IVHHN - The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network

Volcano The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) is an umbrella organisation for all research and information on volcanic health hazards. IVHHN currently involves 31 expert members from 25 international institutions as well as corresponding members who are signed up to the mailing list. Expert members of IVHHN work in diverse scientific disciplines such as volcanology, epidemiology, toxicology, public health and physical chemistry with a common aim of trying to determine the health effects of volcanic emissions, in particular the health hazard of inhaling volcanic ash and gas. IVHHN was launched in 2003 and is an IAVCEI Commission.

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Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, Chile

On 4 June 2011 an eruption commenced at Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex, Chile which still continues at the time of writing (7 July). IVHHN is working to try to assess the potential health hazard of ash that has fallen in Chile and Argentina.

For those in Chile/Argentina, please visit our Pamphlets page to download information on the health hazards of ash and preparedness for ashfall, in Spanish.

Help the scientists: If you do experience ashfall and would like to help us to understand about the ash, please follow the IVHHN guidelines on ash collection and send samples to Claire Horwell.

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chile

El 4 de junio 2011, una erupción comenzó en Puyehue-Cordón Caulle complejo volcánico, Chile, que continúa en el momento de la escritura (7 de julio). IVHHN está trabajando para tratar de evaluar los riesgos potenciales para la salud de las cenizas que ha caído en Chile y Argentina.

Para los de Chile / Argentina, por favor visite nuestra página de folletos para descargar información sobre los riesgos para la salud de las cenizas y la preparación para la caída de cenizas, en español.

Ayudar a los científicos: Si la caída de cenizas experiencia y me gustaría que nos ayude a entender acerca de la ceniza, por favor siga las directrices IVHHN de recogida de cenizas y enviar muestras a Claire Horwell.

Traducido con Google Translate - disculpas por los errores!

Posted: 7 July 2011 14.00 GMT

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PAMPHLETS

Download our pamphlets on preparing for ashfall and on the health hazards of ash. They are designed for mass distribution at the onset of new eruptions. They are now avaiable in English, Japanese, French Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili, Indonesian and Icelandic with Italian versions being available shortly. Please see our Pamphlets page for further infomation.

ICELAND

The report on the health hazard of ash which fell on Iceland during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull is now available to download. Our pamhlets are also available in Icelandic for download.