{"id":469,"date":"2010-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyl.fi\/hvest\/2010\/04\/16\/leidbeiningar_vegna_gososku\/"},"modified":"2010-04-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T00:00:00","slug":"leidbeiningar_vegna_gososku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/leidbeiningar_vegna_gososku\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions for soda ash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the volcanic eruptions in Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull, the National Health Service has included information and instructions on protection against the volcanic ash. They are the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<h3 class=\"headlines\">Acute health effects of soda ash<\/h3>At the moment, there is a lot of ash from a volcanic eruption in Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull. The ash is composed of fine particles and larger particles. Wind direction and other conditions determine where the ash falls. A chemical analysis of the ash has not been received yet, but it is known that ash from the volcanoes from there can contain a lot of fluorine, which can have both acute and chronic toxic effects on herbivores. Soda ash can also affect people, but the main symptoms are from:<br><b>Respiratory system<\/b>:<br><ul><li>Runny nose and nasal irritation<\/li><li>Sore throat and cough<\/li><li>People suffering from lung diseases such as asthma can have bronchitis that lasts for days and is characterized by coughing, wheezing and difficulty breathing.<\/li><\/ul><b>Eyes:<\/p>\n<p><\/b>Soda ash can irritate your eyes, especially if you wear contact lenses. The main characteristics are:<br><ul><li>Foreign object sensation<\/li><li>Eye discharge, itching, bloodshot eyes<\/li><li>Discharge and lacrimation<\/li><li>File on the retina<\/li><li>Acute eye inflammation, photophobia<\/li><\/ul><br \/><b>Advice for people experiencing ashfall:<\/b><br><ul><li>Use respiratory masks outdoors. It is recommended to use protective clothing.<\/li><li>If respirators are not available, a handkerchief or other clothing that keeps larger particles out can be used<\/li><li>Recommended to use protective glasses<\/li><li>Children and adults with respiratory diseases should stay indoors<\/li><\/ul><p align=\"right\">Epidemiologist<br \/>Public Safety Department of the National Police<br><\/p>\n<p><img src='\/hvest\/gamlar_myndir\/l_image5108e25d3dbe6.jpg'><br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Head.: UN<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the volcanic eruptions in Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull, the National Health Service has included information and instructions on protection against the volcanic ash. They are as follows: Acute effects of volcanic ash on health At the moment, a lot of ash from a volcanic eruption is being sent in <a href=\"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/leidbeiningar_vegna_gososku\/\">More \u203a<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-af-eldri-vef"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvest.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}