I am also looking for a better ( more supportive sleeping surface). I have found a manufacturer that does not use chemicals to spray the bed. Instead the use a layer of High Denier Polyester Fiber as a fire retardant. No fire retardent chemicals are used. This layer is a thin layer between the foam in the mattress and the quilted cover.
They use traditional foams and cotton fibers in the bed but NO MEMORY FOAM (which is very toxic).
So, I am wondering if this is a relatively "non-toxic" bed?
My questio is this: Do the foams outgas forever? or is just for a while when the mattress is new? Are the foams inherently toxic or is it just if they are sprayed wih the fire retardent chemicals?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
robi
Posted by oxygenbabe (Member # 5831) on :
Foams outgas in two stages. The initial outgassing and then a secondary outgassing a year or two later, as the product somewhat breaks down.
I think that polyethylene cover mentioned in the other thread would protect you.
Posted by sixgoofykids (Member # 11141) on :
OMGOSH!!! I was going to tell you about my sleep number bed, but Googled it and they have a class action lawsuit regarding their beds and mold!!!
My bed is full of BLACK MOLD!!!! I have had Lyme for 35 years and managed it until I purchased this bed!!!!
I obviously need answers, too, so if anyone has any bedding suggestions .... for now I guess I'm sleeping on my down filled sofa.
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
If you google "Klinghardt mattress" you will get a collection of sites where he has talked about it. Easier than my giving the details here. Cotton and natural rubber, in a METAL FREE FRAME - is what stands out.
I still have holes that I had to patch shut where I removed pieces of the inners of our mattress only to discover that I was allergic to literally all of it.
Today, without any metals in my mouth and fairly metal free and certainly Lyme-free, I sleep like a rock for 8 hours on the very same mattress.
The trick is to avoid all incompatibles and clean up the body - and peace will return to the body. It seemed like it took me a hundred years to do it, but it works.
Clean out the bedroom of junk - no books which are usually moldy - etc. No electronics - no wires - make it a sanctuary -- Learn to test with a biotensor the best location of the bed in the room - if you can't afford other testing methods. You will be amazed what you can find.
And if you can't sleep, think heavy metal and parasites/worms!
Good luck and take care.
Posted by SForsgren (Member # 7686) on :
I recently purchased the Tempur-pedic mattress and then kicked myself for not having done more research beforehand. I did get a cover for it, was told to outgas it for at least 1 week. It fortunately has no metal in it and I also have the Sleep Sanctuary coming to protect from EMFs, but I am still a little distressed over what I read about these memory foam products after I had already made the purchase.
Posted by lymeHerx001 (Member # 6215) on :
I think too that EMFs might be messing my sleep up.
But I do have a wonderfull polyethylene cover that is non-toxic and blocks most of the off gassing.
Posted by robi (Member # 5547) on :
Lymeherx .. where ddid you get the cover? do you have a link?
Thanks gigi for the info . I will read further
O2babe . Yes, that may be the route for me now ... and further improvements later.
robi
Posted by lymeHerx001 (Member # 6215) on :
They sell them at Walmart.
You might be thinking that they arent of enough quality, but It can really help reduce the offgassing.
I think they are called Allergy Relief and they are made with polyethylene.
Polyethelyne is the only one shown to block the gasses.
It cost $20 bucks for one to fit over a twin mattress.
Again you can always get thicker polyethylene but this one feels better and less plastic.
If your really concerned you can get two of them.
Posted by valymemom (Member # 7076) on :
I like our all rubber bed/mattress - no box springs needed. It might be what Gigi/Dr. K. mentioned.
Posted by sameetra (Member # 16639) on :
EEE- GADS !!!
I was sleeping okay until we got this new foam mattress from IKEA!