Memory foam mattress topper (& MF mattresses?) - I am sick from VOCs

[phoenix]

Hi 1whitehorse1,

And yes, she mentioned something about the Kevlar, except I couldn’t visualize where that would have been used when referring to ‘exterior’. So they actually weave Kevlar into the organic cotton cover?

No … it would be “sock” that surrounds the interior components of the mattress and then the cover goes over this.

What are the health effects of Kevlar? Is that a toxic material? They claim it is an inert substance, no VOCs.

While it’s certainly a synthetic material (the same material that is used in bulletproof vests) I wouldn’t consider it to be toxic no. There is more about “safe” fire barriers in post #2 here and post #4 here and in post #13 here.

There is also an MSDS for kevlar here.

They don’t specify any further details about their fire barrier or whether it is all kevlar or just contains kevlar and includes other materials as well.

Just as an observer of this thread, I’m wondering why you are even still considering this company? They’ve blatantly misled you, and as Pheonix said, there are other companies out there who use the same materials for much less money.

I share the same thoughts as well.

Phoenix