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"Home and Office Furniture Lifekind Products Lifekind is the single largest purchaser of organic cotton for mattresses and the only certified organic mattress manufacturer in the United States. Lifekind mattresses are also made with Naturally Safer?wool from American organic certified farmers. And what really distinguishes Lifekind is that they use an exclusive nonchemical sterilization process to sanitize the raw materials. While using absolutely no bromi-nated fire retardants, all of the company's mattresses conform to all federal and state mattress laws for nonflammability. www." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"EH — Pure Podunk. mattresses made of wool from sheep raised on small New England farms. Wool is washed with wood heated hot water and pure, colorless, odorless soap, and air dried. Cover fabric is untreated cotton. Sewn with linen thread. Q Natural mattresses and box springs Allergy Relief Shop. Custom-made cotton mattresses and box springs, covered with barrier cloth. The Futon Shop. Handctafted cotton innerspring mattresses, custom made by the oldest mattress manufacturer in the U.S. Janice Corporation. Custom-made innerspring mattresses with cotton filling and ticking." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"I would avoid bedding that has been treated with brominated flame retardants (BFRs), which are present in an alarmingly wide range of consumer products: TVs, computers, mattresses, carpets, kitchen appliances, paints, sheets, baby mattresses, and pajamas. BFRs are added to prevent fires and reduce property damage, but scientific studies have raised concerns that they might also be contaminating wildlife and people on a large scale. Dr. Kenneth Bock considers flame retardants "a double-edged sword. You don't want something to catch on fire and have your kid burn," he said. " - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "EcoBedroom also carries a varied selection of healthy baby bedding, mattresses, pillows, and furniture. EcoChoices (www.ecochoices.com), which is part of the same company, has a beautiful selection of baby blankets made from organic wool, cotton, and bamboo. Greening Your Kitchen In my family, we all love spending time in the kitchen. Cooking, eating, or just hanging out—we all just somehow gravitate to the kitchen. A green kitchen is an even more enjoyable place to spend time." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "For the best prices on healthy cribs, crib mattresses, bumpers, and other crib accessories, go to Organic Baby Mattress (www .organicbabymattress.com). If I were having another baby, I would order from here. These Amish-made cribs, handcrafted in Ohio, are absolutely beautiful, entirely affordable, and completely nontoxic. Free of oils and chemicals, Organic Baby Mattress's whole line is compliant with the Consumer Product Safety Commission's fire codes. I especially love their Moses baskets, which is where Wyatt slept when he wasn't in his crib. Other Furniture Retailers." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"In fact, myriad products we use daily can harbor toxic substances that our bodies absorb little by little over time—from mattresses, magazines, and mouthwash to carpets, clothing, and cosmetics. (For a provocative yet alarming tour from the moment you step out of bed in the morning, see Chapter 9.) We may worry about our children falling from playground equipment and injuring themselves, but we should be more concerned about toxic levels of arsenic coming off treated wood in playground equipment." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Other than natural triggers like pollen and dust, pollutants that trigger asthma and allergies can be found in both indoor and outdoor environments—pesticides, tobacco, soot, car exhaust, engine fuel, cleaning supplies, and any man-made chemical used to manufacture consumer products or "protect" things such as furniture, upholstery, mattresses, and carpets. It's no surprise that we've seen a corresponding rise in allergies with a rise in environmental toxins. This can set off a double whammy?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "Chapter 9 Summary By looking at the common ingredients of modern hie—from plush mattresses, stain-resistant carpets, and wrinkle-free clothing to personal care products, cars, and crowded highways—we see how we can come into contact with more toxins than we ever thought possible. The average adult uses about nine personal care products a day, totaling about 126 chemicals. At least one-third of these ingredients have been noted to cause cancer or some other serious health problem." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.) "As of July 1, 2007, all mattresses manufactured or imported into the United States must be treated with these fire-retardant chemicals. After you rise out of bed, you lumber to the bathroom across your synthetic carpet that's also full of chemicals to keep it stainless and less likely to combust in a house fire. 7:05 A.M. Now you're brushing your teeth with toothpaste that comes with a warning label that reads something like this: Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Among the most practical ways to avoid contact with airborne allergens are to institute environmental controls, such as: covering mattresses with a pad to avoid dust mites; installing air purifiers; washing away mold and mildew; and keeping animals out of the home. In addition, you may need to help your child limit direct contact with some of the following chemicals, which are the ones most closely associated with reactions. COMMON REACTIVE CHEMICALS THAT CAN EXACERBATE FOOD REACTIONS Chemical Source Petrochemicals. Car exhaust, gas or oil furnaces. Formaldehyde." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Vacuum mattresses frequently and don't store anything under your bed. þAn electric blanket has positive and negative factors. If you are allergic to dust mites you can keep their population down in your bedding by turning on an electric blanket to full power for a couple of hours a week. Do it during the day, when you aren't in bed. This won't kill the mites, but it will dry the bedding out, which mites don't like. However, you should not use an electric blanket when you are in the bed." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Although sea air is frequently considered good for people with asthma, beware of beach holiday houses with ageing mattresses that are a haven for dust mites. Finally, before you go make sure there is sufficient medication—and that the child has actually packed it! Even the shortest stay away from home needs consideration. If your child is asked to spend the night sleeping over at a friend's house, warn the parents of the asthmatic condition and ensure your child takes medication along—there may be a cat or dog in the house that will trigger an unexpected attack." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Protective covers can be bought that completely enclose mattresses and non-allergenic pillows are available that are not good homes for mites. Down doonas and quilts are also dust mite paradises. Mites are killed by temperatures higher than 55°C (and by freezing), so wash whatever you can in temperatures above this or use hot-air dryers. Vacuuming with ordinary vacuum cleaners does not get rid of mites, though vacuuming a mattress regularly will cut down on their food supply, and thus prevent a population explosion." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Despite its name, the dust mite does not live in dust, but loves furnishings such as mattresses, carpets, cushions, pillows and quilts. If you are susceptible to dust mite, be wary of sitting for long times on old couches: these can be dust mite havens. Populations of millions can live in a mattress and many asthmatics find their asthma is worst at night. The mite eats the wastes from our bodies: the tiny particles of skin, for example, that we constantly shed. To combat dust mites you should try to minimise the places where they can live." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Natural mattresses and box springs Allergy Relief Shop. Custom-made cotton mattresses and box springs, covered with barrier cloth. The Futon Shop. Handctafted cotton innerspring mattresses, custom made by the oldest mattress manufacturer in the U.S. Janice Corporation. Custom-made innerspring mattresses with cotton filling and ticking. See also Furniture for wooden-slat beds. Bedspreads_ Harmful materials: dyes, plastics (nylon, polyester)." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"These air particles almost certainly carried not only forest debris but the chemical burn-off from possessions packed inside these homes—everything from flame retardants in the burning clothing, mattresses, and furniture to hundreds of additional toxins with which our household goods are laced during the manufacturing process. It certainly contained dioxin—since burning trash and trees are the largest source of dioxin in our atmosphere—as well as other known endocrine-mimicking chemicals." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Consider what you sit on throughout your day: your chairs, mattresses, pillows, the foam cushions in your cars and sofas. Airline seats and airplane plastic and fabric interiors are drenched in flame retardants to meet safety standards. Add to these exposures the ones from your footwear, the insulation in your walls, and the plastic in your computer, video monitor, BlackBerry, and TV. All these have been made with plastics or furniture parts soaked in and manufactured with PBDEs." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Lifekind mattresses are also made with Naturally Safer?wool from American organic certified farmers. And what really distinguishes Lifekind is that they use an exclusive nonchemical sterilization process to sanitize the raw materials. While using absolutely no bromi-nated fire retardants, all of the company's mattresses conform to all federal and state mattress laws for nonflammability. www.lifekindproducts.com Neil Kelly Run by former U.S. Army Colonel Rick Fields, Neil Kelly is making it easy for consumers to furnish their homes with eco-furni-ture. " - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"We sleep on mattresses treated with bioaccumulative flame retardants and scrub our kitchens—and our faces—with irritating chemicals. We're inundating ourselves with toxins twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and most of the time we don't even know it! So what, you might be asking, does any of this have to do with raising a child? The answer is absolutely everything. Over the past thirty years, these changes in our lifestyle, diet, and environment have taken a dramatic—and tragic—toll on our children's health. We're seeing epidemic levels of diabetes and obesity." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"These latter nasty little critters live in mattresses, bedding, carpets, and furniture. Mite poop is also highly allergenic and is responsible for many people's discomfort. Dry air makes it harder for mites to flourish. By the way, we used to encourage folks with allergies or asthma to encase their mattresses and pillows with allergen-impermeable bed covers. The goal was to separate the allergy sufferer from the mite poop. Sadly, well-conducted clinical trials have established conclusively that this effort is ineffective." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"But recently, with the advent of inexpensive blankets and (more expensive) mattresses with strategically sewn-in magnets, hundreds of US insomniacs have found the safe, low-frequency, brain-wave stimulation of the magnetic sleep aids surprisingly helpful. The therapy is, of course, drug free. And starting at under $100 for a blanket that could give you restful sleep for years, it's a relative bargain. Insomniacs can also try lying on magnetic "wraps" or stretched-out seat covers to test the effect for a lot less cost than a mattress." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "Covering mattresses, pillows and box springs with plastic covers provides a barrier between you and the offending creatures. Also, washing linens frequently on the hot cycle will rinse away mites from sheets and pillow cases. 4 Repel the roaches Catch that cockroach. In addition to other insidious attributes, it seems that the cockroach ?particularly its feces and shell—contains allergens that trigger asthmatic attacks. Set traps, changing them even more frequently than the package instructions say. And in areas where you see cockroaches, clean thoroughly to guard against allergic reactions." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Futons and wood-framed beds are better than metal-coiled mattresses and box springs. •I- When using electric stoves, cook on back burners instead of front as much as possible. n* Metals attract EMR: keep them away from and off the body. •I- Measure EMR from wireless and wired devices with appropriate meters (see www.safewireless.org). • ?To decrease exposures, consider installing EMR filters and preventive technologies to electrical circuits, devices, and appliances. These may help, although human studies are limited. I have now outlined the major principles of the UltraMind Solution." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Custom-made cotton mattresses and box springs, covered with barrier cloth. The Futon Shop. Handctafted cotton innerspring mattresses, custom made by the oldest mattress manufacturer in the U.S. Janice Corporation. Custom-made innerspring mattresses with cotton filling and ticking. See also Furniture for wooden-slat beds. Bedspreads_ Harmful materials: dyes, plastics (nylon, polyester). At the Store/By Mail Cotton bedspreads can be found in most department stores; bedspreads made of cotton and othet natural fibers are also available by mail. Q Natural bedspreads Allergy Relief Shop." - Debra Lynn Dadd, Nontoxic, Natural and Earthwise (Get the book.)

"Mattress companies have taken this technology and put a great deal of money and research into developing it into some of the most comfortable mattresses available. However, people have different responses to memory foam; some love it, while others can't stand it. If you're unsure, briefly lying on a memory foam mattress in a showroom is unlikely to be enough to help you make your decision. Fortunately, you can begin by purchasing a memory foam topper that can be placed on top of your current mattress. If it has a positive impact on your sleeping experience, this may be all you need to do." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.) "But in reality, a federal law passed in 1973 served the same purpose, but with lower standards that didn't require saturating mattresses with such high amounts of toxic chemical. It's a shame that people who don't smoke (and even those who do) are being exposed to this health risk; if health were really the uppermost concern, they should have passed a law against smoking in bed!" - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"So then I wrote a newsletter, and in that newsletter I recommended three particular mattresses, the Tempurpedic® mattress, the Select Comfort®, and the Nautilus Sleep System®. I mentioned the products by brand name and I gave the website information in my newsletter. I sent the newsletter to the FTC and said, "Here you go. Here's my newsletter. I mentioned these products by brand name, which was what you said I could do in your letter dated to me October 12,2004." The FTC wrote back and said—No, no, no." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"You will virtually be sleeping on the finest mattresses made for free for six months to a year before you can make your purchasing decision. You then will have tested the various mattresses to see which one you like the best. The sheets that you use are vitally important to a proper night's rest. The material should be 100-percent organic and all-natural cotton. Other materials will emit a negative energy and a negative fume, which, although subtle, does have a slightly negative affect on your sleep. The sheets must be washed in organic all-natural soap." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Special air mattresses are available that help to decrease the pressure on sensitive areas when a person has to lie in one position for long periods of time. Anatomically shaped cushions can be used to help distribute the weight more evenly, along with special pads designed specifically for heels and elbows. Q Special absorbent foamlike bandages can be used for persistent bedsores to reduce the pressure on sensitive areas and help promote healing. Q Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) is also helpful for promoting healing. It is applied topically directly to the affected area." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Covering mattresses in plastic casings and washing sheets in hot water at least once a week can be helpful, too. Considerations Q Until relatively recently, even with a good nutritional plan, the only sure way to avoid an allergic attack was to avoid the irritant that caused it. Today, treatment for asthma includes the use of anti-inflammatory and bron-chodilating medications. The anti-inflammatories can halt inflammation quickly, but only temporarily, and there are side effects to using these drugs over long periods." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

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