Hi ownerofabrokenbed,
I’m guessing you’ve already read this (since you are posting in the same topic) but just in case you haven’t there is more detailed information about Saatva in post #1 here. A forum search on Saatva (you can just click the link) will also bring up more comments and feedback about them as well.
Unfortunately you won’t find any mattress that meets your criteria for NO chemical emissions because it doesn’t exist in the market. All mattress materials have some VOC’s although not all VOC’s are harmful (fruits and vegetable have VOC’s that aren’t harmful for example).
Post #2 here and the more detailed posts and information it links to have more information about safe, natural, organic, “chemical free”, and green mattresses and mattress materials that can help you sort through some of the marketing information and terminology that you will encounter in the industry and can help you differentiate between them and decide on the types of materials you are most comfortable having in your mattress and help you answer “how safe is safe enough for me”. These types of issues are complex and are generally specific to each person and their individual sensitivities, circumstances, criteria, and lifestyle choices.
There are a few comments about the Saatva fire barrier in posts #2 and #4 here.
The website you linked has a great deal of misleading content including information such as this …
[quote]To cut costs, however, manufacturers often blend the natural hevea milk with other fillers such as polyurethane, and other petro-chemicals. Unfortunately, a lack of US regulations for mattress labeling in the leaves room for marketing “greenwashing” resulting in terms like “Natural latex” applied to mattresses with no more than 20% latex and 80% filler chemicals (petro-chemicals).
Natural latex is obviously the optimal choice for health reasons but also tends to last much longer than blended and synthetic latex.[/quote]
… which indicates that they are confusing polyurethane with synthetic latex (which are very different materials) and aren’t very familiar with the properties or “safety” of different types and blends of latex. I wouldn’t take the information there as being particularly reliable or accurate.
Phoenix