Aliso Canyon Disaster
Health Research Study

Aliso Canyon Disaster
Health Research Study

The UCLA Health Study will assess the short- and long-term health impacts of the gas blowout that happened in 2015–2016. The Aliso Canyon disaster was the largest uncontrolled release from an underground gas storage facility in the history of the United States.

100,000

metric tons of methane and air toxins escaped into the atmosphere from the Aliso Canyon gas well between October 2015 and February 2016

130,400+

people live within five miles downwind of the disaster site

41%

of the people who live within five miles downwind of the disaster site are under 19 years old or 65 and older

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UCLA Aliso Canyon Health Study.

Learn more about the UCLA Aliso Canyon Health Study.

Meet the UCLA team, partners, and Scientific Oversight Committee.

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Recent announcements and press releases, and upcoming events.

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