2026
Los Angeles Times | "Water from Boyle Heights warehouse fire carries foam into L.A. River, sparks testing”
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne about research into the public health impact of a large fire in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, about research into the public health impact of a large warehouse fire in Los Angeles.
“The community here is really interested in knowing, ‘Are there any contaminants that are potentially making their way down to the L.A. River?’” said Yoshira “Yoshi” Ornelas Van Horne, UCLA assistant professor in environmental health sciences. “We really can’t answer that unless we actually have measures and samples analyzed.”
