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What Is An Organic Mattress?

by Joe Barrios on January 24, 2009

in Green Issues

Looking for a definition of what makes an organic mattress? Here’s the quick scuttlebutt: nobody knows for sure, and anyone who says otherwise isn’t being straight with you. The same is true for many other items carrying green or organic claims. The other day I wrote a post on whether you should buy an organic [...]

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Should You Buy An Organic Mattress?

by Joe Barrios on January 9, 2009

in Eco Friendly Home Tips

In my previous post I brought up some of the materials contained in mattresses, which I discovered as I was doing the research for that article. They include formaldehyde, polyurethane, petrochemicals, and volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), all of which are known to be harmful to health. You’re sleeping on these chemicals, night after night, for [...]

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How To Recycle Your Mattress

by Joe Barrios on January 9, 2009

in Eco Friendly Home Tips,Recycling

Do you have an old mattress you need to get rid of? Mattresses are full of materials and chemicals that are decidedly not eco friendly: formaldehyde, polyurethane, petroleum based materials, volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), and so on. (Come to think of it, why are we sleeping on something containing such hazardous chemicals? More on that [...]

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