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 […]

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What’s the Difference Between Talalay Latex and Memory Foam?

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Both Talalay latex and Memory Foam with memory Foam more well known due to its relative marketed as the premium mattress materials, but they are very different. Talalay latex is a rubber. Memory Foam is a foam, which doesn’t provide both support and pressure relief. Talalay latex rubber is a natural material derived from the rubber […]

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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 […]