPEZ, Hugo E.1 and CHÁVEZ DURÁN, Alvaro A.2, (1)INIFAP, Km 8 Carretera Tepatitlán-Lagos de Moreno, Tepatitlán de Morelos, 47600, Mexico, (2)INIFAP, Km 8 Carretera Tepatitlán- Lagos de Moreno, Tepatitlán de Morelos, 47600, Mexico, celgdl@hotmail.com, celgdl@hotmail.com
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2:30 PM
SOME AQUIFERS IN COLOMBIA HAVE DEMONSTRATED A POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARD: FAR FROM RHETORIC, CLOSER TO REALITY
MARTÍNEZ-SACRISTÁN, Hernando, Geology, City University of New York City, 554 W. 53rd Street Room 6-I-1, New York, NY 10019 and MARTINEZ, Liza C., Universidad El Bosque, 100 Warren Street Apt. 814, Jersey City, NJ 07302, hernando.martinez@yorkmail.cuny.edu, hernando.martinez@yorkmail.cuny.edu
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2:50 PM
BALNEO-THERAPEUTIC QUALITY OF WATER FROM THERMAL CHLOROSODIC SPRINGS OF THE MIDDLE BENUE TROUGH, NIGERIA
NGHARGBU, K'tso1, SCHOENEICH, Krzysztof2, ALAGBE, Solomon Ayodele2, PONIKOWSKA, Irena3, LATOUR, Teresa4 and KUROWSKA, Ewa5, (1)Geology and Mining, Nasarawa State University, PMB 1022, Nigeria, Keffi, +234, Nigeria, (2)Geology, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Zaria, 234, Nigeria, (3)Balneology and Physical Madicine, Nicolas Copernicus University, Ciechocinek, 48, Poland, (4)Health Resort Material, Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, Warsaw, 48, Poland, (5)Fundamental Geology, University of Silesia, Katowice, 48, Poland, nghargtbu@gmail.com, nghargtbu@gmail.com
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
USING BIOLOGICAL REMEDIATION SYSTEM TO ADDRESS ANTIBIOTIC CONTAMINATION IN WATER SOURCES
SENGUPTA, Apaurpa1, BAGLEY, Susan1, SIDHU, Virinder2 and DATTA, Rupali3, (1)Biological Sciences, Michigan Tech University, 740 DOW, Biology, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, asengupt@mtu.edu, asengupt@mtu.edu
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3:50 PM
ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO LEGACY AND EMERGENT CONTAMINANTS THROUGH A KARST AQUIFER
PADILLA, Ingrid Y.1, IRIZARRY, Celys1, TORRES TORRES, Norma I.1, CORDERO, José F.2, CANTONWINE, David E.3 and MEEKER, John D.3, (1)Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, P.O. 9000, Mayagüez, PR 00681, (2)School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936-5067, (3)School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, 1700 SPH I, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, ingrid.padilla@upr.edu, ingrid.padilla@upr.edu
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4:10 PM
ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED MAJOR AND TRACE CONSTITUENTS IN THE GROUND WATER OF SOME PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
ODUKOYA, Abiodun Mary, Department of Geosciences, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, +234, Nigeria, mabiodun@unilag.edu.ng, mabiodun@unilag.edu.ng
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