Assessment of the potential respiratory hazard of volcanic ash from future Icelandic eruptions: a study of archived basaltic to rhyolitic ash samples

• Published in: Environmental Health
• Main Authors: David E. Damby, Claire J. Horwell, Gudrun Larsen, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Maura Tomatis, Bice Fubini, Ken Donaldson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2017
• Subjects: Volcanic ash; Health hazard; Air pollution; Particle characterization; Free radicals; Haemolysis; Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene; RC963-969; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Fenton; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0302-9; https://doaj.org/article/3961adf2e944485aa425a29620096d53

Abstract Background The eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull (2010) and Grímsvötn (2011), Iceland, triggered immediate, international consideration of the respiratory health hazard of inhaling volcanic ash, and prompted the need to estimate the potential hazard posed by future eruptions of Iceland’s volcan...