The soil-human health-nexus / Rattan Lal, Ph.D..

Contributor(s): Lal, R [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 335 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000326314; 1000326314; 9780367822736; 0367822733; 9781000326338; 1000326330; 9781000326321; 1000326322Subject(s): Soils -- Health aspects | Environmental health | Soil ecology | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany | TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / GeneralDDC classification: 577.5/7 LOC classification: S591 | .S6943 2021Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
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 nd 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 MD -- 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, Aouadi Balkis, 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, Ernest Semu -- Managing Soil Biology for Multiple Human Benefits / André L.C. Franco, Steven J. Fonte, Diana H. Wall -- Structural Attributes of Disease-Suppressive Soils and Their Impact on Human Health / Rattan Lal -- Soil Health and Human Nutrition / Rattan Lal.
Summary: "This volume discusses the relation between soil health and human health in relation to plant, animal, and human nutrition; pest and pathogen infection from soil; deficiency of micronutrients; toxicity of heavy metals; geophagy, and other factors"-- Provided by publisher.
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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 nd 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 MD -- 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, Aouadi Balkis, 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, Ernest Semu -- Managing Soil Biology for Multiple Human Benefits / André L.C. Franco, Steven J. Fonte, Diana H. Wall -- Structural Attributes of Disease-Suppressive Soils and Their Impact on Human Health / Rattan Lal -- Soil Health and Human Nutrition / Rattan Lal.

"This volume discusses the relation between soil health and human health in relation to plant, animal, and human nutrition; pest and pathogen infection from soil; deficiency of micronutrients; toxicity of heavy metals; geophagy, and other factors"-- Provided by publisher.

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