Soil Health

Dr. Harold Foster was able to establish little known links between human health and disease and the environment. He was able to make such associations with the aid of a great deal of original research, which demonstrates clearly that location frequently plays a crucial role in disease incidence and mortality. This appears true of a wide variety of diseases and disorders, including cancer, heart disease, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, stroke and diabetes mellitus. Dr. Foster examined the possible links between disease and natural and man-made environmental factors by identifying the medical significance of climate, geology, geochemistry (including bulk and trace elements) and soils. These factors, together with genetic, lifestyle and medical variables are combined to support the 'health field concept' of disease.

His pioneering work is used today through the Harold Foster Foundation to identify the key causal variables in disorders as different as breast cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. The Foundation educates our partners on how to modify their environment in order to reduce the incidence of disease and that a geographical perspective may often even assist in treatment.

The Harold Foster Foundation will continue the pioneering work of medical geography. The Foundation provides the knowledge essential for students, researchers and teachers in traditional, complimentary and alternative medicine and everyone concerned with the relationship between health and the environment. Dr. Harold Foster examined the links between disease and natural and man-made environmental factors, addressing the medical significance of climate, geology, geochemistry, and soils, along with genetic, lifestyle, and medical variables.