Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2351-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-2351-2016
Brief communication
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10 Nov 2016
Brief communication |  | 10 Nov 2016

Brief communication: Extended chronology of the Cordón Caulle volcanic eruption beyond 2011 reveals toxic impacts

Werner T. Flueck

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The 2011 Puyehue volcano eruption also caused persisting chemical impacts. By 2012, dental fluorosis in deer appeared, with bone fluoride increasing > 38-fold. Livestock also succumbed to fluorosis. As exposure of ruminants continued, bone fluoride reached 10 396 ppm, by 2014 caused skeletal fluorosis, reduced wool growth, and caused major losses among periparturient cattle. Peculiarities of digestive processes make ruminants susceptible to fluoride-containing ashes.
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