NRIAGU, Jerome O.

NRIAGU, Jerome O. American (born Nigeria), b. 1942. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, environmental research scientist, 1972-93; University of Michigan, School of Public Health, professor, 1993-, Center for Human Growth and Development, research scientist, 1997-; writer. University of Waterloo, adjunct professor, 1985-; member of international and national panels and committees on toxic metals in the environment. Royal Society of Canada, fellow. Science of the Total Environment, editor, 1983-. Publications: Lead and Lead Poisoning in Antiquity, 1983. EDITOR: Environmental Bio- geochemistry, 2 vols., 1976; Biogeochemistry of Lead in the Environment, 2 vols., 1978; Sulfur in the Environment, 2 vols., 1978; Advances in Environmental Science & Technology, 1978-; Copper in the Environment, 2 vols., 1979; The Biogeochemistry of Mercury in the Environment, 1979; Zinc in the Environment, 2 vols., 1980; Nickel in the Environment, 1980; Cadmium in the Environment, 2 vols., 1980; Aquatic Toxicology, 1983; (with P.B. Moore) Phosphate Minerals, 1984; (with M.S. Simmons) Toxic Contaminants in the Great Lakes, 1984; The Environmental Impacts of Smelters, 1984; Changing Metal Cycles and Human Health, 1984; (with V. Cairns and P.V. Hodson) Contaminant Effects on Fish, 1984; (with C.I. Davidson) Toxic Metals in the Atmosphere, 1986; (with J. Sprague) Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment, 1987; (with E. Nieboer) Chromium in the Natural and Human Environment, 1988; (with J.A.S. Lakshminarayana) Aquatic Toxicology and Water Quality Management, 1989; (with Simmons) Food Contamination from Environmental Sources, 1990; Gaseous Pollutants, 1991; (with Neiboer) Nickel and Human Health, 1991; Arsenic in the Environment, 2 vols., 1994; (with M.S. Simmons) Environmental Oxidants, 1994; Thallium in the Environment, 1998. Address: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]