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Hidetaka Takigami is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a notable emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Additional areas of their work include pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, dermatology, and genetics.

The scientist's investigations cover several main topics:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Skin Protection and Aging
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects

Takigami has published works in a range of peer-reviewed journals, with papers appearing in:

  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Applied Toxicology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Recent publications include:

  • "Recycling plastics containing decabromodiphenyl ether into new consumer products including children's toys purchased in Japan and seventeen other countries," 2021, Chemosphere
  • "The effects of 28-day early-life exposure to triphenyl phosphate (TPhP) on odor preference and sexual behavior in female rats," 2020, Journal of Applied Toxicology
  • "Antiandrogenic and Estrogenic Activity Evaluation of Oxygenated and Nitrated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Chemically Activated Luciferase Expression Assays," 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Takigami frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Go Suzuki
  • Natsuko Kajiwara
  • Hidenori Matsukami
  • Govindan Malarvannan
  • Paromita Chakraborty

Best Publications

  • Levels and trends of PBDEs and HBCDs in the global environment: Status at the end of 2012

    Robin J. Law;Adrian Covaci;Stuart Harrad;Dorte Herzke

  • International comparative study of 3R and waste management policy developments

    Shin-ichi Sakai;Hideto Yoshida;Yasuhiro Hirai;Misuzu Asari

  • An international comparative study of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling systems

    Shin-ichi Sakai;Hideto Yoshida;Jiro Hiratsuka;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Brominated Flame Retardants and Other Polyhalogenated Compounds in Indoor Air and Dust From Two Houses in Japan

    Hidetaka Takigami;Go Suzuki;Yasuhiro Hirai;Shin-ichi Sakai

  • Photolysis studies of technical decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) and ethane (DeBDethane) in plastics under natural sunlight.

    Natsuko Kajiwara;Yukio Noma;Hidetaka Takigami

  • Brominated and organophosphate flame retardants in selected consumer products on the Japanese market in 2008

    Natsuko Kajiwara;Yukio Noma;Hidetaka Takigami

  • Flame retardant emission from e-waste recycling operation in northern Vietnam: Environmental occurrence of emerging organophosphorus esters used as alternatives for PBDEs

    Hidenori Matsukami;Hidenori Matsukami;Nguyen Minh Tue;Go Suzuki;Masayuki Someya

  • Perinatal Exposure to Brominated Flame Retardants and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Japan

    Yukiko Kawashiro;Hideki Fukata;Mariko Omori-Inoue;Kiyoshi Kubonoya

  • Flame retardants in indoor dust and air of a hotel in Japan

    Hidetaka Takigami;Go Suzuki;Yasuhiro Hirai;Yukari Ishikawa

  • Exposure assessment of organophosphorus and organobromine flame retardants via indoor dust from elementary schools and domestic houses.

    Shigekazu Mizouchi;Masayoshi Ichiba;Hidetaka Takigami;Natsuko Kajiwara

  • Transfer of brominated flame retardants from components into dust inside television cabinets

    Hidetaka Takigami;Go Suzuki;Yasuhiro Hirai;Shin-ichi Sakai

  • Determination of flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane diastereomers in textiles

    Natsuko Kajiwara;Minekazu Sueoka;Toshio Ohiwa;Hidetaka Takigami

  • Structural Requirements for the Interaction of 91 Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls with Estrogen and Thyroid Hormone Receptors

    Sundaram Arulmozhiraja;Fujio Shiraishi;Tameo Okumura;Mitsuru Iida

  • Estrogen and estrogen mimics contamination in water and the role of sewage treatment

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  • Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and alternative flame retardants in surface soils and river sediments from an electronic waste-processing area in northern Vietnam, 2012–2014

    Hidenori Matsukami;Hidenori Matsukami;Go Suzuki;Masayuki Someya;Natsuyo Uchida

  • Fate of metals contained in waste electrical and electronic equipment in a municipal waste treatment process.

    Masahiro Oguchi;Hirofumi Sakanakura;Atsushi Terazono;Hidetaka Takigami

  • Similarities in the endocrine-disrupting potencies of indoor dust and flame retardants by using human osteosarcoma (U2OS) cell-based reporter gene assays.

    Go Suzuki;Nguyen Minh Tue;Govindan Malarvannan;Agus Sudaryanto

  • Existence State of Bromine as an Indicator of the Source of Brominated Flame Retardants in Indoor Dust

    G. O. Suzuki;Akiko Kida;Shin-Ichi Sakai;Hidetaka Takigami

  • Identification of brominated and chlorinated phenols as potential thyroid-disrupting compounds in indoor dusts.

    Go Suzuki;Hidetaka Takigami;Mafumi Watanabe;Shin Takahashi

  • Impact of metals in surface matrices from formal and informal electronic-waste recycling around Metro Manila, the Philippines, and intra-Asian comparison

    Takashi Fujimori;Hidetaka Takigami;Tetsuro Agusa;Akifumi Eguchi

  • Pollution distribution of heavy metals in surface soil at an informal electronic-waste recycling site

    Takashi Fujimori;Takashi Fujimori;Hidetaka Takigami

Frequent Co-Authors

Shin-ichi Sakai
Shin-ichi Sakai Kyoto University
Shin Takahashi
Shin Takahashi Ehime University
Shinsuke Tanabe
Shinsuke Tanabe Ehime University
Pham Hung Viet
Pham Hung Viet Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Stuart Harrad
Stuart Harrad University of Birmingham
Abraham Brouwer
Abraham Brouwer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kazuichi Hayakawa
Kazuichi Hayakawa Kanazawa University
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
Tomohiko Isobe
Tomohiko Isobe National Institute for Environmental Studies

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