Ross Anderson

Ross Anderson is a freelance journalist living in Port Townsend, Washington. Previously he worked 30 years at the Seattle Times, where he covered politics, natural resources and environmental issues. He was a John S. Knight Jornalism Fellow at Stanfo

A New Worry for Northwest Shellfish Growers

A well-traveled shellfish bug that has sickened thousands from Europe to Japan and South America over the past half century has finally found its way into Washington state’s prized

By Ross Anderson

/ 12 Aug 2011

The 36 Million Pound Turkey Recall: Is It Enough?

At least one food poisoning authority fears that, despite the recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey, more Cargill ground turkey products may be contaminated with Salmonella and should

By Ross Anderson

/ 10 Aug 2011

Vibrio: Shellfish Farmers' Summertime Foe

The summer heat that ripens vast fields of gorgeous strawberries in Washington’s Skagit Valley also raises anxiety levels among shellfish farmers on the nearby Samish Bay tideflats. The longer

By Ross Anderson

/ 7 Aug 2011

A $1.1 Million Hit to a Missing Corporation

A Texas produce company has been ordered to pay $1.1 million in damages to the family of a man who died after eating contaminated celery from a San Antonio

By Ross Anderson

/ 26 Jul 2011

One Egyptian Seed Shipment: Two Outbreaks

The European Union banned the import of certain Egyptian seeds and beans Tuesday following an official report that a single batch of well-travelled Egyptian fenugreek seeds probably caused two European

By Ross Anderson

/ 5 Jul 2011

Minnesota's Team D Out of Action

The chances of detecting and stopping major outbreak of foodborne illness in middle America declined Friday due to Minnesota’s political shutdown of most state services — including Team Diarrhea and

By Ross Anderson

/ 1 Jul 2011

Contaminated Sprout Seeds Could be Anywhere

French health authorities have confirmed what has been suspected for days, that the E. coli outbreak in Bordeaux is linked to the earlier German epidemic, and that contaminated sprouts may

By Ross Anderson

/ 30 Jun 2011

More Details on the Mysterious German Microbe

Bit by bit, gene by gene, doctors and researchers in Germany and around the globe are cobbling together a profile of the microbe responsible for Europe’s alarming outbreak of

By Ross Anderson

/ 23 Jun 2011

As Germany Outbreak Ebbs, Questions Linger

After eight weeks, more than 3,700 illnesses and 40 deaths, Germany’s E. coli outbreak is finally waning, but health officials and scientists around the world remain fixed on

By Ross Anderson

/ 22 Jun 2011

Sluggish Reporting Worsened Germany's Outbreak

Early doctors’ reports of E. coli poisoning in northern Germany took as long as 16 days to wend their way up the government system and alert national health authorities, seriously

By Ross Anderson

/ 16 Jun 2011

Sprouts Are the Cause, Who's to Blame?

So the mystery of Germany’s sproutbreak is finally solved. Let the finger-pointing begin. Nearly six weeks into the European epidemic of toxic E. coli O104:H4, German authorities Friday

By Ross Anderson

/ 10 Jun 2011

Sprouts and Bacteria: It's the Growing Conditions

Who would’ve guessed sprouts? Who would have predicted that Germany’s E. coli outbreak, already one of the worst food poisoning epidemics in recent times, might be connected to

By Ross Anderson

/ 5 Jun 2011

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Ross Anderson

A New Worry for Northwest Shellfish Growers

The 36 Million Pound Turkey Recall: Is It Enough?

Vibrio: Shellfish Farmers' Summertime Foe

A $1.1 Million Hit to a Missing Corporation

One Egyptian Seed Shipment: Two Outbreaks

Minnesota's Team D Out of Action

Contaminated Sprout Seeds Could be Anywhere

More Details on the Mysterious German Microbe

As Germany Outbreak Ebbs, Questions Linger

Sluggish Reporting Worsened Germany's Outbreak

Sprouts Are the Cause, Who's to Blame?

Sprouts and Bacteria: It's the Growing Conditions