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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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