Toxic Bedroom
Overview
"If you are sleeping on a mattress or pillow made from polyurethane foam, you are breathing in all of the chemicals the foam will release over its lifetime, and these could include chemicals such as toluene diisocyanate, methylene choride, and formaldehyde.
Memory Polyurethane Foam: Visco-elastic differs from conventional polyurathane foam in that it uses a high-hydroxy polyol and different isocyanates.
Latex Foam: There are two types of latex: natural latex (also known as "natural rubber latex"which is what we sell and styrene-butadine rubber (SBR, or "synthetic latex") which is what regular mattress stores sell.
Solvents:
Solvents show up in mattresses because they are critical ingredients in many adhesives used to bod together mattress layers and wood frames. One of the most common solvents used today in the mattress industry is based on methylene chloride (METH), which is a suspected carcinogen."(1)
Health Hazards of Common Mattress Solvents
Chemical Health Hazards (1)
| Styrene | Toxic to the lungs, liver, and brain |
| Isopropylbenzene | Respiratory tract irritant |
| Limonene | Respiratory tract irritant |
| Trimethylbenzene | Carcinogen and neurotoxin |
| Nitrobenzene | Know to cause testicular degeneration and methemoglobinemia |
| Ethylbenzene | Toxic to the liver, kidneys, and brain |
| Dichlorobenzene | Carcinogen |
Studies show a dramatic increase of cancer 10 years after the initial use of polyurthane foams in America. The chemical industry has powerful lobbiest working for them & this is where we are today. Keep that in mind. Remember when they let our fields be sprayed with (banned pesticide still harming the health of millions of people today) & gov. approved the use of absestoes? I believe the awareness of toxic mattresses is where the cigarette industry was just 20 years ago.
Referances
(1) Toxic Bedroom by Walt Bader pages 44, 45, 54
ISBN: 1-893910-43-1
Available at Mountain Air Natural Beds
