详细内容或原文请订阅后点击阅览
加州大学洛杉矶分校和社区合作伙伴通过免费土壤测试帮助阿尔塔迪纳火灾恢复
加州大学洛杉矶分校的研究人员团队正在与社区合作伙伴一起测试受火灾严重影响的社区的土壤样本。
来源:UCLAIn an effort to support the region’s recovery in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires, a team of UCLA researchers is joining with community partners to test soil samples from neighborhoods hit hard by the blazes.
“Soil screening is a necessary first step, but it’s not a solution,” said Kirsten Schwarz, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School School of Public Health and a leader of the LA Urban Soil Social Impact Collaborative, a community-university partnership funded by UCLA’s Center for Community Engagement.
Kirsten Schwarz, 洛杉矶城市土壤社会影响合作组织， UCLA’s Center for Community Engagement.“Fire-impacted communities," Schwarz said, "are eager for actionable solutions and soil amendments, like compost and mulch — low-cost, accessible options that help us manage risk.”
The January blazes in the Pacific Palisades–Malibu area, adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains, and the Altadena –Pasadena communities in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, claimed at least 31 lives and damaged or destroyed more than 18,000 structures, according to county officials.
“After the Eaton fire, so many residents were left wondering what was in their soil — what they were walking on, planting in and breathing around their homes,” said Kristy Brauch, a master gardener from Pasadena who works with the project. “恐惧和紧迫感交织在一起，但也有一种令人难以置信的理解和采取行动的愿望。”
The collaborative, which includes researchers from across UCLA and Los Angeles–based organizations, including the nonprofit TreePeople, is hosting additional pop-up soil testing events, workshops and remediation projects across the region, with the next soil testing event scheduled for Dec. 6, organizers said.
铅，已知的导致重大疾病的原因。 Jennifer Jay,