CoV9. S1.3: Impacts of volcanic eruptions on society: the public health perspective
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Dear All,
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the health session at Cities on Volcanoes 9:
Session title: S1.3: Impacts of volcanic eruptions on society: the public health perspective
Session convenors: Peter Baxter, Claire Horwell, Ines Tomesek, Carol Stewart, Maria Aurora Armienta, Elizabeth Rovere, David Damby
Session description:
Volcanic activity may pose a hazard to human health in many diverse ways. These effects may be mild or sufficiently severe to produce casualties. Potentially-lethal proximal hazards include PDCs, lahars, ballistic projectiles and thick tephra falls, whereas volcanic ash fall and gases are the most far-reaching volcanic hazards and can adversely affect the health of populations at considerable distances from the volcano.
We encourage a focus on Andean eruptions as the eruptions of volcanoes Hudson (1991), Chaitén (2008), Cordón Caulle (2011) and Calbuco (2015) did not evoke fully-adequate local human and animal health sector responses to the ash falls in Argentina, and there is a need to strengthen the state and province multi-disciplinary capacity for health risk assessment and risk reduction in future events. Other recent eruptions elsewhere of interest include Tungurahua, Sinabung and Kelud as well as degassing events, e.g., Kilauea and Holuhraun. We encourage submission of abstracts on a broad range of topics, including injuries and fatalities, community health protection, psychological issues, health effects of ash and volcanic gas emissions on the cardiopulmonary and digestive systems, particularly in situations where there is long-term exposure (e.g., due to ash resuspension), and hazards related to the ‘soluble cargo’ of toxic elements released when fresh ash fall contacts surface waters or physiological fluids.
Cities on Volcanoes 9 will be held in Puerto Varas, Chile on November 20 – 25, 2016. The abstract submission deadline is 15 July 2016.
Conference website: http://www.citiesonvolcanoes9.com/en/
Detailed programme: http://www.citiesonvolcanoes9.com/fileadmin/documentos/2CIRCULAR_COV9_ENG_20160505.pdf
Very best wishes,
Claire HorwellVolcano Listserv is a collaborative venture among Arizona State University (ASU), Portland State University (PSU), the Global Volcanism Program (GVP) of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the International Association for Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI).
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