More frustrated and confused.

[phoenix]

Hi ShopperGirl,

I live in the Chicago area, and have tried many other mattresses --Verlo, Steinhafels, etc.–and none had mattresses that did not contain any chemical fire retardants. SavvyRest claims they have none becaue of the cover. But, after reading some info on this site , I am beginning to wonder if they all don’t contain at least some chemcials. Although it seems to me that the Strobel site also has a bit of an agenda to incite a some fear to make a sale. But, that could just be my journalistic sketicism coming in to play.

Some of the information on the Strobel site is very misleading and inaccurate. Burning a single loose strand of knitting wool has absolutely nothing to do with its successful use as a fire retardant material and I have no idea why they put such obviously misleading information on the site. You can see a few more comments about them and some other fire retardant “urban myths” in post #2 here.

If you live in the Chicago Area it may also be worth asking Quality Sleep / My Green Mattress (who are members here and make some great quality/value mattresses) if they can make you a mattress without any fire retardants with a prescription if that is important to you although using either wool or inherent viscose/silica to pass the fire regulations would have no toxicity or chemical issues that I’m aware of.

Chemicals used to pass the fire regulations are also a separate issue from any VOC’s that come from the materials used in the mattress itself. For those that aren’t comfortable with the CertiPur certification used for polyfoam and memory foam then innersprings, natural fibers, and latex may all make good choices.

Phoenix