GH33C:
Geochemistry and Health: Involving Communities in Measuring Their Environment Posters


Submit an Abstract to this Session


Session ID#: 52605

Session Description:
The need to address geochemistry and health has never been clearer as highlighted by AGU's new GeoHealth section and the 2017 report by the Lancet Commission on pollution and health that found contamination leads to 16% of global deaths. Improving our understanding of how our environment impacts human health, whether in the form of climate change, natural disasters, or contamination, and how we can solve these issues, requires working closely with those most directly impacted. This session invites papers on projects that include community-based participatory research, citizen science, or other approaches involving the general public in measuring their own environment.

Science stands for empowering people with information to make important decisions about their health and their lives. Join us for these discussions about the opportunities and challenges of projects that involve communities and individuals in earth science seeking to improve environmental health, environmental justice, and STEM education.

Primary Convener:  Franziska Landes, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States
Conveners:  Gabriel Michael Filippelli, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States and Aubrey K. Miller, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, United States
Primary Liaison:  Franziska Landes, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States
Chairs:  Franziska Landes, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States and Aubrey K. Miller, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Bethesda, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Gabriel Michael Filippelli, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • ED - Education
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0240 Public health [GEOHEALTH]
0478 Pollution: urban, regional and global [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
1094 Instruments and techniques [GEOCHEMISTRY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Partnering to Improve Understanding of Chronic and Acute Neighborhood-Level Contamination, Manchester, Houston, Texas (348900)
Jennifer A Horney1, Katie R Kirsch1, Kahler W Stone1, Anthony Knap2 and Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.), (1)Texas A&M University College Station, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), College Station, United States
Re-engineering Municipal Compost: Integrating Geochemistry, Public Health, and Community Stakeholders to Improve Food Sovereignty and Sustainability while Reducing Lead Exposure (444006)
Emma Jackman, Kimberly Chia Yan Min and Daniel J Brabander, Wellesley College, Geosciences, Wellesley, MA, United States
Exploring the Interior Exposome Using Citizen Science: Initial Results From the New DustSafe Initiative (437083)
Gabriel Michael Filippelli, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Earth Sciences, Indianapolis, United States, Mark Patrick Taylor, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Jane Entwistle, Northumbria University, Dept. Geography and Environmental Sciences,, Northumbria, United Kingdom and Emeline Frix, IUPUI, Earth Sciences and Center for Urban Health, Indianapolis, United States
Identifying Lead Contamination at the Source of Exposure:Collaborating with Community Members to Protect Public Health (458163)
Franziska Landes1,2, Jennifer Sobolewski2, Sabina Gilioli3, Margaret Calcio3, Brian Justin Mailloux4 and Alexander van Geen5, (1)Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States, (2)Columbia University of New York, New York, United States, (3)Barnard College, Department of Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States, (4)Barnard College, Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States, (5)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Standard salt marsh field sampling techniques provide reproducible patterns of total mercury accumulation in cores along the US East Coast (468086)
Donald Charles Barber, Bryn Mawr College, Departments of Environmental Studies and Geology, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States, Emma Wu, Bryn Mawr College, Geology, Bryn Mawr, PA, United States and Alyson M Thibodeau, Dickinson College, Earth Sciences, Carlisle, PA, United States
Risk perceptions towards drinking water quality among private well owners in Ireland: how to dilute the illusion of control (359492)
Teresa Hooks, University College Dublin, UCD School of Business, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), Dublin, Ireland, Geertje Schuitema, University College Dublin, UCD School of Business, Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG), Dublin 4, Ireland and Frank Patrick McDermott, University College Dublin, UCD School of Earth Sciences, Belfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland
Connecting Student Communities with Local Green Space Through Environmental Measurements: Barnard College & Riverside Park Soil Lead (465325)
Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch1, Sedelia Rodriguez1, Franziska Landes2, Afsana Akter3 and Brian Justin Mailloux3, (1)Barnard College, Department of Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States, (2)Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States, (3)Barnard College, Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States
Lead Contamination Over Time in Urban Gardens in Toledo, Ohio (449635)
Brett James Merkley, Bowling Green, United States
Tracking the source of contaminant lead in children’s blood as a means for environmental remediation (398736)
Franco Marcantonio1, Saugata Datta2, Zachary Coutee3, Leslie Cizmas4, Daikwon Han4, Luz Romero5 and Karina Galinskaya6, (1)Texas A & M University College Station, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (2)The University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, United States, (3)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Texas A&M University, School of Public Health, College Station, TX, United States, (5)Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, College Station, United States, (6)Brooklyn College, New York, United States
Backyard Soil Lead Concentrations in Northern Brooklyn Are Elevated from Local Source (441791)
Margaret Calcio1, Franziska Landes2, Anna Ledeczi3, Kelcey Logan1, Sidney Rojas1, Julia Weingarden1, Steve N. Chillrud4, James M Ross5, Brian Justin Mailloux6 and Alexander van Geen7, (1)Barnard College, Department of Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States, (2)Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Portland, United States, (3)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, United States, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, United States, (5)Columbia University of New York, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, (6)Barnard College, Environmental Science, New York, NY, United States, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States
Assessing Socio-Environmental Factors for a Childhood Leukemia Cluster in Cleburne County, Alabama (370771)
Katherine Stonecypher1, Ming-Kuo Lee2, Loka Ashwood3, Allen Furr4, Christy Hiett5, Natasha Dimova6, Pilela Majokweni4, Daniel Montiel6 and Collin Sutton7, (1)Humboldt State University, Environmental Science and Management, Arcata, CA, United States, (2)Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, AL, United States, (3)Auburn University, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn, AL, United States, (4)Auburn University, Sociology, Auburn, AL, United States, (5)Fruithurst Elementary School, Fruithurst, AL, United States, (6)University of Alabama, Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (7)Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, United States
Heavy metal contamination in groundwater and associated human health risk in the industrial region of southern Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India (406272)
Arif Ahamad1, N Janardhana Raju2 and Sughosh Madhav2, (1)Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Environmental Sciences, New Delhi, India, (2)Jawaharlal Nehru University, school of environmental sciences, New Delhi, India
Evaluation of Fluoride Exposure on Human Health in Highly Exposed Population of Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh, India (369651)
Amit Kumar Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Environmental Sciences, New Delhi, India, N Janardhana Raju, Jawaharlal Nehru University, school of environmental sciences, New Delhi, India and Swetabh Patel, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
Natural Water and Drinking Water Containing N-nitrosamines and the Regional Cancer Incidence in the Pearl River Delta (344943)
Cen Kuang, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China and Zhao Lunshan, China University of Geosciences, Geoscience and resource, Beijing, China
Geochemical Characterization of Sediments from Laguna de Encinillas, Chihuahua, México (357173)
Alejandro Villalobos-Aragon1, Vanessa V Espejel-Garcia2, Daphne Espejel-Garcia2, Indra Daniela Cervantes-Gonzalez1 and Karla Ivone Sifuentes-Acosta1, (1)Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, (2)UACH Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Engineering Department, Chihuahua, Mexico
Smelter Slags: Chemical Characterization and Leaching Behavior of Slags Piled on an Old Smelter in Chihuahua City, Mexico (357206)
Daphne Espejel-Garcia1, Vanessa V Espejel-Garcia2, Alejandro Villalobos-Aragon3, Aracely Lopez-Terrazas1 and Fabricio A. Madrigal-Vazquez1, (1)Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, (2)UACH Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Engineering Department, Chihuahua, Mexico, (3)UACH Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Peralkaline Tuffs, Potential Source of Arsenic and Fluoride in the El Sauz-Encinillas Aquifer, Chihuahua, México (357243)
Daphne Espejel-Garcia1, Vanessa V Espejel-Garcia2, Alejandro Villalobos-Aragon3, Karla Ivone Sifuentes-Acosta1 and Indra Daniela Cervantes-Gonzalez1, (1)Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, (2)UACH Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Engineering Department, Chihuahua, Mexico, (3)UACH Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Spatial Distribution Pattern of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Soils in the Western Region, Ghana. (453739)
Lily Lisa Yevugah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

See more of: GeoHealth