Organic Bed Introduction
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Until recently I didn’t even know that an organic bed existed. I’ve been buying organic food for a few years now, and had even heard of organic clothing. But for some reason it just never occurred to me that people might be making organic beds.
Last week I started shopping for a new mattress. I stumbled across some information on the materials that go into a typical mattress and was shocked. I realized that this is not an area I can afford to ignore when it comes to going organic.
Think about it. We all spend about a third of our lives in bed, but have you ever given much thought to the materials you’re touching for those thousands of hours? And not just what you’re touching, but the fumes that non-organic materials can give off? Between non-organic materials, dust mites, and other allergens, you can run into some real concerns with what you’re breathing in for several hours every single night of your life. If can not only lead to a poor night’s sleep, but maybe even some real medical concerns… not a chance I want to take.
My initial research led to all kinds of options with new organic cotton bedding (even dust mite covers aren’t what they used to be) and organic beds. So I quickly decided that any bed I’m going to buy absolutely must be an organic bed. This led me to a whole new area of research and I wanted to post what I find to help others benefit as well. So that’s exactly what I’ll be doing on this blog.
Organic Beds Aren’t Just For Adults
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One thing I’ve found in my research about organic bedding is the large amount of chemicals you’re dealing with in a typical bed. For instance, according to The Daily Green, conventionally grown cotton sheet set uses about 1.5 pounds of agricultural chemicals. While these theoretically shouldn’t remain by the time the sheets make it to your bed, what about the chemicals contained in your mattress that are applied so that they will remain throughout the life of the mattress. What I’m referring to are flame retardants.
A recent article from salon.com warns of the dangers not only to adults, but especially to kids sleeping in their cribs:
“…scientists have found evidence suggesting that chemicals designed to prevent fires are getting into your children’s blood and rewiring their brains, leading to attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, hearing problems, slow mental development and, possibly, cancer. They’re not great for adults either — men with high blood levels of flame retardants had a decreased sperm count, and women took longer to conceive — but because children’s nervous systems are still developing, they are even more vulnerable.”