Toxic Chemicals in Your Mattress—What’s The Issue

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Naturepedic Organic Mattresses at Sleepworks  Board-certified environmental engineer, Barry Cik, founded Naturepedic to prevent the public from being exposed to harmful chemicals while they sleep. The public is exposed to 85,000 chemicals in their everyday life—which less than 1% of have been tested for safety. I learned something many years ago and I’ll share […]

Can I Be Allergic to Latex Mattresses?

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What You Should Know About Latex Mattresses The answer is… Latex Mattress and Latex allergies are misrepresented and are typically related to “Non-Processed” or “UnWashed” latex rubber. Examples are Latex gloves, catheters, and latex that has not been washed or had the proteins removed prior to construction of the latex mattresses. There are also rogue […]

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Flame Retardants: Friends or Foes?

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Written by BRITTANY MOLLIS Once upon a time, furniture and textiles were made using natural materials. Couches, mattresses, rugs, curtains—they all consisted of materials found in nature. “When you walked into a house back then, almost everything was natural,” says Barry Cik, environmental engineer and co-founder of Naturepedic. “But now? Nothing is natural.” What changed? Where […]