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(Hawaii Reporter)  U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka and U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye announced today that the National Center for Environmental Health has awarded a grant of $95,000.00 to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) for a program to assess health effects associated with exposures to volcanic emissions (“Vog”) .

“This grant will allow UH researchers to continue looking into any potential health effects that may be caused by Vog in our state. This is vital research that will help us protect our Keiki,” Akaka said.

According to Project Director Dr. Elizabeth K. Tam, MD (JABSOM Professor and Chair of Medicine), the grant will fund the continuation of a program that has been studying respiratory effects of volcanic air pollution on more than 1,400 Big Island students since 2002. It will also allow researchers to add students at Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, a charter school in Volcano town, into the research program.

Dr. Tam said a dozen researchers are working on the vog study, and many community volunteers.

“It is truly a community-driven effort,” Dr. Tam said. “With this grant, we hope to add to the number of students we monitor, and also develop ways to help students cope with vog symptoms.”

You can read more about the ongoing project involving the Volcano students at: http://volcano-school.org/

Source: Hawaii Reporter
Author: Jesse Broder Van Dyke