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Michael K. Peterson, M.E.M., D.A.B.T. |
Education
Certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, 2006.
M.E.M., Duke University, 1998, Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment.
B.S., Bradley University Honor’s Program, 1996, Chemistry and Environmental Science.
Experience Highlights
7 years experience in toxicology and human health risk assessments.
Fields of Expertise include: Environmental Toxicology; Human Health Risk Assessment; Environmental Chemistry.
Biographical Sketch
Michael K. Peterson, M.E.M., is an environmental health scientist with seven years of experience in toxicology and risk assessment. He has demonstrated his technical experience in a wide variety of projects. His recent work has included litigation support for cases involving human exposure to chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and illicit drugs; multipathway human health risk assessments; development of inhalation exposure guideline values for industrial chemicals; modeling the uptake of lead in children; assessing the impacts of emissions from the electric utility industry; and evaluating the potential health effects from exposure to biological agents.
Mr. Peterson also has experience in pesticide toxicology, including both ecological and human receptors. While at Intertox, he has assessed the potential for organophosphorous pesticide type compounds to induce both acute and delayed neurotoxicity, and has also evaluated potential health impacts of organochlorine compounds. This has also included work associated with chemical weapon agents, including sarin, VX, and HD (mustard gas). His previous professional experience includes calculating toxicity reference values for ecological risk assessments, modeling fate and transport of land applied pesticides to aquatic systems, evaluating the relative efficacy of different types of pesticides, using Monte-Carlo analysis to model organic chemical levels in soil, and assessing risk based clean up levels for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil. He has also performed extensive research in the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from soil.
Mr. Peterson received his Master of Environmental Management degree with a specialization in environmental chemistry, toxicology and risk assessment from Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with honors from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. He has received certification in 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response.
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Recent Publications
Book Chapters
Belzer R.B., Bruce G.M., Peterson M.K. and Pleus R.C. 2004. Using Comparative Exposure Analysis to Validate Low-Dose Human Health Risk Assessment: The Case of Perchlorate. In Linkov, I. and Ramadan, A., Eds. Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making. Kluwer. Pgs. 57-74.
Technical Papers
Peterson M.K., Bruce G. and Pleus R.C. 2002. Identification and Risk Assessment of Odorous Chemicals Associated with Combustion Processes. Proceedings of the Air & Waste Management Association’s Hazardous Waste Combustors Specialty Conference & Exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri, April 17-19.
Bruce G., Peterson M.K., Lincoln D.L. and Pleus R.C. 2002. Review and assessment of TSH and Thyroid Hormones during Pregnancy in the Rat and Human and Comparison to Hormone Values in the 2001 Effects Study. Submitted to Eastern Research Group, Inc. for the U.S. EPA/ORD Peer Review Workshop-Perchlorate Environmental Contamination: Toxicological Review and Risk Characterization, March 5-6, Sacramento, CA. February 19.
Recent Presentations
2006. Corey L.M., Peterson M.K., and Pleus R.C. Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety (EHS): Current Knowledge and Future Challenges. Presented at the 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference, Albuquerque, NM. August 6-11.
2006. Corey L.M., Peterson M.K., and Pleus R.C. Nanotoxicology: Special Considerations for Assessing Risks from Very Small Particles. Presented at the 9th Annual Force Health Protection Conference, Albuquerque, NM, August 6-11.
2006. Corey L.M., Peterson M.K., and Pleus R.C. Developing Nanotechnology Health and Safety Standards. Invited speaker. Presented at the 2006 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference, Vancouver, WA, July 25, 2006.
2005. Bruce G.M., Peterson M.K. and Pleus R.C. Comparative Risk Assessment Of Multimedia Environmental Exposure To Perchlorate and Other Agents That Inhibit Iodide Uptake Into The Thyroid. Poster presented at the Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. March 10.
2005. Peterson M.K., Pleus R.C. and Hays S.M. Assessing the Risks Associated with Children Ingesting Lead in School Drinking Water: PBPK Modeling and Risk Communication. Poster presented at the Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. March 8.
2005. Dodge D.G., Peterson M.K., and Pleus R.C. Addressing Toxicological Challenges to Community Water Fluoridation in Washington State. Poster presented at the Society of Toxicology 44th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. March 7.
2004. Peterson M.K. and Pleus R.C. Comparative Analysis of Neuropsychological Toxicity of Biological, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Agents. Presented at the Society of Toxicology 43rd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. March 22.
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