Keywordsanthrax; pathogen; soil; microbiology; geology; North America; USA; aerosol; arsenic; coal; dust; epidemiology; cancer; mining; smelting; tailings; environmental risk factors; spatial modeling; cryptosporidiosis; E. coli O157; spatial epidemiology; spatial logistic regression; coalbed methane; coal seam gas; coalbed natural gas; co-produced water; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Panasqueira mine; potential toxic elements; modified contamination degree; non-carcinogenic hazard; carcinogenic risk; potential ecological risk factor and risk index; potentially harmful elements; stream sediments; Estimated Background Value (EBV); Environmental Risk Index (ERI); Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Santiago Island; Cape Verde; uranium; Native Americans; community based participatory research; abandoned mines; reservations; iodine; lithium; strontium; drinking water; treated groundwater; spatial trends; exposure; Denmark; epidemiology; uranium; drinking water; well water; risk assessment; risk communication; Native American; health disparity; community based participatory research; environmental justice; Crow Reservation; Crow Tribe; mercury; ASGM; Gorontalo Utara Regency; n/a