High quality, all natural mattress in the Atlanta area??

[phoenix]

Hi Syracusa,

The dearth of natural/organic mattress options in this area is unbelievable…which makes me wonder, why are Southerners so sure and relaxed that chemicals and synthetics of all sorts are just aw-right? And if they are not afraid of the poison itself, how about sleeping hot in that horrible polyeutherane, especially in a hot and humid climate like this?
With all the millions of people the Atlanta area has, nobody cares to go to a store that uses all natural materials in a mattress? Waow.
Other than that naturalsleepandhome.com, there is virtually no place where you can go and try out some mattresses with ALL natural materials (cotton and wool exclusively, or maybe some 100% natural latex layers added, but nothjng else, and no chemical FR-s).

There are many mattresses that use barrier systems to pass the fire regulations which are completely safe. There are also many people who are quite comfortable with the relative safety of polyfoams and memory foams that are CertiPur certified (or have other certifications for harmful substances and VOC’s). They certainly aren’t “poisonous” (unless you eat them) and all synthetic materials aren’t harmful (see post #3 here).

You can read more about fire retardants in this article and in post #2 here and post #4 here and while some concern or caution about “chemicals in mattresses” is certainly warranted … there is also a lot of misinformation and “fear mongering” in the industry about this very controversial subject. There is a great deal more information in post #2 here and the other posts and sources of information it links to that can help sort through the more detailed, frustrating, and often contradictory information that can help each person answer “how safe is safe enough for me?”.

If there are any of those on the “all natural list” with more reasonable prices and highly trustworthy, we would appreciate it if you could steer us in their direction so we can simply order a full size mattress for our son at first.

As you mentioned … if a mattress that meets your criteria isn’t available locally then you would still have some good online options available to you (although there seems to be several local options available to you that would meet your “all natural and safe” and “reasonable budget” criteria if you are including all natural latex as an option). Outside of the links that I included in my last reply … the tutorial post also includes this link to a list of the manufacturers/retailers that are members here that sell mattresses online that includes several that would probably meet your criteria for “all natural” and “safe” mattresses. Many of these are component mattresses that provide good options after a purchase to further customize the mattress if your first choice isn’t an ideal match for you in terms of PPP.

Phoenix