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Medicine Alternatives Article:
Why Your Mattress May Be Killing You
The organic movement, which started with organic food, is moving to the bedroom in a big way "The bedroom? " you say Yes, my dear, the bedroom, where organic mattresses and organic bedding are becoming an important new trend in the quest for a healthier lifestyle
The organic bedroom trend is motivated by some very recent disturbing discoveries about the petroleum-based foam mattresses most of us sleep on every night Studies of household dust have confirmed that your mattress is likely one of the most significant sources of cancer-causing chemicals in your home The average mattress consists of petroleum-based foam covered in petroleum-based polyester fabric During its 10-year average lifetime, a foam mattress loses up to half its weight, and the lost weight goes on your bedroom floor in the form of toxic dust and in the air in the form of formaldehyde gas which is a by-product of the foam breakdown Those dust bunnies under your bed could be a real threat to your health, unless you use an organic mattress which does not break down into these toxic by-products
The foam mattress story gets even more scary The average petroleum-based foam queen-sized mattress is soaked in about a pound of fire retardant chemicals called PDBEs, which have already been banned in Europe, but not in North America PDBEs are chemicals which are similar to the banned PCBs, and they build up in the body like DDT and PCBs The PDBEs are used because they are the simplest and cheapest way to conform to United States mattress fire resistance codes They are also promoted by the chemical industry, which recently sponsored tightening of the mattress fire resistance codes, which will cause even greater quantities of PDBEs to be used in the manufacture of mattresses beginning in 2006 While these new codes will save an estimated 27 lives a year from fires, these new regulations play Russian roulette with the future health of the 285 million Americans that sleep on these petroleum-based foam mattresses Those calling for a ban on PDBEs say the greater danger is not the lives lost in fires, but the potentially millions of cases of cancer caused by exposure to these chemicals over the coming decades
The solution to this problem is to remove petroleum-based bedding from your home, and this has spawned the burgeoning organic bedroom movement The cornerstone of this trend is the organic mattress, which is the same kind of mattresses our ancestors used before the rise of the petrochemical industry after World War II It is also interesting to note that current cancer rates are more than 5 times higher than before World War II, when everybody was sleeping on organic mattresses by definition, because there was no petrochemical industry during those times
Examples of an organic mattress include:
1 Organic cotton and wool batting innerspring mattresses with an organic cotton fabric cover Wool is naturally fire retardant and meets all US fire codes
2 A Natural latex mattress, whose foam is made from the latex sap of the rubber tree and which require no fire retardants because natural rubber does not burn well
3 Luxury organic mattresses which use combination of all three materials, organic cotton, wool, and latex, to produce maximum comfort mattresses that rival any non-organic mattresses
4 All organic cotton mattresses Although cotton does not burn well, it requires a doctor's prescription because cotton does not meet US fire resistance codes
Organic mattresses also have comfort advantages over traditional petroleum-based foam mattresses They wick away moisture from the body much more thoroughly than clammy polyester and man-made foam, stopping night sweating and cutting down on problems like athlete's foot and jock itch Wool also regulates body temperature very well, which is important for a restful sleep Natural latex foam and wool are resistant to dust mites, which cause allergies in many people, and organic cotton and latex foam are both hypoallergenic materials Organic mattresses are also considered a must for people with chemical sensitivities
Major North American manufacturers of organic mattresses include Vivetique/Crown City Mattress, located in South El Monte, California, Royal Pedic, headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, and Obasan, located in Ottawa, Canada Retailers of organic mattresses include a variety of local mattress stores who carry products from these manufacturers, and nationwide web retailers, like Dax Stores, which often have the best prices for these mattresses
Mark Sweiger is a freelance reporter on home and garden topics and ecological news, and he can be reached via email at msweiger@NOSPAMearthlinknet He is a definite believer in the value of organic sheets and organic mattresses (see http://wwwdaxstorescom/organic-beddinghtml and http://wwwdaxstorescom/organic-mattresseshtml for a further introduction to these)
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