? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : GEO-P-ENVGGEOH

This course consists of 14 one-hour lectures and 6 one-hour tutorial/discussion/presentation sessions. It focuses upon the interactions between the geochemical environment and the health of humans, wildlife and plants. There is particular emphasis on the influence of biogeochemical speciation upon the sources, uptake, effects, transformations and removal of the chemical elements (eg. aluminium, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, fluorine, iodine, lead, mercury, phosphorus, selenium and zinc)under a variety of conditions in a range of natural and anthropogenically contaminated environments.

? This course is not available to visting students.

Home subject area

Postgraduate Research Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 11:10 13:00 KB

? Additional Class Information : Oral presentations

- Possession of fundamental knowledge and understanding of the environmental geochemistry of chemical elements and their influences upon health.
- Ability to interpret relevant environmental data in the context of exposure and health.
- Ability to critically appraise and articulate relevant research literature and to outline future plausible research directions in the field of geochemistry and health.

Written assignment of 2000 words (75% of total assessment)
Oral presentation (25% of total assessment)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Leigh Murray
Email : leigh.murray@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof John Farmer
Tel : (0131 6)50 4757
Email : J.G.Farmer@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/