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Journal of Public Health Medicine 23:235-236 (2001)
© 2001 Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

Some consequences of ancient mining activities on the health of ancient and modern human populations


F. B. Pyatt1
J. P. Grattan2

1 Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS
2 Institute of Geography and earth Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 4HD

Heavy metal pollutants generated by mining activities in the Jordanian desert c. 2000 years ago will have had detrimental effects on the health of slaves, guards and expert overseers. The pollutants continue to persist and cycle in the modern environment and affect plants, animals and inevitably the humans who are dependent on both. These findings have implications in terms of the public health of human populations living on or in the vicinity of ancient industrial sites around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East. Some effects of heavy metals on human health are examined; issues of bioaccumulation and partitioning are addressed.

Keywords: heavy metals, human health, bioaccumulation, ancient civilizations


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