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

Session No. 44
Wednesday, 28 August 2013: 2:10 PM-5:10 PM
Washington II (Hilton Crystal City Hotel)

Arsenic and Other Toxic Oxyanions in the Environment II

 

Virinder Sidhu and Rupali Datta, Chairs
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2:10 PM
MAPPING VULNERABILITY TO GROUNDWATER ARSENIC: TOWARDS DEVELOPING A SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL OF ARSENIC MITIGATION IN SOUTH ASIA
SINGH, Sushant, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, 358N ML, Montclair, NJ 07043, VEDWAN, Neeraj, Department of Anthropology, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Dickson Hall-141, Montclair, NJ 07043 and SIDHU, Virinder, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043, vedwann@mail.montclair.edu, vedwann@mail.montclair.edu
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2:30 PM
ARSENIC RISK MAPPING AND COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION: IMPROVING WELL WATER PROTECTION AND HEALTH IN NOVA SCOTIA
DUMMER, Trevor, CHAPPELLS, Heather, CAMPBELL, Norma, NAUTA, Laura and PARKER, Louise, Population Cancer Research Program, Dalhousie University, 1494 Carlton Street, PO Box 1500, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada, trevor.dummer@iwk.nshealth.ca, trevor.dummer@iwk.nshealth.ca
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2:50 PM
ARSENIC EXPOSURE IN RURAL POPULATIONS LIVING IN THE RIFT VALLEY OF ETHIOPIA AS MONITORED BY KERATIN IN TOENAILS
MEROLA, R. Brittany1, VENGOSH, Avner1, KRAVCHENKO, Julia2 and GODEBO, Tewodros R.3, (1)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, Durham, NC 27710, (3)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, rbm11@duke.edu, rbm11@duke.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
ARSENIC AND OTHER INORGANIC NATURALLY OCCURRING CONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER OF THE MAIN ETHIOPIAN RIFT: A HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
GODEBO, Tewodros R.1, VENGOSH, Avner1, DWYER, Gary1 and BIANCHINI, Gianluca2, (1)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara, Italy, 44100, Italy, tg67@duke.edu, tg67@duke.edu
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3:50 PM
THE GEOCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF OXYANIONS RELEASED FROM COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUES AND PROCESSES
RUHL, Laura, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204, VENGOSH, Avner, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, DWYER, Gary S., Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University, Box 90227, Durham, NC 27708, HSU-KIM, Heileen, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708 and SCHWARTZ, Grace E., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 121 Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27708-0287, lsruhl@ualr.edu, lsruhl@ualr.edu
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4:10 PM
MERCURY, FLUORIDE AND ACID RELEASE FROM UNDERGROUND COAL FIRES IN WUDA, INNER MONGOLIA OF CHINA
LIANG, Yanci1, ZHU, Shuquan1, LIANG, Handong2 and FINKELMAN, Robert B.3, (1)School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 100083, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources & Safe Mining, Beijing, 100083, China, (3)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, liangyc@outlook.com, liangyc@outlook.com
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4:30 PM
DYNAMICS OF ARSENIC MOBILIZATION IN FLUVIAL SYSTEM OF THE GANGA ALLUVIAL PLAIN, NORTHERN INDIA: INFERENCE TO HUMAN ACTIVITY
SINGH, Satyendra, Geology, Govt. Girls PG College Ghazipur, Dept. of Geology, Govt. Girls PG College Ghazipur, Ghazipur, 233001, India, drssingh62@gmail.com, drssingh62@gmail.com
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4:50 PM
TUBEWELL PLATFORM COLOR: A QUICK SCREENING TOOL FOR ARSENIC AND MANGANESE IN DRINKING WATER
ANNADUZZAMAN, M.1, BISWAS, Ashis2, HOSSAIN, Mohammed3, JACKS, Gunnar3, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun4 and AHMED, Kazi Matin5, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept. of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N5E2, Canada, (3)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (4)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (5)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, mdann@kth.se, mdann@kth.se
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