"Don't
Breath Poisons 8 Hours a Day (Or More)"
Sleep On Natural Bedding
My daughter sleeps, on average, 12 hours
a day (including naps). That's 12 hours with her face directly on top of
a pillow, sheet, mattress cover, and mattress—breathing whatever toxic
fumes are "out gassing" from those items, such as water/stain repellants
and
flame retardants including:
- asbestos
- aluminium hydroxide
- magnesium hydroxide
- antimony trioxide
- borons such as boric acid
- tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium salts (made by passing
phosphine gas through a solution of formaldehyde and a mineral
acid such as hydrochloric acid)
- polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDEs)
- hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
The purpose of treating
mattresses (including crib mattresses) with flame retardants is
to save the lives of approximately 300 smokers a year, who fall
asleep in bed with a lighted cigarette.
Now, the last time I checked, my
baby doesn't even know what a cigarette is...much less how to
light and smoke it in her toddler bed. (JLOL)
So, personally, I'm more concerned with her inhaling poisonous
chemicals EVERY DAY for 12 hours a day, than I am with her bed
catching on fire.
Of course, when I first found out
about all the chemicals in our bedding, I couldn't afford to buy
all new stuff. So I started with the mattresses (the worst toxic
perpetrators) and gradually added organic sheets, pillows, and
comforters, etc.—as I could afford them.
Tip:
I only bought twin-sized linens for my infant daughter, and dealt with
them being oversized for the crib by tucking them under the mattress.
That way, I didn't waste money on stuff that she would soon outgrow.
Now everyone in my family
sleeps on all-natural latex mattresses covered in all organic and wool
bedding. I use a washable, wool mattress cover to protect my daughter's
mattress from tee-tee.
Good to know: Wool
is a natural fire, water, and dust mite repellant.
And her bed is made
of hardwoods...not pressed board that is permeated with
formaldehyde (which off-gasses the most the first year, but up
to ten years or more).
The organic wool and cotton
comforters and pillows have to be aired outside every few months (the
wool is not washable), but that's a small price to pay for the wonderful
peace-of-mind I have knowing that my daughter bed is not poisoning her
12 hours a day as she sleeps. She sleeps well, therefore I sleep great!
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More Interesting Stuff
Also
read
the comments from all the people who submitted their personal
experiences with new mattresses at
www.chem-tox.com. These are dated, but they are very
interesting...especially since they are written by regular people like
you and me.
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