时间： 2021年9月22日（星期三）上午10:00
参会方式： 腾讯会议（318 891 307）
报告人：Dr. Robert B. Finkelman, University of Texas at Dallas
Robert B. Finkelman博士，现任University of Texas at Dallas教授、美国地质学会会士。Finkelman教授从博士阶段就开始调查和研究煤中微量元素对人类健康的影响，是研究煤中微量元素最为著名的地球化学科学家。Finkelman博士目前是International Journal of Coal Geology期刊编委、环境地球化学与健康协会美国分会委员、美国地球物理联合会地球健康分会顾问委员。
报告摘要: Coal provides many useful products such as electricity, heat, steam, and a wide range of chemical and other valuable byproducts. However, coal mining and coal combustion comes with a steep price. Their impacts on the environment includes acid mine drainage, acid rain, smog, aerosols, dust, ecological destruction, land subsidence, and carbon dioxide emission. Health impacts include exposure to potentially toxic elements such as arsenic, fluorine, selenium and mercury; mobilization of minerals may contribute to black lung disease and lung cancer; polluting aquifers may lead to kidney disease, exposure to particulates can cause a wide range of respiratory diseases. Uncontrolled coal fires may contribute to many of these health problems. Fortunately, there are practical solutions to all but one of these problems.
