Workshop on Medical Geology IGCP - 454 : Proceedings : Nagpur

Contents: I. Special lectures: 1. Health hazard caused by chronic arsenic toxicity in West Bengal/D.N. Guha Mazumdar. 2. Health hazards and geochemical attributes/K.N. Mathur. 3. Arsenic and mercury pollution - a geomedical perspective in the Indian context/Pratap Chakrabarti. 4. Micronutrient deficiencies - a hidden hunger/Madan M. Godbole, Sushil Gupta and R. Shankar. 5. Recent advances in fluorosis and defluoridation with special reference to Rajasthan/A.B. Gupta and Sunil K. Gupta. 6. Endemic fluorosis and its medical implications/Sushil Gupta and Madan M. Godbole. 7. Radioactive minerals, radiations and health hazards/V.P. Saxena. 8. Geological factors related to arsenic and fluorine contamination in soil, surface and ground water in some precambrian rock terrains of Central India and the role of geochemical mapping in their detection/K.G. Bhoskar. 9. Geochemistry and health with special reference to radioactivity/D. Vasudevan. 10. The current status of palaeopathology/Ashok Sahani. 11. Effects of industrial effluents on groundwater quality - case studies/S. Devotta and S.N. Kaul. II. Theme - I: Diseases related to fluorine and iodine and their geological linkages: 1. Geological and hydrogeochemical controls of fluoride distribution in the ground waters of a part of Rajasthan/S. Sinha Roy. 2. Fluoride contamination in ground water in Ghatanji Taluka, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra/Prem Babu, G. Gonnade, H.Y. Bhai and M. Sinha. 3. Endemic fluorosis in Unnao, Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur Nagar Districts, Uttar Pradesh - some geological constraints/N.H. Faruqi. 4. High fluoride occurrence in groundwater of Raniganj coalfield, West Bengal/Tapan Kumar Chakraborty and Amit Kumar Roy. 5. Fluoride disorders: geological linkages, human health and preventive measures/V.P. Singh. 6. The quality of ground water in Dharur, Kaij and Majalgaon Talukas of Beed District, Maharashtra/N.V. Nitnaware, M. Sinha, G. Gonnade, V.W. Khangan and V.D. Bhole. 7. Endemic fluorosis in Orissa - its causes and preventive measures/P.C. Dash, Om Prakash, A.K. Mishra and B.K. Das. 8. Goitre endemicity in Deoria and Gonda Districts of Uttar Pradesh and its geological linkage/Mangla Prasad and V.C. Srivastava. 9. Fluorosis affected areas around Vinukonda-Dekanakonda-Kanigiri Tract in Southern parts of Andhra Pradesh-Geological linkages - illustrations/V.V. Sesha Sai, S.M.J. Basha arid B.S.S. Reddy. 10. Fluorosis caused by fluoride enriched groundwater in Lathi and Liliya Talukas in Amreli District, Gujarat/N.K. Sahu and M.A. Karim. 11. Fluoride contaminated water and its implications on human health in parts of Nagaon and Karbi-Anglong Districts, Assam/G.C. Sarmah. 12. Combined resistivity and induced-polarization surveys for fluoride contamination - a perspective/C.S. Pathak, S.K. Maity and B. Das. 13. Chemical quality of ground water (fluoride in particular) in parts of Haveli-Kharagpur Block, Munger District, Bihar/Thakur B.N. Singh and K.G. Bhartariya. 14. Vitamin-D deficiency in fluorosis affected village in Nawada District of Bihar/R. Hari Kumar, A.L. Khandare and B. Sivakumar. 15. Chemical behaviour of fluorite in natural solutions and its implications in formulating strategy for minimizing fluorosis endemicity/K.N. Mathur, A. Absar, G.C. Srivastav and S.N. Pandey. 16. Fluoride content and manifestations of fluorosis-structural control in Devarkonda Taluk, Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh/K.V.S. Sarma and A. Venkata Rama Murthy. III. Theme II - Arsenic and mercury pollutions in water - a growing menace: 1. Selenium and arsenic concentrations of groundwater and surface water of Hindon river basin in parts of Ghaziabad District, U.P: implications of human health/M.E.A. Mondal, Ayaz Ahmad and M. Masroor Alam. 2. Occurrence of orpiment in Ralam Sub-basin of Goriganga River in Pithoragarh District of Uttaranchal and its impact on human health/Deo Nath. 3. Arsenic distribution pattern in groundwater of West Bengal vis-a-vis arsenic toxicity in human health/Taraknath Pal and Pradip Kumar Mukherjee. 4. Arsenic contamination in soil and water in Rajnandgaon district, Chhatisgarh/Yogesh Pandey, H. Mishra, Hemraj, V.P. Mishra and I.D. Ashiya. IV. Theme III-health hazards due to effluent release from industries and mines: 1. Stone-dust pollution and its effects on human health in Southern parts of U.P./V.C. Srivastava, Ramchandra, K.C. Jain and M.C. Srivastava. 2. Heavy metal concentration in groundwater in the vicinity of Baddi and Barotiwala Industrial Towns, Solan District, H.P/G.S. Gill and Somarendro Singh. 3. Study of Toxic metal levels in soil, ground water and surface water in Dhapa-Chowbhaga Area, Eastern Part of City, Kolkata/N.K. Roy and N. Dhar. 4. Study of mixing and other industrial hazards in Bhilwara District, Rajasthan/P. Rakshit. 5. Agronomic industry of Pilibhit District and influence of effluent release on life and soil fertility/R.P. Sharma. 6. Health hazards due to effluent release from industries and sewage drains in urban agglomeration of Uttar Pradesh/S.K. Anand. 7. Geoenvironmental appraisal of Badarpur thermal power station in Delhi/Subhash Chander Roy. V. Theme IV - fertilizers and pesticide related pollution : 1. Nitrate contamination in ground water in Pandharkawda Taluka, Yavatmal District, Maharashtra/G. Gonnade, Prem Babu, H.Y. Bhai and M. Sinha. 2. Aerial spraying of endosulfan in Kasargod District, Kerala: Its impact on environment and human health/A.R. Nambiar and K. Prema Kumari. VI. Theme V - Radioactive minerals and health hazards: 1. Radioactive minerals and related health hazards - an appraisal/P. Nagabhushana and H. Kariyanna. 2. Radon and chemical quality of ground water in parts of SW Punjab in relation to the Burried Aravalli-Delhi Ridge/Naresh Kochhar and Veena Dadwal. VII. Theme VI - case histories: 1. High values of NO3 and CI in groundwater and its possible source in parts of Chhotnagpur Granite Gneissic Complex: a case study from Singhbhum Districts, Jharkhand/K.G. Bhartariya and A.K. Agrawal. 2. Geological control of selenium concentration in the soil of Punjab plain, India/Surendra Prasad and S.K. Kar. 3. Geochemical studies of Satluj River water with reference to toxic elements/Vinod Kumar and Ashok Kumar. 4. Importance of medical geology in identifying the source of pollutants - exposure for toxic elements in Air, water, rock, soil and radiation/V.M. Parate, S.N. Girhe and V.D. Bhole. 5. Environmental geochemical investigation with special emphasis on health in some parts of Lingasamudram Mandal, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh - a preliminary study/C.R.M. Rao, A. Venkat Reddy, R. Vittal, G. Vijaya Babu, T. Rajesham and P.A. Sinha. 6. The distribution of different elements in stream, open and bore well water samples from Kambaladinne Area, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh - their implications on health/G.M.N. Sastry, C.R.M. Rao, A. Venkat Reddy, M. Rajinikantha Rao, T. Rajeshan and C.V. Gopalan. 7. Health hazards and therapeutic value associated with geothermal system: special reference to Puga field/R.K. Aggarwal and G.K. Gupta. 8. Study of medically significant trace element CD in and around Lucknow/K.N. Mathur, S. Chandra, S.N. Pandey and V.P. Singh. 9. Environmental impact of geochemical pollution on Mysore City, Karnataka: a case study/N.R. Ramesh. 10. Role of calcium in kidney stone formation - a case study in part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India/D. Satheesh Herbert Singh and J.F. Lawrence. 11. Use of Himalayan thermal spring as medicinal mineral waters/K.N. Mathur, S.N. Pandey, A. Absar and G.C Srivastava. 12. Geochemical environmental and attendant health hazard of Nainital Lake, Kumaon Himalaya/Vinod K. Sharma. 13. Estimation of trace elements in drinking water supplies of Podili, Darsi and Kanigiri Areas of Andhra Pradesh/D. Raja Reddy, C.R.M. Rao, Rohit K. Nayak and B.C.M. Prasad. 14. A possible linkage of the non-filarial elephantiasis "podconiosis" with geochemical factors, Bhiwapur area, Nagpur District, Maharashtra/M. Sinha and A.K. Saha. 15. Geochemistry of chromium in open magnesite mining zones of Salem, Tamil Nadu and Its impact on human health/M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Periakali. 16. Groundwater quality evaluation along National Highway NH-21 between Chandigarh and Ropar. 17. Incidence of Kidney stones (renal stone) - nephrolithiasis disease in Southern India - a reconnaissance/N.D. Ramchandra and H. Kariyanna. 18. Trace - elemental bio-chemistry of marine fishes and kidney (renal) failure problems along coastal Canacona-Goa-India/H. Kariyanna and K. Prabhakara.

"This volume includes 60 number of papers presented by the Geologists, geochemists, medical researchers, environment engineers and allied scientists in the workshop on Medical Geology organized by the Geological Survey of India under the Aegis of IGCP-454 at Nagpur on 3-4 February, 2004.

The papers presented are divided broadly into two chapters. In the first chapter there are eleven papers delivered by eminent researchers from the premier research and scientific organisations of India. The second chapter includes six sections on various geo-medical topics. There are 49 papers presented in this chapter which includes topics related to geogenic factors such as toxic elements in soil, rock, water, air, metals and non-metals etc which affect the health of biota.

This volume is a unique one of its kind to be published first time in India. The knowledge disseminated through this volume will help in bringing together scientists, including medical practitioners, working in the field of medical geology."