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.

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