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Fluoride Dangers from Icelandic Ash Cloud
The last time this volcano blew it was
deadly
15 Apr 10 - (Excerpts from Pravda) - "In just one day, volcanic ash
spewing forth from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull has brought airports to a
halt in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands,
Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland and is expected to
spread over other areas of Europe by Thursday evening. The last time
this volcano blew, it was deadly, emitting large quantities of toxic
fluoride gas.
"The last time Eyjafjallajokull had an episode was in 1821, pouring
tonnes of ash containing toxic fluoride gas into the atmosphere. It
lasted not 24 hours, but until 1823, causing the deaths of many cattle
and sheep through fluor poisoning. Eyjafjallajokull has had four
eruptions in the last thousand years: in 920, 1612, 1821-1823 and now in
2010. All of the previous eruptions were precursors to more massive
activity from the neighbouring Katla volcano but as yet geologists have
not registered any seismic activity."
See entire article, entitled
"Icelandic Ash Cloud: Is This the Beginning of an Ecological Disaster?"http://english.pravda.ru/world/europe/15-04-2010/113035-icelandic_ash-0
Thanks to Stephanie Relfe at
www.relfe.com for this link |
