Environmental & Molecular Toxicology

Kim A. Anderson

Associate Professor
Dept.: EMT (1127 Ag Life Sciences Bldg)
Director: FSES
Ph.D. 1989, Wash. State Univ.
Phone: 541.737.8501
Fax: 541.737.0497
Email: kim.anderson@oregonstate.edu

Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program

The Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Laboratory at Oregon State University provides chemical and toxicological information from pesticide residue studies to support registration of pesticides for use on Oregon's minor crops.  High quality analytical data are provided, backed by scientific studies that insure the data are defensible.

Environmental Forensic Chemistry Research

Our research is focused in the field of environmental forensic chemistry which involves the application of chemical concepts to the interpretation, distribution, speciation, and bioavailability of chemicals in the environment (often litigious). We focus on persisten, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals. We are working at several field sites, mostly throughout the state of Oregon, including the Portland Harbor Superfund Site, and several sites on the Willamette River. We work in several eco-system compartments: dominantly fish, surface waters and sediments. In addition, to classical techniques, we work on development and evaluation of in-situ techniques which mimic organisms, in order to better understand bioavailability. We also look at the effect of episodic events/inputs into an no-system.

Current Projects

3/08-3/11, funded, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Fate of Bio-accessible Metals from Prior Metal Rich Fertilizer Applications and Preserving Established Select Field Sites.

6/07-3/08, funded, UN GEF FAO, Co-PI: Jepson, Anderson, Jenkins, Bolte.  Capacity building and the development of environmental monitoring and pesticide risk assessment. The goal of the project: Passive sampling device training at CERES/Locustox Laboratory in Senegal, field training and site assessment in Senegal and Mali.  Design and conduct a pilot exercise in Senegal.  Develop local framework of human health risk assessment.

3/07- 12/08, funded, College of Health and Human Science, pilot program, Cattails as a Surrogate Indicator for Exposure during Traditional Tribal Practices. PI AK Harding, Co-I KA Anderson,.  The goal of this pilot study is to test a sentinel and representative species widely used by Native people (cattail), to determine the uptake of metals and estimate potential health risk from exposure to these contaminants.

8/06-7/07, funded, Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center, pilot program, Novel Combination of an Environmental Bioavailable Analytical System and an Aquatic Model, PI K. Anderson, CoI R.Tanguay.  The goal of the pilot project is to investigate the potential for a predictive link between biological response/effect and environmental exposure measured by a bioavailable analytical model, utilizing passive sampling devices and zebra fish

7/06-6/08, funded, Agricultural Research Foundation, “How Can Consumers Trust Salmon Labels?-The Use of Stable Isotope Chemical-Signature for Food Origin Identification. PI K. Anderson.

6/06-12/06, funded. UN GEF, FAO, Capacity building and the development of a programme for water quality analysis of pesticide residues, The goal of the project: Reducing dependence on POPs and other agro-chemicals in the Sengal and Niger River basins through IPPM, Co-PI: Jepson, Jenkins, Anderson, Bolte, Sudakin, Curtis.

9/05-9/06, funded, Hood River Grower Shipper Association, Azinphos-methyl, Az-oxon and phosmet in pear packing facility effluent, method development, seasonal effects and facility effects” PI K. Anderson, co-PI. J. Jenkins. Hood River fruit packer effluents pesticide analysis and information for pesticide effluent reduction planning

Book Chapters Refereed

Anderson, K.A. & Hillwalker, W.E. Chapter “Ecotoxicology Bioavailability” Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier Publishing Inc. Oxford, in press, 2008.

Anderson, K.A.  invited contributor to Chapters in, “Environmental Chemistry” in Framework for Metals Risk Assessment, US EPA, 2007, EPA120/R-07/001.

Anderson, K.A. & Schaeffer, J. Chapter, Herbicides in the Environment, Fate of; The Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY, 2004, pg 554-558.

Selected publications

Suzan Dziennis*, Dongren Yang*, Jian Cheng, Kim Anderson, Nabil J. Alkayed, Patricia D.Hurn and Pamela J. Lein. “Developmental exposure to polychlorinated byphenyls influences of stroke outcome in adult rats” accepted for publication January 2008, Environmental Health Perspectives.

Perez, A. Smith, B.W. & Anderson, K.A*. “Stable isotope and trace element profiling combined with classification models to differentiate geographic growing origin for three fruits: effects of sub-region and variety” J. Ag. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 4506-16.

Sethajintanin, D. & Anderson, K.A.* Temporal Bioavailability of Organochlorine Pesticides and PCBs Environ. Sci. & Technol., 2006, 40, 12, 3689-95.

Perez, A. Smith, B.W. & Anderson, K.A*. Stable isotope and trace element profiling combined with classification models to differentiate geographic growing origin for three fruits: effects of sub-region and variety J. Ag. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 4506-16.

Anderson, K.A.*, Basile, J.L. & Johnson, G. "Analytical Method for Dimethenamid-p by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detector in Raw Agricultural Commodities", J. AOAC International, 2005, 88, 5, p 1428-1432

Hillwalker, W, & Anderson, K. “ The use of stable isotopes to indicate pathways of trace metal accumulation in benthic food webs” pg 682-687, in Proceedings of Environmental Science and Technology, Lyon, WG, Hong, J and Reddy RK, Eds, V1, American Science Press, NO, 2005, ISBN-0-9768853-4-4.

Anderson, K.A. Sethanjintanin, D., Krissanakriangkrai, O. Johnson, E, and Sower, G. “Bioavailable contaminants in Portland Harbor, Oregon, USA” pg 665-671, in Proceedings of Environmental Science and Technology, Lyon, WG, Hong, J and Reddy RK, Eds, V1, American Science Press, NO, USA, 2005, ISBN-0-9768853-4-4.

Anderson KA & Smith BW. (2006) Effect of Season and Variety on the Differentiation of Geographic Growing Origin of Pistachios by Stable Isotope Profiling, J Agric Food Chem. 54(5):1747-52.

Hillwalker WE, Jepson PC, Anderson KA. (2006) Selenium accumulation patterns in lotic and lentic aquatic systems, Sci Total Environ. [Epub ahead of print]

Anderson KA, Basile JL & Johnson G. (2005) Analytical method for dimethenamid-P in selected raw agricultural commodities by gas chromatography with electron capture detection, J AOAC Int. 88(5):1428-32. .

Villeneuve DL, Curtis LR, Jenkins JJ, Warner KE, Tilton FA, Kent ML, Watral VG, Cunningham ME, Markle DF, Sethajintanin D, Krissanakriangkrai O, Johnson ER, Grove R & Anderson KA. (2005) Environmental Stresses and Skeletal Deformities in Fish from the Willamette River, Oregon, USA, Environ Sci Technol. 39(10):3495-506.

Anderson KA & Smith BW. (2005) Use of chemical profiling to differentiate geographic growing origin of raw pistachios, J Agric Food Chem. 53(2):410-8.

Sethajintanin D, Johnson ER, Loper B & Anderson KA. (2004) Bioaccumulation profiles of chemical contaminants in fish from the lower Willamette River, Portland Harbor, Oregon, Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 46(1):114-23.

Loper BL, Anderson KA. (2003) Determination of pyrethrin and pyrethroid pesticides in urine and water matrixes by liquid chromatography with diode array detection, J AOAC Int. 86(6):1236-40.

Aponso GLM, Manuweera GK, Anderson K, Tinsley IJ. "Analysis of drinking water and house dust for chlorpyrifos and 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol collected from a farming community in Kandy" Annals of Sri Lanka, Dept of Agriculture, Vol 5, 2003, 7-22.

Padilla KL, Anderson KA. (2002) Trace element concentration in tree-rings biomonitoring centuries of environmental change, Chemosphere. 49(6):575-85.

Loper BR, Cobb WT & Anderson KA. (2002) Chemical Marker for ALS-inhibitor Herbicides: 2-aminobutyric acid Proportional in Sub-Lethal Applications, J Agric Food Chem. 50(9):2601-6.

Anderson KA & Smith BW. (2002) Chemical profiling to differentiate geographic growing origins of coffee, J Agric Food Chem. 50(7):2068-75.

Aponso GLM, Manuweera GK, Anderson K and Tinsley IJ. "Exposure and risk assessment for farmers occupationally exposed to insecticide chlorpyrifos in Sri Lanka". Annals of Sri Lanka, Department of Agriculture, Vol 4, 2002, 245-254.

Anderson KA, Cobb WT, Loper BR. Analytical Method for Determination of Shikimic Acid: Shikimic Acid Proportional to Glyphosate Application Rates, Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32(17&18), 2831–40.

Anderson KA & Johnson E. (2001) Bioavailable organochlorine pesticides in a semi-arid region of eastern Oregon, USA, as determined by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection, J AOAC Int. 84(5):1371-82.