Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program

09/17/2020

With the help of our participants, we are setting up passive air samplers throughout the Pacific Northwest to better understand the impact of this year’s wildfires on indoor and outdoor air quality.


You can learn more about this project by visiting our lab’s website:
http://fses.oregonstate.edu/wildfires

06/08/2020

Check out the latest publications from the FSES lab on foal dysphagia and occupational firefighter chemical exposures, congratulations to our team members!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720320106
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020317736

Studies of neonatal health risks of unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) have not included comprehensive assessments of environmental chemica…

11/08/2019

Congratulations to our lab members who attended and networked and presented research AND co-chaired a session at in Toronto!

09/06/2019

Our recent publication on feline hyperthyroidism and flame retardant exposures was named as an NIEHS Paper of the Month! Congratulations to the cat team!

Environmental Factor Newsletter

07/10/2019

Check out our recently published paper on silicone pet tags! In this study, cats wore silicone pet tags to investigate household flame retardant exposures.

Silicone Pet Tags Associate Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-isopropyl) Phosphate Exposures with Feline Hyperthyroidism

04/23/2018

Hyperthyroid cat study! Researchers are seeking indoor hyperthyroid cats over 10 years old. Cats will wear a passive sampling cat tag for 7 days to assess flame retardant levels in the home. Cat owners must provide their cat’s medical records, complete a questionnaire, and return the cat tag to OSU.

If interested, please contact Dr. Jana Gordon ([email protected], OSU Veterinary Hospital).

For more information about the cat tags, see http://fses.oregonstate.edu/node/1363 with Dr. Kim Anderson (OSU Toxicology).

04/02/2018

Check out our recently published paper on silicone wristbands! In our research group, we use wristbands to assess personal exposure to organic chemicals. http://rdcu.be/Ko4v

03/21/2018

Check out this new work from our program! This paper presents a quantitative screening method for 1550 chemicals. http://rdcu.be/Jyzt

03/16/2018

We are looking for community members in Eugene to participate in our environmental health study!

You may qualify if you are 18 years of age or older, have a current asthma diagnosis, and speak English.

If you are interested in learning more: please contact the study coordinator, Dr. Diana Rohlman at 541-357-8578 or [email protected]. Check out our website as well! http://fses.oregonstate.edu/node/1395

The project entitled “Exposure, Location, and Lung Function (ELF) Measures” is led by Dr. Kim Anderson at Oregon State University with funding by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

03/15/2018

Hyperthyroid cat study!

Researchers are seeking indoor hyperthyroid cats in Oregon over 10 years old. Cats will wear a passive sampling cat tag for 7 days to assess flame retardant levels in the home. If interested, please contact Dr. Jana Gordon ([email protected], OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital).

For more about the cat tags, see http://fses.oregonstate.edu/node/1363

03/14/2018

Watch this video to learn more about passive sampling!