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 D. E., Horwell C. J., Larsen G., Thordarson T., Tomatis M., Fubini B., Donaldson K.
• Other Authors: Damby D.E., Horwell C.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Air pollution; Free radical; Haemolysi; Health hazard; Particle characterization; Volcanic ash; Air Pollutant; Human; Iceland; Particle Size; Particulate Matter; Silicate; Volcanic Eruptions; Fenton; Eyjafjallajökull
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2318/1862640; 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...