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Living Near Hawaii's Volcano
Living near Hawaii’s volcano, Kilauea, is not worth the risk because of the uncertainty of the volcano erupting once again. In the article, “A force of nature,” there are many dangers that can occur. The gasses emitted from the volcano is toxic, these toxic gasses could affect people’s health in major ways. One way that people’s health can get affected by the volcano is, when the gases are released into the air, the gases in the air can be inhaled. These gases can harm a human body in major ways. To a point where people can get very ill or possibly die because of amount of toxic gases inhaled. Another reason why living near Hawaii’s volcano isn’t worth the risk is because, gravel-sized rocks can be discharged into the air and come hurdling

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