UCLA expertise out at Porter Ranch
February 8, 2016
While health officials and Southern California Gas Co. executives have maintained that Porter Ranch residents’ symptoms were the effects of smelling odorants, experts like UCLA’s Professor and Chair Department of Environmental Health Sciences of the Fielding School of Public Health, Michael Jerrett, are raising other possibilities. Jerrett has been frequently on hand to lend his expertise and a critical eye to the recent gas leaks.
Source: What caused nosebleeds in Porter Ranch? New questions emerge Los Angeles Daily News, 8 Feb. 2016
Additional coverage about Michael Jerrett’s response to the Porter Ranch gas leak:
Families Near The Huge Gas Leak Wonder: Is Home A Safe Place To Be? NPR, 10 Feb. 2016
Porter Ranch gas leak: How officials are testing the air KPCC, 3 Feb. 2016
California gas company promises action to capture some of leaking methane The Guardian, 11 Jan. 2016
Porter Ranch: Long term health risks of gas leak unknown KPCC, 3 Oct. 2015