Frankly, I never really thought about my mattress. I never considered a Natural Mattress. That is, until a friend of mine was looking for a mattress for her baby and I started looking into mattresses. Wow! Was it ever an eye opener.

Like most of you, I try to avoid chemicals as much as possible, from my food to my vitamins to the cleaners I use around the house. It isn’t that easy but I try to pay attention — for my health and that of my family and pets.

So I was pretty astounded when I started researching mattresses and discovered that conventional mattresses are a toxic nightmare, from pesticides to formaldehyde to boric acid, the list goes on. The worst is the PBDEs that are used as a fire retardant (although they have been banned in California and Europe due to the health risk).

The amount of chemical fire retardants has increased due to new regulations for open flame fire code, which went tinto effect on July 1, 2007.

As I said, it was an eye opener. Then I discovered the Natural Mattress. There are several types but what they have in common is the use of latex rubber, wool, and cotton. Wool and cotton are naturally fire retardant, so there is no need for chemical retardants.

Looking around, I found that some of the best Natural Mattresses are made by Pure Rest. They have several models, from the Apollo Organic Interspring Mattress to the Pure Rest Harmony 100% Natural Rubber Mattress. They are chemical free and organic.

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