Victims To Sue Gun Manufacturers; National Academy of Sciences Report on Perchlorate; Iraqi American Voting; The Science of the Southeast Asian Earthquake and Tsunami
Victims To Sue Gun Manufacturers
Victims of the 1999 shootings by white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. can now sue Glock Inc. and China North Industries, gun makers who manufactured the guns used by Furrow. The Supreme Court let stand a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the mother of a US Postal Worker, and the families of children killed by Furrow, could sue the gun makers. Experts on both sides of the issue join Larry to discuss the implications of this decision. Larry's guests are: Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America; Josh Horwitz, Executive Director of the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence; and Robert Pugsley, Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law.
National Academy of Sciences Report on Perchlorate
The National Academy of Sciences released a report on Monday assessing the health implications of perchlorate exposure. The NAS found that “even the most sensitive populations” can ingest daily amounts of up to 20 times the “reference dose” proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency, without adversely affecting health. Experts join Larry to discuss what this means for California’s perchlorate drinking water standard. Larry's guests are: Bill Walker, VP of the Environmental Working Group for the west coast and Dr. Richard Corley, a member of the Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion committee for the National Academies of Science’ National Research Council.
Iraqi American Voting
Larry speaks with Basam Al-Husseini, an Iraqi-American who is training workers to staff polls for expatriate Iraqis for the Iraqi election on January 30th. Who will be able to vote? Where can they go? And how will the expatriate vote affect the Iraqi election?
The Science of the Southeast Asian Earthquake and Tsunami
Larry Mantle talks with Caltech scientists studying last month’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia. Larry asks: Why was the earthquake so large? How was the tsunami created? Could a tragedy of this magnitude happen in the U.S.? Larry's guests are: Lucy Jones, scientist in charge of the USGS in Southern California and Tom Heaton, Professor of Engineering Seismology at Caltech.