Featured News Stories

2025

Prominent environmental health journal disappears, but it’s in transition (Chemistry World)
New MRI contrast agent designed at OSU represents breakthrough in safer medical imaging (KTVZ)
Don’t Forget to Read the Fish Advisory (Voices of the Valley)
OSU researchers design a highly effective, low-dose, manganese-MOF MRI agent (News-Medical.net)
Firefighters wear wristbands to track harmful exposures (Chemical & Engineering News)
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires (The Invading Sea)
Your Car Tires Are Poisoning Fish. Here’s Why Farm Waste Could Be The Pollution Solution (Study Finds)
PNNL Hosts Inaugural Conference On Predictive Phenomics (Mirage News)
Almost 50% of Microplastic Pollution Comes From Cars. Here's Why. (Science Alert)
Inside the 13 Moons curriculum: How the Swinomish Tribe keeps traditions alive while teaching STEAM and helping to reduce chemical exposures (Buffalo's Fire)
Beyond DNA: Scientists Explore New Frontiers in Biology Research (Apple Valley News Now)
Understanding the World Beyond DNA and Genes (MSN)
10 Questions With... Diana Rohlman, associate professor and senior researcher in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology | OSU Today (Oregon State Today)
Beyond DNA: How Environments Influence Biology to Make Things Happen (Newswise)

2024

Oregon State University researcher exploring wastewater’s role in antimicrobial resistance (Oregon State University Newsroom)
OSU-invented bracelets help measure chemicals and pollutants (OPB)
As Plastic Talks Continue, a Reminder of What We’re All Exposed To (The New York Times)
Is the Willamette River clean? There’s still a lot we don’t know (OregonLive)
OSU researcher exploring wastewater’s role in antimicrobial resistance (North Coast Citizen)

2023

Silicone Wristbands Track Hundreds of Unique Chemical Exposures (NIEHS Environmental Factors)
RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi claim about human blood-brain barriers isn’t backed by definitive research (Politifact)
SRP Centers Share Science With Students (NIEHS)
Robyn Tanguay Receives SOT Mentoring Award (NIEHS Environmental Factors)
The Superfund Research Program Analytics Portal: linking environmental chemical exposure to biological phenotypes (Nature: Scientific Data)

2022

Workshop series signals turning point for exposome research (NIEHS Environmental Factors)
Experimental methods modestly impact interpretation of the effect of environmental exposures on the larval zebrafish gut microbiome (Nature: Scientific Reports)
Three Oregon State researchers receive distinction of AAAS fellow (OSU Today)
OSU hires first female dean in college of agricultural sciences after ‘unheard of’ support (OSU Barometer)
Oregon State University names Staci Simonich to lead College of Agricultural Sciences (OSU Today)
Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries, studies find (OSU Today)
Houston residents’ chemical exposure increased post-Hurricane Harvey, OSU study finds (Houston Public Media)
OSU study: After two hours, sunscreen that includes zinc oxide loses effectiveness, becomes toxic (KTVZ)
Houston residents’ chemical exposure increased post-Hurricane Harvey, OSU study finds (OSU Today)

2020

Papers of the Month December 2020 (NIH Environmental Factor)
Wildfire Smoke Can Spread Toxics to Water, Soil, and Elsewhere (Bloomberg Law)
OSU researchers devise method to predict cancer impacts of fires, fossil fuels (KTVZ)
OSU researchers devise method to predict cancer impacts of fires, fossil fuels (KTVZ)
Portland Harbor Superfund Site Community Involvement Plan (CIP) (EPA)