The soil-human health nexus
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The soil-human health nexus
（Advances in soil science）
CRC Press, c2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- The soil-human health-environment trinity / Rattan Lal
- Health of soil, plants, animals, and people / Kathi J Kemper, Ye Xia, Jeffrey Lakritz, and Rattan Lal
- Transport of mineral elements from soil and human health / Sheng Huang and Jian Feng Ma
- Soils and human health: communication between soil scientists and health care providers / David Collier and Eric C. Brevik
- Soil and cancer / Marium Husain
- Addressing urban mal- and undernourishment through sustainable home gardens / Neeraj H. Tayal
- Improving human health by remediating polluted soils / Darryl D. Siemer
- Managing soil for global peace by eliminating famines and pandemics / Rattan Lal
- Illustrating a disjoint in the soil-plant-human health nexus with potassium / Kaushik Majumdar, T. Scott Murell, Sudarshan Dutta, Robert L. Mikkelsen, Ashwin Kotnis, Shamie Zingore, Gavin Sulewski, and Thomas Oberthür
- Soil aquaphotomics for understanding soil-health relation through water-light interaction / Jelena Muncan, Balkis Aouadi, Flora Vitalis, Zoltan Kovacs, and Roumiana Tsenkova
- Healthy soils -- healthy people: soil and human health -- the reality of the Balkan region / Ratko Ristić, Marijana Kapović Solomun, Ivan Malušević, Slavko Ždrale, Boris Radić, Siniša Polovina, and Vukašin Milčanović
- Heavy metals bioavailability in soils and impact on human health / Bal Ram Singh, Hamisi Tindwa, Abul M. Kashem, Dheeraj Panghaal and Ernest Semu
- Managing soil biology for multiple human benefits / André L.C. Franco, Steven J. Fonte and Diana H. Wall
- Structural attributes of disease-suppressive soils and their impact on human health / Rattan Lal
- Soil health and human nutrition / Rattan Lal
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The term "soil health" refers to the functionality of a soil as a living ecosystem capable of sustaining plants, animals, and humans while also improving the environment. In addition to soil health, the environment also comprises the quality of air, water, vegetation, and biota. The health of soil, plants, animals, people, and the environment is an indivisible continuum.
One of the notable ramifications of the Anthropocene is the growing risks of decline in soil health by anthropogenic activities. Important among these activities are deforestation, biomass burning, excessive soil tillage, indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, excessive irrigation by flooding or inundation, and extractive farming practices. Soil pollution, by industrial effluents and urban waste adversely impacts human health. Degradation of soil health impacts nutritional quality of food, such as the uptake of heavy metals or deficit of essential micro-nutrients, and contamination by pests and pathogens. Indirectly, soil health may impact human health through contamination of water and pollution of air.
This book aims to:
Present relationships of soil health to human health and soil health to human nutrition.
Discuss the nexus between soil degradation and malnourishment as well as the important links between soil, plant, animal and human health.
Detail reasons oil is a cause of infectious diseases and source of remedial measures.
Part of the Advances in Soil Sciences series, this informative volume covering various aspects of soil health appeals to soil scientists, environmental scientists and public health workers.
Table of Contents
Preface. About the Editor. List of Contributors. 1.The Soil-Human Health-Environment Trinity. 2.Health of Soil, Plants, Animals, and People. 3.Transport of Mineral Elements from Soil and Human Health. 4.Soils and Human Health: Communication Between Soil Scientists and Health Care Providers. 5.Soil and Cancer. 6.Addressing Urban Mal- and Undernourishment Through Sustainable Home Gardens. 7.Improving Human Health by Remediating Polluted Soils. 8.Managing Soil for Global Peace by Eliminating Famines and Pandemics. 9.Illustrating a Disjoint in the Soil-Plant-Human Health Nexus with Potassium. 10.Soil Aquaphotomics for Understanding Soil - Health Relation through Water-Light Interaction. 11.Healthy Soils - Healthy People. Soil and Human Health - The Reality of the Balkan Region. 12.Heavy Metals Bioavailability in Soils and Impact on Human Health. 13.Managing Soil Biology for Multiple Human Benefits. 14.Structural Attributes of Disease-Suppressive Soils and Their Impact on Human Health. 15.Soil Health and Human Nutrition. Index.
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