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3651
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Overview

Richard A. Fenske was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focused on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with published work spanning multiple subfields including Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, and Insect Science.

The scientist contributed to topics related to pesticide exposure and toxicity, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, climate change and health impacts, agriculture and farm safety, and occupational health and safety research. These areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the environmental and health challenges connected to agriculture and chemical exposures.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist were:

  • Climate Change and the Amplification of Agricultural Worker Health Risks, 2021, Journal of Agromedicine
  • Flawed analysis of an intentional human dosing study and its impact on chlorpyrifos risk assessments, 2020, Environment International
  • Examining the role of wind in human illness due to pesticide drift in Washington state, 2000-2015, 2021, Environmental Health
  • What's the Best Way to Store Toxic 1080 Baits?, 2025, Ecological Management & Restoration
  • IARC Monographs: 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Lianne Sheppard, Seth McGrew, Kent E. Pinkerton, Edward J. Kasner, and Joanne Bonnar Prado.

The main venues where their research was published included Environment International, Journal of Agromedicine, Environmental Health, Ecological Management & Restoration, and UNC Libraries. These venues reflect a broad interdisciplinary interest bridging environmental health, agricultural safety, and toxicology.

Best Publications

  • Organic Diets Significantly Lower Children’s Dietary Exposure to Organophosphorus Pesticides

    Chensheng Lu;Kathryn Toepel;Rene Irish;Richard A. Fenske

  • Pesticide exposure of children in an agricultural community: evidence of household proximity to farmland and take home exposure pathways.

    Chensheng Lu;Richard A. Fenske;Nancy J. Simcox;David Kalman

  • PESTICIDES IN HOUSEHOLD DUST AND SOIL : EXPOSURE PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN OF AGRICULTURAL FAMILIES

    Nancy J. Simcox;Richard A. Fenske;Sarah A. Wolz;I-Chwen Lee

  • Mechanisms underlying Children's susceptibility to environmental toxicants.

    Elaine M. Faustman;Susan M. Silbernagel;Richard A. Fenske;Thomas M. Burbacher

  • Organophosphorus pesticide exposure of urban and suburban preschool children with organic and conventional diets.

    Cynthia L Curl;Richard A Fenske;Kai Elgethun

  • Evaluation of take-home organophosphorus pesticide exposure among agricultural workers and their children.

    Cynthia L Curl;Richard A Fenske;John C Kissel;Jeffry H Shirai

  • Children's exposure to chlorpyrifos and parathion in an agricultural community in central Washington State.

    Richard A Fenske;Chensheng Lu;Dana Barr;Larry Needham

  • Biological monitoring of organophosphorus pesticide exposure among children of agricultural workers in central Washington State.

    Carrie Loewenherz;Richard A. Fenske;Nancy J. Simcox;Garland Bellamy

  • DERMAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

    Fenske Ra

  • Biological monitoring survey of organophosphorus pesticide exposure among pre-school children in the Seattle metropolitan area.

    Chensheng Lu;Dianne E. Knutson;Jennifer Fisker-Andersen;Richard A. Fenske

  • Time-location analysis for exposure assessment studies of children using a novel global positioning system instrument.

    Kai Elgethun;Richard A Fenske;Michael G Yost;Gary J Palcisko

  • Temporal Association of Children's Pesticide Exposure and Agricultural Spraying: Report of a Longitudinal Biological Monitoring Study

    Denise Koch;Chensheng Lu;Jennifer Fisker-Andersen;Lance Jolley

  • Implications of global climate change for the assessment and management of human health risks of chemicals in the natural environment.

    John M. Balbus;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Richard A. Fenske;Thomas E. McKone

  • Comparison of global positioning system (GPS) tracking and parent-report diaries to characterize children's time–location patterns

    Kai Elgethun;Michael G Yost;Cole T E Fitzpatrick;Timothy L Nyerges

  • Pesticide take-home pathway among children of agricultural workers: study design, methods, and baseline findings.

    Beti Thompson;Gloria D Coronado;Julia E Grossman;Klaus Puschel

  • IARC monographs: 40 years of evaluating carcinogenic hazards to humans

    Neil Pearce;Aaron Blair;Paolo Vineis;Wolfgang Ahrens

  • Comparison of organophosphorus pesticide metabolite levels in single and multiple daily urine samples collected from preschool children in Washington State

    John C Kissel;Cynthia L Curl;Golan Kedan;Chensheng Lu

  • Assessment of organophosphorous pesticide exposures in the diets of preschool children in Washington State

    Richard A Fenske;Golan Kedan;Chensheng Lu;Jennifer A Fisker-Andersen

  • A Case-Crossover Study of Heat Exposure and Injury Risk in Outdoor Agricultural Workers.

    June T. Spector;David K. Bonauto;Lianne Sheppard;Tania Busch-Isaksen

  • Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution

    J. Elizabeth Jackson;Michael G. Yost;Catherine Karr;Cole Fitzpatrick

  • Estimating Pesticide Exposure from Dietary Intake and Organic Food Choices: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Cynthia L. Curl;Shirley A.A. Beresford;Richard A. Fenske;Annette L. Fitzpatrick

  • Field Measurement of Dermal Soil Loading Attributable to Various Activities: Implications for Exposure Assessment

    John C. Kissel;Karen Y. Richter;Richard A. Fenske

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana B. Barr
Dana B. Barr Emory University
Beti Thompson
Beti Thompson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Pamela J. Lein
Pamela J. Lein University of California, Davis
Harvey Checkoway
Harvey Checkoway University of California, San Diego
Clement E. Furlong
Clement E. Furlong University of Washington
Edmund Seto
Edmund Seto University of Washington
Derek B. Booth
Derek B. Booth University of California, Santa Barbara
Ming-Yi Tsai
Ming-Yi Tsai University of Washington
Alan F. Hamlet
Alan F. Hamlet University of Notre Dame
Claudio O. Stöckle
Claudio O. Stöckle Washington State University

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