Identification of phthalate and alternative plasticizers, flame retardants, and unreacted isocyanates in infant crib mattress covers and foam

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 89-94

  Boor, Brandon E ^a   Liang, Yirui ^a   Crain, Neil E ^a   Järnström, Helena ^b   Novoselac, Atila ^a   Xu, Ying ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ESTERS; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS;

CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; DIISONONYL PHTHALATE; FOAM LAYERS; ISOPHTHALATE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYURETHANE FOAM; PRODUCT SAFETY; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

EID: 84943525995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00039     Document Type: Article

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