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: Damby, David E., Horwell, Claire J., Larsen, Guðrún Þorgerður, Thordarson, Thorvaldur, Tomatis, Maura, Fubini, Bice, Donaldson, Ken
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2017
• Subjects: Volcanic ash; Health hazard; Air pollution; Particle characterization; Free radicals; Haemolysis; Eldgos; Eldgosið í Eyjafjallajökli; Grímsvatnagos; Aska; Loftmengun; Heilsufar; Áhættuþættir; Fenton; Eyjafjallajökull; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/556; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-017-0302-9

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 volcanoes to Ic...