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Kim Hooper is an academic researcher from California Department of Toxic Substances Control. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers & Breast milk. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 19 publications. Previous affiliations of Kim Hooper include California Environmental Protection Agency.
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Papers
The PBDEs: an emerging environmental challenge and another reason for breast-milk monitoring programs.
Kim Hooper,Thomas A. McDonald +1 more
TL;DR: A review of the use, occurrence, and toxicity ofPBDEs indicates many parallels between some PBDEs, PCBs, and other polyhalogenated persistent organic pollutants, and suggests that the PBDES may be a significant environmental challenge in the future.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk from the Pacific Northwest
TL;DR: The lower brominated PBDEs are surpassing PCBs as a major environmental concern in North America, and are likely affecting significant portions of the populations in these regions, suggesting there may be some differences in exposure pathways forPBDEs and PCBs in humans.
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Depuration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk from California first-time mothers (primiparae).
Kim Hooper,Jianwen She,Margaret Sharp,Joan Chow,Nicholas P. Jewell,Rosanne Gephart,Arthur Holden +6 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that PBDEs and PCBs are not substantially reduced in primiparae after 6 months of breast-feeding, Consequently, the fetal and lactational exposures for a second child may not be markedly lower than those for the first.
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Time-trends and congener profiles of PBDEs and PCBs in California peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus).
June-Soo Park,Arthur Holden,Vivian Chu,Michele Kim,Alexandra Rhee,Puja Patel,Yating Shi,Janet Linthicum,Brian J. Walton,Karen Mckeown,Nicholas P. Jewell,Kim Hooper +11 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that BDE-209 exits consumer products as an environmental contaminant to be taken up by wildlife (particularly in urban locations), and undergoes metabolic debromination to the banned lower-brominated PBDEs.
High polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in California house cats: House dust a primary source?
TL;DR: PBDE levels in California house cats were extremely high, and polychlorinated biphenyls and OCPs in cats were highly correlated, which suggests a different source or pathway of exposure for PBDEs, which was most likely house dust.
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