Browsing by Author "Yamashita, R."

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    • International pellet watch: Global monitoring of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in plastic resin pellets 

      Ohgaki, T.; Takada, H.; Yoshida, R.; Mizukawa, K.; Yeo, B.G.; Alidoust, M.; Hirai, N.; Yamashita, R.; Tokumaru, T.; Watanabe, I.; Onwona-Agyeman, S.; Gardiner, P.; Eriksen, M.; Kelly, J.F.; Rodriguez-Sierra, C.J.; Colasse, L.; Baztan, J.; Barretto, F.P.; Izar, G.M.; Abessa, D.; Zakaria, M.P.; Kwan, C.S.; Saha, M.; Ryan, P.G.; Weerts, S.; Ofosu-Anim, J.; Sabi, E.B.; Akita, L.G.; Tait, H.; Eriksson, C.; Burton, H. (Japan Society for Environmental Chemistry, 2021)
      Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were measured in plastic resin pellets collected from 65 beaches across 27 countries worldwide. They were detected at 49 locations at concentrations of the sum of 49 congeners of up ...

    • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Hopanes in Plastic Resin Pellets as Markers of Oil Pollution via International Pellet Watch Monitoring 

      Yeo, B.G.; Takada, H.; Hosoda, J.; Kondo, A.; Yamashita, R.; Saha, M.; Maes, T. (Springer, 2017)
      Oil pollution in the marine environment is an unavoidable problem due to chronic input from local sources, particularly in urban areas and oil spills. Oil pollution not only causes immediate physical damages to surrounding ...

    • Source analysis of radiocesium in river waters using road dust tracers 

      Murakami, M.; Saha, M.; Iwasaki, Y.; Yamashita, R.; Koibuchi, Y.; Tsukada, H.; Takada, H.; Sueki, K.; Yasutaka, T. (Pergamon, 2017)
      Following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station accident, regional road dust, heavily contaminated with radiocesium, now represents a potential source of radiocesium pollution in river water. To promote effective ...