Susan Klosterhaus, with her collaborators including Saskia van Bergen (formerly of EBMUD) and Duke professors Heather Stapleton and Lee Ferguson (on the RMP Emerging Contaminant Workgroup), was awarded ES&T best paper of the year for 2011. Their study identified flame retardants such as tris(1,3-dichloroisopropyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and the Firemaster550 commercial mixture in 80% of the baby products investigated.

Identification of Flame Retardants in Polyurethane Foam Collected from Baby Products

Fire Retardants Abound in Baby Products: ES&T’s Top Science Paper 2011