Importance of Medical Geology in present environment.
It is now a globally emerging discipline. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Humans live in lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. Medical Geology is an emerging scientific discipline that examines the impacts that geologic materials and processes have on human and ecosystem health. Medical Geology: · Identifies and characterizes natural and anthropogenic sources of harmful materials in the environment. · Predicts the movement and alteration of chemical, infectious, and other disease-causing agents over time and space. · Provides an understanding of how people are exp...