Allergy Mattress Pad

Did you know your mattress could shorten you life Deadly mattress chemicals are added to your new mattress under a 2007 law requiring it to be fire retardant. There were many news articles about this but both the public and the government ignored this. The manufacturers saw this as a way to save money in production. It allowed them to build one sided mattresses cutting down the amount of material they used. The Consumer Product Safety Commission did a report on the chemicals used and if you read it(and understood it’s 77 pages) it would horrify you.
The following Video is from a mattress store owner that has done something about it for his customers. In the video he goes over a list of common chemicals used in this process. What he doesn’t tell you is that many of these have been banned in other countries because of they’re toxic out comes.

Even if you ask, manufacturers and retailers are *not* required to tell you if your mattress has toxins inside.
The only way to get a new mattress without any flame retardant is by prescription. If your doctor or chiropractor prescribes a chemical-free bed, some companies can make them for you.

“They can affect the developing brain and they can affect the developing reproductive system,” said EPA senior toxicologist Linda Birbaum.

Manufacturers, and consumers with no labeling information, must choose from one of four basic chemical systems under the ticking to meet law:1) Boric Acid with Antimony. 2) Polyester with Antimony. 3) Fiberglass with Antimony. 4) Melamine with Formaldehyde. All four systems contain chemicals linked to cancer. Antimony causes heart muscle damage, and can cause the heart to beat irregularly or stop, and a single dermal application has killed rabbits. Europe has proven Antimony leaches from mattresses and it has been found in livers of dissected human infant

Our government says Boric Acid leaches from mattresses. There can be over one million milligrams of water soluble Boric Acid as loose dust in the surface of a mattress. As the oils in the cotton batting dry out over time much more Boric Acid will be released to kick up into our faces to breathe and absorb by our bodies. Boric Acid is poison, is used as Roach Killer, and the CPSC calls it ‘acutely toxic.’ There are 6,463 cases of Boric Acid poisoning in the US each year. We have found at least one case where an 11-year old child with chronic skin rash appears to be poisoned by boric acid in a mattress. In addition to Inhalation, skin, and damaged skin absorption, it appears children could be poisoned by sucking on a mattress.

What is the answer? It can be found in the CPSC report if you read between the lines. The test was only for people over the age of five because they assumed the mattress would be covered with a plastic bag because of bed wetting. This would put a barrier between the mattress and the child.

So the solution is an anti allergy water proof mattress pad on every bed and futon  in the house.

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