27 Facts About Jane Plant

Jane Anne Plant CBE, FREng, FRSE, FRSA was a leading geochemist, scientist, and author.

Jane Plant was Chief Scientist at the British Geological Survey and was a Professor of Geochemistry at Imperial College London.

Jane Plant was diagnosed with cancer six times and studied the link between dairy and breast cancer.

Jane Plant was appointed a CBE in 1997 in recognition of her contribution to Earth science and industry.

Jane Plant was a British Geological Survey scientist until her retirement from the role of Chief Scientist in 2005.

Jane Plant was Emeritus Professor of Geochemistry at Imperial College until her death on 4 March 2016.

Jane Plant was born in Woodville, Derbyshire, the only child of Ralph and Marjorie Lunn who were village shopkeepers.

Jane Plant graduated with first class honours in geology and took the prize for the best degree in her year.

Jane Plant spent most of her career at the British Geological Survey, and is credited for establishing the 'Environment and Health' as significant research.

Jane Plant joined the Institute for Geological Sciences in 1967, at the age of 23.

Jane Plant was the first woman to be appointed to a Scientific Officer role rather than in a technical or supporting grade.

Jane Plant was assigned to the Atomic Energy Section in London, led by Stanley Bowie.

Jane Plant developed methods for a regional geochemical survey in the north of Scotland and was awarded a PhD in 1977 from the University of Leicester for her thesis "Regional Geochemical mapping in Great Britain with particular reference to sources of error".

Jane Plant developed the high-resolution BGS Geochemical Baseline of the Environment programme to map different chemicals over the land surface by analyzing sediments, ore deposits, soils and water samples.

Jane Plant applied her maps to health and her findings helped create the field of environmental health, specifically researching Asian and Africa, and was able to study a correlation between a lack of available selenium and heart disease in China.

Jane Plant's achievements were recognized by her peers with many awards.

Jane Plant noticed the low cancer rate among Chinese women and discovered a correlation between cancer rate and dairy consumption.

Jane Plant's research led to many of the protocols used in today's geochemical mapping projects worldwide.

Jane Plant believed that the link between dairy and breast cancer is similar to that between smoking and lung cancer.

Jane Plant recommended that cancer patients take conventional treatment but adopt a dairy-free diet.

Jane Plant's dairy-free regime was a plant-based diet that was mostly vegan.

Jane Plant was disappointed that her ideas were not accepted by the medical community but thousands of cancer sufferers were interested in her theories and wrote to her for advice.

Jane Plant followed this diet for 18 years and remained cancer-free.

Jane Plant stated that she had strayed from her diet and had a weakness for calves' livers cooked in butter.

Jane Plant died at her home in Richmond upon Thames from a blood clot following chemotherapy.

Jane Plant found that there are three belts of alpine type ultramafic rocks in the Scottish Highlands.

Jane Plant believed the pollution and degradation caused by the population pressure pose a threat to the sustainability of the Earth.