Mt Pinatubo Philippines

[pilgrim01]

I was stationed at Clark AB, Philippines and was exposed to the volcanic eruption of Mt Pinatubo for 5 months breathing ash! I was wondering if any type of disability has been discovered from it? Thanks!

[pilgrim01]

Thanks, Berta! I'll keep searching. :-) There has to be something.....

[poolguy11550]

Thanks, Berta! I'll keep searching. :-) There has to be something.....

I was at Subic Bay when Mt Pinatubo erupted. The ash turned day into night and blanked everything just like a heavy snow storm. We were out there shoveling ash off the streets- knee deep into the ash.

Some links:

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ash/health/index.php

http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/eoe/docs/volcanicash.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6601725

http://usachppm.apgea.army.mil/documents/v...ionResponse.pdf

Check further in to this, A few years after I got out of the Navy, I read somewhere that Kaposi sarcoma can be linked to ash exposure. Link here:

http://mmbr.asm.org/cgi/content/full/67/2/...ourcetype=HWFIG

Edited January 30, 2009 by poolguy11550

[Pete53]

Poolguy:

Wow I did not know about sarposi which is a cancer but I do know the fine dust and pollution could play hell with breathing. I was in and around the fallout from Mt St Helens and it was nasty