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18 results for "human health"
![Gold mining activities (milled ore washing and sluicing) and community drinking water downslope of ASGM activities. © Maureene Auma Ondayo.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gold-mining-activities-sluicing-p1038343-960x645.webp)
Linking geochemistry and health in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Kakamega-Vihiga gold belt, Kenya
PhD candidate Maureene Auma Ondayo is investigating major and trace element exposure in the environment in Kenya, aiming to reduce exposure of humans to toxic chemicals.
![Recording pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature of groundwater](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Groundwater_testing.jpg)
Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems
PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England.
![GB_2022_webthumb_v2](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/GB_2022_webthumb_v2.jpg)
Updated radon map for Great Britain published
The UK Health Security Agency and BGS have published an updated radon potential map for Great Britain.
![Two white men are standing in front of a low, sandy cliff](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/DSCN1616.jpg)
Zambia: the copper mining powerhouse looking towards a safer, low-carbon future
BGS scientists Clive Mitchell (industrial minerals geologist) and Elliott Hamilton (environmental chemist) report on their recent visit to the Copperbelt Province in Zambia.
![Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/shutterstock_1222781611-scaled_Stoke_web.jpg)
Soil maps could hold the key for urban planning
Research by BGS has developed a predictive model to evaluate levels of bioaccessible contaminants in urban soils and their relationship with the underlying geology and former industrial land use.
![Young boy drinking water from tap, Tanzania. Photo by Chaucharanje, Pexels](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pexels-chaucharanje-1446504_Feature.jpg)
Groundwater and health
We work on groundwater and health in the UK and internationally with a wide range of partners including government departments and international aid agencies.
![River Tone at sunset](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Calum_Ramage_River_Tone_sunset_web.jpg)
Evaluating contamination in sediment, waters and fish from two contrasting catchments in England
Calum Ramage's PhD project sets out to assess the impacts of pesticides and trace metals on British rivers.
![Pollution_aspect_lake_feature](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pollution_aspect_lake_feature.jpg)
Geochemistry and health
We are working with Kenyan researchers to improve our understanding of the links between environment and health, strengthening our combined research.