{"id":24866,"date":"2020-04-02T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=24866"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:23:14","slug":"medical-geology","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical geology &mdash; measuring geochemical hazards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Medical geology &mdash; measuring geochemical hazards<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Understanding and assessing geochemical hazards in the environment has been a part of the BGS portfolio of research for over 50 years.&nbsp;We have an international reputation for looking at the relationships between the natural environment, pollution and human health.&nbsp;This allows us to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>understand the bioaccessibility and environmental availability of contaminants and their relationship to human and animal health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>characterise and understand the sources of natural and anthropogenic contamination in the surface environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>assess the influence of ordinary environmental factors on the geographical distribution of health problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/emma-simpson-mNGaaLeWEp0-unsplash.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 Emma Simpson\/Unsplash.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_67157\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/emma-simpson-mNGaaLeWEp0-unsplash-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"emma-simpson-mNGaaLeWEp0-unsplash\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/emma-simpson-mNGaaLeWEp0-unsplash-960x497.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>\u00a9 Emma Simpson\/Unsplash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/emma-simpson-mNGaaLeWEp0-unsplash.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 Emma Simpson\/Unsplash.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_67157\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>These relationships are complex to establish and understand, but have a major impact on every person, every day of our lives as we interact with our surroundings. Some of these relationships are obvious and more easily understood whereas others, the silent hazard, are not easily observed and take longer to manifest.&nbsp;This research aims to build a cross-disciplinary framework and body of knowledge, to better understand the impacts of geochemical hazards of soil on human health under our four research themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interdisciplinary nature of our research allows us to work with a wide range of sectors (UK and international), including government, local authority and land development.&nbsp;It is an umbrella for collaborative working with the medical and social sciences, engineers, urban planners, contaminated land practitioners and more.&nbsp;As well as collecting soils for specific projects we use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/g-base-for-the-uk\/\">G-BASE<\/a> soil collection and associated data.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with a range of other BGS research areas.&nbsp; These include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>other BGS colleagues researching geochemical hazards and health issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalgeochemistry.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Environmental Geochemistry<\/a>, which also provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-research\/science-facilities\/environmental-geochemistry\/inorganic-geochemistry-facility\/\">laboratory services<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>environmental statisticians <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/groundwater-research\/\">groundwater research<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/urban-geoscience\/\">urban geoscience <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our external collaborators include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.bgs.ac.uk\/barge\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">BioAccessibility Research Group of Europe<\/a> (BARGE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalgeology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Medical Geology Association<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/segh.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UK and international universities and research organisations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>commercial organisations, e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lqm.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land Quality Management<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Grid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/human-health\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">human health<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/potentially-harmful-elements\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">potentially harmful elements<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/soil\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">soil<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-149-block_a2cdec137f8f16520777799823867dff\" class=\"cards-carousel-section  rock-background-d   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Our research<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 owl-carousel carousel-basic-2-color owl-theme carousel-js\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/contaminent-bioaccesibility\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_Bioaccesibility_iStock-462164835_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bioaccessibility \u00a9iStock.com\/pixologicstudio\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_Bioaccesibility_iStock-462164835_web.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/contaminent-bioaccesibility\/\">Contaminant bioaccessibility<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>People are exposed to potentially harmful elements in soil and dust during everyday activities, such as gardening, and from dust inhalation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/contaminent-bioaccesibility\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/soil-element-toxicity\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contaminants_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"contaminants_feature\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/contaminants_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/soil-element-toxicity\/\">Geological controls of soil element toxicity on human health<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Measuring the concentration of potentially harmful elements in soils and sediments is an important tool for monitoring environmental pollution.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/soil-element-toxicity\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/data-modelling\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_data_modelling-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"feature_data_modelling\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/feature_data_modelling.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/data-modelling\/\">Data modelling<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data modelling is an important part of the wider research around the environment and human health. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/data-modelling\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  \">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/medical-geology-and-deprivation\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Back_street_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Back_street_feature\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Back_street_feature.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/medical-geology-and-deprivation\/\">Geochemical hazards and deprivation<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Can soil contamination affect deprivation or even crime?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geology\/medical-geology-and-deprivation\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications and research papers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our research papers can be found using the <a href=\"https:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/about-bgs\/our-team\/\">BGS staff web pages<\/a> and using the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ORCID<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\">Google Scholar<\/a> resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<section id=\"related-people-8878-block_9ff9b32029e594c7b8a23c011bdaef78\" class=\"grid-section  \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Meet the team<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap thin-tabs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-sm-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/wragg-joanna\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/joanna-wragg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joanna Wragg\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/applied-geochemistry\/g-base\/\">G-BASE<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The BGS Geochemical Baseline Survey of the Environment (G-BASE) is the national strategic geochemical mapping programme in Great Britain. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/applied-geochemistry\/g-base\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/medical-geochemistry\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P641028-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"A handheld monitoring device is being pressed against a pile of soil and gravel\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/P641028.jpg\" 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