UCLA researchers will conduct the clinical assessments of neighbors impacted by the Aliso Canyon gas leak.
Honghu Liu, principal investigator and Data Analysis Core Lead for the Aliso Canyon Health Study, leads a team of UCLA researchers working on the Aliso Canyon Disaster and its health effects on Thursday, July 25, 2024. A group of researchers who are working on the large-scale Aliso Canyon Disaster Health Research Study are moving forward with the probe, looking into the impact of the disastrous 2015 gas leak on the human body.
In a recent phone interview, Honghu Liu, chair of the section of public and population health at the UCLA School of Dentistry, and a professor at Fielding School and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, said, “We’ve already done an extensive evaluation and determined the affected area, which is within five to six miles southward from well SS-25 where the disaster occurred.”
Porter Ranch resident Craig Galanti, at this protest in 2018, said SoCalGas and the L.A. County Department of Public Health failed to test the Aliso Canyon gas leak for known cancer-causing chemicals which put the community in jeopardy. The clinical assessment study will include lab tests, and screening of heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and body mass index, according to Liu. Researchers will also conduct cognitive and neurological screening, measure lung function, and look at their lung capacity. They will collect blood samples to test blood-related diseases and liver and kidney functions.
A 2018 report by the California Council on Science and Technology revealed that all air quality monitoring missed the first days of the blowout — when residents were possibly exposed to the highest concentrations of emissions. Researchers have been collecting data on the Aliso Canyon facility, its production and the impact on the environment, Liu said. He noted that his team can continue with the study without having a specific list of chemicals released during the leak, “but it will provide insight if we do have it.”
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