Låg, Jul (ed.): Healt Problems in Connection with Radiation from Radioactive Matter in Fertilizers, Soils and Rocks

The International Society of Soil Science established in 1986 the Working Group "Soils and Geomedicine". Professor R. Dudal, Belgium, was appointed as secretary and Professor J. Låg, Norway, chairman.

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has been active in the geomedical field over the last 10 years. The two first symposia were arranged in collaboration with the scientific academies in the other Scandinavian countries. A permanent Norwegain committee with the following members (deputies in brackets) was established in 1984: Director Bjørn Bølviken, Trondheim (Professor Eiliv Steinnes, Trondheim) Municipal Doctor Eva Holmsen, Drammen (secretary) (Chief Doctor Berit Welle, Oslo) inter Professor Olav Hilmar Iversen, Oslo (Professor Sigvald Refsum, Oslo) Professor Jul Låg, Ås (chairman) (Professor Harald Bergseth, Ås) Director of Veterinary Services Olav Sandvik, Oslo (Director Bjørn Næss, Oslo) Professor Knut Westlund, Oslo (deputy chairman) (Professor Jan Aaseth, Tromsø)