Halling Wellness Center is now offering toxic-free mattresses. Please give the office a call for more information on how to get a prescription and how to order.

They are State Sales Tax Exempt (durable medical equipement) and should be Federal and State Tax Deductible! (Check with your tax advisor on dedectibility)

The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) received 800 doctor and public comments against the regulation. They normally only receive about 20 comments on most new rules. This generated an article in the Washington Post titled: Fire-Resistant Mattresses Ignite Fear of Chemicals

Quick Facts:

1. CPSC documents show the chemicals really used to flameproof mattresses include: Boric Acid (Roach Killer), Antimony (Arsenic), Silicon (Silica Glass), Fiberglass, Decabromodiphenyl Oxide (DBDPO), Ammonium Polyphosphate, Melamine, and Formaldehyde. Even what they call inherently fire resistant fibers have Antimony, Silicon, or Formaldehyde blended into the fiber itself. Most mattress systems contain Antimony, and all the Boric Acid systems also contain Antimony.
   
    
2. CPSC proved these chemicals leach from mattresses in "substantial" quantities and are absorbed by our bodies.
   
    
3. CPSC predicts we will absorb .802 mg Antimony, .081 mg Boric Acid, and .073 mg DBDPO from flameproof mattresses every night. (Even .802 mg of Antimony is 27 times more than the EPA says is safe.)
   
    
4. Young children never studied even though crib mattresses must also be flameproof. “CPSC staff has chosen to examine older children (5 year olds) because younger children's mattresses are more likely to be waterproofed due to their higher likelihood of bedwetting. This waterproofing, either with fluid-resistant ticking or mattress covers, is expected to reduce contact with FR chemicals”
   
    
5. No Labeling Requirements – you will never know which chemicals you are sleeping in and absorbing every night. Manufacturers are free to choose any chemicals they wish to pass the severe open flame test.

This regulation affects You -- You and your family will eventually replace your mattresses.

Your only alternative is a bare waterbed or a prescription mattress free of these chemicals.

(The law allows Doctors, including Chiropractors, to prescribe toxin-free mattresses and avoid the regulation.)

NEW LAW: July 1 is compliance deadline for new national flameproof mattress regulation.

Does the health risk of sleeping in toxic chemicals outweigh the fire safety benefit?

Only Doctors, including Chiropractors, can prescribe toxin-free mattresses and avoid the regulation.

As of July 1, 2007, all mattresses, including Crib mattresses, must now withstand a two-foot wide blowtorch open flame test for 70 seconds. The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) hopes to save up to 270 people from fire after all existing mattresses are replaced. (With 300 million people in the US this puts your individual mattress fire risk at one in 1.111 million.) The CPSC and mattress industry say it is safe to sleep in fireproofing chemicals and calls it an “insignificant health risk.”

But, Mark Strobel, a mattress manufacturer and founder of http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org, and many MD’s say the risk of sleeping in toxic chemicals outweighs the fire safety benefit. Strobel says the government documents justifying the regulation also point out many risks:

CPSC documents show the chemicals used to flameproof mattresses include: Boric Acid (Roach Killer), Antimony (Arsenic), Silicon (Silica Glass), Fiberglass, Decabromodiphenyl Oxide (DBDPO), Ammonium Polyphosphate, Melamine, and Formaldehyde. Even what they call inherently fire resistant fibers have Antimony, Silicon, or Formaldehyde blended into the fiber itself. Most of the mattress systems contain Antimony, and all the Boric Acid systems also contain Antimony.

The CPSC predicts we will absorb from flame-proof mattresses every night, .081 mg Boric Acid (Roach Killer), .073 mg DBDPO (Deca), and .802 mg Antimony (an ancient poison used since Egyptian times, and a heavy metal almost identical to Arsenic). Strobel says even this amount of Antimony is 27 times more than the EPA says is safe, and there appear to be absorption assumption errors and we may absorb much more. Even new Crib Mattresses now contain half-a-pound of these poisons, and infant safety has never been studied.

There are no labeling requirements for the fire proofing chemicals in mattresses. You will never know what you are sleeping in and absorbing every night. Many people have already gotten sick, and many more with delayed symptoms will never know the cause. Many MD’s and DC’s say unsafe for children and adults. The prescription also saves you the sales tax, and makes the mattress set tax deductible.

Additional Links:

Proof of Claims: See these facts and more firsthand in government documents at:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/CPSC_Risk_Assessment_Highlights_w-notes_v2.pdf
 

CPSC Table 1 of Chemicals really used to fireproof mattresses:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/chemicals-in-beds.htm

Boric Acid Health Risks:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/boric_acid_risks.htm

Antimony Health Risks:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/antimony-risks.htm 

Pounds of Poison in Crib and Adult Mattresses:

http://www.prescriptionbeds.com/Pounds Boric Acid.htm

Doctor, Public, and Retailer Comments:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/retailer-comments.htm

Proponents Say and Rebuttals:

http://www.prescriptionbeds.com/Proponents-Say.htm 

Strobel's History of Fighting the Regulation

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/fight_history.htm

TV, Magazine, and Newspaper Stories about us including Washington Post and more:

http://www.peopleforcleanbeds.org/making-news.htm

Comments of People Sick from fireproof mattresses: