Vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies are a lack of these two B complex vitamins that the body needs for several important functions. They are required to make normal red blood cells (RBCs) , repair tissues and cells, synthesize DNA (the genetic material in cells). B12 is also important for normal nerve cell function.12 and folate (also known as folic acid or vitamin B9) are nutrients that cannot be produced in the body and must be supplied by the diet. The body stores 3 to 6 years worth of B12 and about a 3 months' supply of folate in the liver.
They always occur in the summer during our monsoon period (late June through late August). Most wind storms create some blowing dust (sometimes quite severe), but it is usually localized and there is no clear boundary where the dust ends.
Continue reading the main story. Dust storms are a regular summer phenomenon in Arizona, and the news media typically label them as nothing more than that. But the National Weather Service, in describing this monthâs particularly thick storm, used the term haboob, which was widely picked up by the news media. âMeteorologists in the Southwest have used the term for decades,â said Randy Cerveny, a climatologist at Arizona State University.