Volcano emissions linked to increases in asthma attacks
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study from the active volcano K?lauea, which is on the big island of Hawaii, reports that people -- especially children -- with asthma are at greater risk of having serious asthma attacks if they live in a community with high levels of the volcanic gas sulfur dioxide than if they live upwind of the volcano.