New mattress materials may make you sick?
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Mattress manufacturers are made to comply with the recent guidelines for fire safety standards for mattresses, which took effect last July. But there are now reports coming out that fire-retardant mattresses may in fact be more harmful.
This recent expose from a local CBS station (Jim Osman of CBS I-Team) provides interview of mattress workers who are now suffering from different breathing problems and sinus problems, caused by the chemicals they use to manufacture fire-retardant mattresses at Simmons. The company on the other hand hired independent testers and found no toxic materials in the mattresses.
CPC meanwhile reaffirms that fire-retardant mattresses are safe to consumers, saying “they would never pass a rule that would allow certain materials to be used that would harm consumers”.
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