All peer-reviewed    

 

1.       Medieu, A., Point, D., Sonke, J.E., Angot, H., Allain, F., Bodin, N., Adams, D.H., Bignert, A., Streets, D.G., Buchanan, P.B., Heimburger-Boavida, L.E., Pethybridge, H., Gillikin, D.P., Menard, F., Choy, A., Itai, T., Bustamante, P., Dhurmeea, Z., Ferriss, B.E., Bourles, B., Habasque, J., Verheyden, A., Munaron, J.M., Laffont, L., Gauthier, O., & Lorrain, A. (2024) Stable Tuna Mercury Concentrations since 1971 Illustrate Marine Inertia and the Need for Strong Emission Reductions under the Minamata Convention. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, In Press

 

2.            Hussain, I., Rehman, H. U., Itai, T., Khattak, J. A., & Farooqi, A. (2023). Geographic distribution of arsenic in the Himalayan Rivers flowing through Pakistan: Implications for its natural source and effects of anthropogenic activities. International Journal of Sediment Research. International Journal of Sediment Research, 38(4), 543-555.

 

3.            Hasegawa, N., Takahashi, Y., & Itai, T. (2023). Tissue-Variation of Iron Stable Isotope in Marine Fish Coupled with Speciation Analysis Using X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure. Science of the Total Environment. 881, 163449.

 

4.            Hasegawa, N., Itai, T., Kunisue, T., & Takahashi, Y. (2022). Variation of Iron Stable Isotopes in a Marine Ecosystem from the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Chemistry Letters, 51(5), 556-560.

 

5.            Médieu, A., Point, D., Itai, T., Angot, H., Buchanan, P.J., Allain, V., Fuller, L., Griffiths, S., Gillikin, D.P., Sonke, J.E., Heimbürger, L.E., Desgranges, M.M., Menkes, C.E., Madigan, D.J., Brosset, P., Gauthier, O., Tagliabue, A., Bopp, L., Verheyden, A., Lorrain, A. (2022). Evidence that Pacific tuna mercury levels are driven by marine methylmercury production and anthropogenic inputs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 119. 2. e2113032119.

 

6.            Takahashi, S., Hori, R.S.,  Yamakita, S., Aita, Y., Takemura, A., Ikehara, M., Xiong, Y., Poulton, S.W., Wignall, PB., Itai, T., Campbell, H.J., Spörli, B.K. (2021) Progressive development of ocean anoxia in the end-Permian pelagic Panthalassa, Global and Planetary Change, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103650.

 

7.            Yamada, S., Ichinohe, Y., Tatsuno, H., Hayakawa, R., Suda, H., Ohashi, T., Ishisaki, Y., Uruga, T., Sekizawa, O., Nitta, K., Takahashi, Y., Itai, T., Suga, H., Nagasawa, M., Tanaka, M., Kurisu, M., Hashimoto, T., Bennett, D., Denison, E., Driese, W.B., Durkin, M., Fowler, J., O’Neil, G., Morga, K., Schidt, D.,Swetz, D., Ullom, J., Vale, L., Okada, S., Okumura, T., Azuma, T., Tamagawa, T., Isobe, T., Kohjiro, S., Noda, H., Tanaka, K., Taguchi, A., Imai, Y., Sato, K., Hayashi, T., Kashiwabara, T., Sakata, K. (2021). Broadband high-energy resolution hard x-ray spectroscopy using transition edge sensors at SPring-8. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92, 013103.

 

8.            Miura, H., Kurihara, Y., Yamamoto, M., Sakaguchi, A.,  Yamaguchi, N., Sekizawa, O.,  Nitta, K., Higaki, S., Tsumune, D., Itai, T., Takahashi, Y. 2020. Characterization of two types of cesium-bearing microparticles emitted from the Fukushima accident via multiple synchrotron radiation analyses. Scientific reports, 10, 1-9.

 

9.            Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Marumoto, K., Marumoto, M., Kodamatani, H., Tomiyasu, T., Nagasaka, H., Mori, K., Poulain, A.J., Domingo, J., Horvat, M., Matsuyama, A. 2020. Mercury speciation in preserved historical sludge: potential risk from sludge contained within reclaimed land of Minamata Bay, Japan. Environmental Research, 180. 168068.

 

10.         Qin, H.B., Uesugi, S., Yang, S., Tanaka, M., Kashiwabara, T., Itai, T., Usui, A., Takahashi, Y. 2019. Enrichment mechanisms of antimony and arsenic in marine ferromanganese oxides: insights from the structural similarity. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, In Press.

 

11.         Shiraishi, F., Matsumura Y., Chihara, R., Okumura, T., Itai, T., Kashiwabara, T., Kano, A., Takahashi, Y. 2019. Depositional processes of microbially colonized manganese crusts, Sambe hot spring, Japan. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 258, 1-18.

 

12.         Tue, N.M.,  Matsushita, T., Goto, A., Itai, T.,  Asante, K.A., Obiri, S., Mohammed, S., Tanabe, S., Kunisue, T. 2019. Complex mixtures of brominated/chlorinated diphenyl ethers and dibenzofurans in soils from the Agbogbloshie e-waste site (Ghana): Occurrence, formation, and exposure implications. Environmental Science & Technology, 53. 3010-3017.

 

13.         Shiraishi, F., Nakao, K., Takashima, C., Kano, A., Itai, T. 2018 Fe(II) oxidation processes at the surface of bacterially colonized iron deposits. Chemical Geology, 476, 161-170.

 

14.         Coelho, S.D., Maricoto, T., Pastorinho, M.R., Itai, T., Isobe, T., Kunisue, T., Tanabe, S., Sousa, A.C.A., Nogueira, A.J.A. 2017 Cadmium intake in women from Aveiro University, Portugal – a duplicate diet study. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 183, 187-190.

 

15.         Nishimura, C., Horii, Y., Tanaka, S., Asante, K. A., Ballesteros Jr, F., Viet, P. H., Itai, T., Takigami, H., Tanabe, S., Fujimori, T. 2017 Occurrence, profiles, and toxic equivalents of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in E-waste open burning soils. Environmental Pollution. 225, 252-260.

 

16.         Tue, N. M., Goto, A., Takahashi, S., Itai, T., Asante, K. A., Nomiyama, K., Tanabe, S., Kunisue, T. 2017 Soil contamination by halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from open burning of e-waste in Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana). Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 19, 1324-1332

 

17.         Coelho, S.D., Pastorinho, M.R., Itai, T., Isobe, T., Kunisue, T., Nogueira, A.J.A., Tanabe, S., Sousa, A.C.A. 2016 Lead in duplicate diet samples from an academic community. Science of the Total Environment, 573, 603-607.

 

18.         Nakashima, E., Isobe, A., Kako, S., Itai, T., Takahashi, S., Guo, X. 2016 The potential of oceanic transport and onshore leaching of additive-derived lead by marine macro-plastic debris. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 107, 333-339.

 

19.         Fujimori, T., *Itai, T., Goto, A., Otsuka, M., Asante, K.A., Takahahi, S., Tanabe, S. 2016 Interplay of metals and bromine with dioxin-related compounds concentrated in E-Waste open burning soil from Agbogbloshie in Accra, Ghana. Environmental Pollution. 209, 155-163.

 

20.         Tue, H.M., Goto, A., Takahashi, S., Itai, T., Asante, K.A., Kunisue, T., Tanabe, S. 2016 Release of chlorinated, brominated and mixed halogenated dioxin-related compounds to soils from open burning of e-waste in Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 302, 151-157.

 

21.         Sakamoto, M., Itai, T., Yasutake, A., Iwasaki, T., Yasunaga, G., Fujise, Y., Nakamura, M., Murata, K., Chan, H.M., Domingo, J.L., Marumoto, M. 2015 Mercury and selenium speciation in toothed-whale muscles. Environmental Research. 143, 55-61.

 

22.         Riyadi, A., *Itai, T., Hayase, D., Isobe, T., Horai, S., Miller, T., Omori, K., Sudaryanto, A., Ilyas, M., Setiawan, I., Tanabe, S. 2015 Comparison of trophic magnification slopes of mercury in temperate and tropical regions -Case studies in Oregon coast, USA, Sanriku coast, Japan and Jakarta Bay, Indonesia-. Chemistry Letters.44, 1470-1472.

 

23.         Horai, S., Itai, T., Noguchi, T., Yasuda, Y., Adachi, H., Hyobu, Y., Riyadi, A.S., Lowers, R., Guillette Jr. L.J., Tanabe, S. 2014 Contamination status of trace elements in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from  Florida, USA. Chemosphere. 108, 159–167.

 

24.         Hamamura, N., Itai, T., Liu, Y., Reysenbach, A-N., Damdinsuren, N., Inskeep, W.P. 2014. Identification of anaerobic arsenite-oxidizing and arsenate-reducing bacteria associated with an alkaline saline lake in Khovsgol, Mongolia. Applied Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12144.

 

25.         *Itai, T., Otsuka, M., Asante, K.A., Opoku-Ankomah, U., Ansa-Asare, O.D., Muto, M., Tanabe, S. 2014. Variation and distribution of metals and metalloids in soil/ash mixtures from Agbogbroshie e-waste recycling site in Accra, Ghana. Science of the Total Environment. 470-471. 707-716.

 

26.         Noguchi, T., *Itai, T., Tue, N.M., Agusa, T., Ha, N.N., Horai, S., Trang, P.T.K., Viet, P.H., Takahashi, S., Tanabe, S. 2014. Exposure assessment of lead to workers and children in the battery recycling craft village, Dong Mai, Vietnam. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 16. 46-51. (2014 best paper award)

 

27.         Sakai, S., Yoshida, H., Hiratsuka, J., Vandecasteele, C., Kohlmeyer, R., Passarini, F., Santini, A., Peeler, M., Li, J., Oh, G.J., Chi, N.K., Bastian, L., Moore, S., Kajiwara, N., Takigami, H., Itai, T., Takahashi, S., Tanabe, S., Tomoda, K., Hirai, Y., Asari, M., Yano, J. 2014. An international comparative study of End-of-Life vehicles (ELVs) recycling systems. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.16. 1-20.

 

28.         *Itai, T., Maruoka, T., Kusakabe, M., Uesugi, K., Mitamura, M. 2013. Use of soil color meter for aqueous iron and ammonium measurements. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 59, 450-454.

 

29.         Asante, K. A., Takahashi, S., Itai, T., Isobe, T., Devanathan, G., Muto, M., Agyakwah, S. K., Adu-Kumi, S., Subramanian, A., Tanabe, S. 2013. Occurrence of halogenated contaminants in inland and coastal fish from Ghana: Levels, dietary exposure assessment and human health implications. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 94. 123-130.

 

30.         Hamamura, N., Fukushima, K., Itai, T., 2013. Identification of arsenite- and antimonite-oxidizing bacteria associated with antimony mine tailings. Microbes and Environments. 2. 257-263.

 

31.         *Itai, T., Kumagai, M., Hyobu, Y., Hayase, D., Horai, S., Kuwae, M., Tanabe, S. 2012. Apparent increase in Mn and As accumulation in the surface of lake sediment from 1977 to 2009 in Lake Biwa, Japan. Geochemical Journal. 46. e47-e52.

 

32.         Nakashima, E., Isobe, A., Kako, S., Itai, T., Takahashi, S., 2012. Quantification of toxic metals leaching from plastic litter collected from Ookushi beach, Japan. Environmental Science & Technology. 46, 5789-5797.

 

33.         *Itai, T., Hayase, D., Hyobu, Y., Hirata S., Kumagai, M., Tanabe, S., 2012. Hypoxia-induced exposure of the isaza fish to manganese and arsenic in the bottom of Lake Biwa, Japan - Experimental and geochemical verification. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 5789-5797.

 

34.         Nishi, K., Kim, I.H., Itai, T., Sugahara, T., Takeyama, H., Ohkawa, H., 2012. Immunochromatographic assay of cadmium levels in oysters. Talanta, 92, 266-262.

 

35.         Asante,　K.A., Agusa, T., Biney, C.A., Agyekum, W.A., Bello, M., Otsuka, M., Itai, T., Takahashi, S., Tanabe, S., 2012.　Multi-trace element levels and arsenic speciation in urine of e-waste recycling　workers from Agbogbloshie, Accra in Ghana. Science of the Total Environment, 424, 63-73.

 

36.         Hirata, S. H., Hayase, D., Eguchi, A., Itai, T., Nomiyama, K., Isobe, T., Agusa, T., Ishikawa, T., Kumagai, M. and Tanabe, S., 2011. Arsenic and Mn levels in Isaza (Gymnogobius isaza) during the mass mortality event in Lake Biwa, Japan. Environmental Pollution, 159, 2789-2796.

 

37.         Shimamoto Y. S., Itai T., Takahashi, Y., 2010. Soil column experiments for iodate and iodide using K-edge XANES and HPLC-ICP-MS. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 107. 117-123.

 

38.         *Itai, T., Takahashi, Y., Seddique, A. A., Maruoka, T., Mitamura, M., 2010. Variations in the redox state of As and Fe measured by X-ray absorption spectroscopy in aquifers of Bangladesh and their effect on As adsorption. Applied Geochemistry, 1. 34-47.

 

39.         Yokoyama, Y., Mitsunobu, S., Tanaka, K., Itai, T., Takahashi, Y., 2009. A study on the coprecipitation of arsenite and arsenate into calcite coupled with the determination of oxidation states of arsenic both in calcite and water. Chemistry Letters, 38. 910-911.

 

40.         Seddique A. A., Masuda, H., Mitamura, M., Shinoda, K., Okudaira, T., Yamanaka, T., Itai, T., Maruoka, T., Uesugi, K., Ahmed, K.M., 2009. Reply to the comment on "Arsenic release from biotite into a Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh" by Anawar, H. M., Mihaljevic, M. Applied Geochemistry, 24, 486-490.

 

41.         Takahashi, Y., Sakuma, K., Itai, T., Zheng, G., Mitsunobu, S., 2008. Speciation of antimony in PET bottles produced in Japan and China by X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 9045-9050.

 

42.         *Itai, T., Masuda, H., Seddique, A. A., Mitamura, M., Maruoka, T., Li, X., Kusakabe, M., Dipak, B. K., Farooqi, A., Yamanaka, T., Nakaya, S., Matsuda, J., Ahmed, K. M., 2008. Hydrological and geochemical constraints on the mechanism of formation of arsenic contaminated groundwater in Sonargaon, Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3155-3176.

 

43.         Kashiwabara, T., Mitsunobu, S., Das, A., Itai, T., Tanimizu, M., Takahashi, Y., 2008. Oxidation states of antimony and arsenic in marine ferromanganese oxides related to their fractionation in oxic marine environment. Chemistry Letters, 37, 756-757.

 

44.         *Itai, T., Takahashi, Y., Uruga, T., Tanida, H., Iida, A., 2008. Selective detection of Fe and Mn species at mineral surfaces in weathered granite by conversion electron yield X-ray absorption fine structure. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 2667-2675.

 

45.         Seddique, A. A., Masuda, H., Mitamura, M., Shinoda, K., Yamanaka, T., Itai, T., Maruoka, T., Uesugi, K., Ahmed, K. M., Biswas, D. K., 2008. Biotite releasing arsenic into Holocene groundwater aquifer in Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 2236-2248.

 

46.         Mitamura, M., Masuda, H., Itai, T., Minowa, T., Maruoka, T., Ahmed, K. M., Seddique, A. A., Biswas, D. K., Nakaya, S., Uesugi, K., and Kusakabe, M. 2008. Geological structure of an arsenic-contaminated aquifer at Sonargaon, Bangladesh. Journal of Geology, 116. 288-302.

 

47.         *Itai, T., Masuda, H., Takahashi, Y., Mitamura, M., Kusakabe M., 2006. Determination of As^III/As^V ratio in alluvial sediments of the Bengal Basin using X-ray absorption near-edge structure. Chemistry Letters, 35, 866-867.　　

 

48.         Shimizu, K., Itai, T., Kusakabe, M., 2006. Ion chromatographic determination of fluorine and chlorine in silicate rocks following alkaline fusion. The Journal of Geostandards and Geoanalysis, 30. 121-129.

 

49.         Itai, T., Kusakabe, M., 2004. Some practical aspects of an on-line chromium reduction method for D/H analysis of natural waters using a conventional IRMS. Geochemical Journal, 38, 435-440.