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Research work conducted by Sustainable Technologies Initiative (STI), a company based in the UK, shows some very effective alternative ways by which mattress manufacturers can provide for more environment-friendly sleeping solutions.

Mattresses are conventionally made using various synthetic materials that often carry adverse effects to the environment, especially when these are not properly disposed. By pushing the use of natural fibers from recycled wool, cotton and other organic materials, in place of foam padding or synthetic fibers which used to be the common practice, Sustainable Technologies Initiative believes that the move does not only help the environment, it also improves the competitiveness of the industry through lowered manufacturing costs. Further to that, consumers are provided better sleeping alternatives as studies have also indicated that natural products bring bigger and better benefits.

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While the federal government pushes through with its new mandate for mattress safety standards effective July 1, there are those that say the safety precautions set may actually be more dangerous. The chemicals to achieve a flame-proof mattress are said to cause more harm than good, ten years down the line. Below are the points People for Cleaner Beds Org have made regarding this:

The chemicals used to flameproof mattresses have never been studied for human exposure risk in this application. (Except now the CPSC has released a limited study.)

We know almost all the chemicals to flameproof mattresses are acutely toxic and many also cause cancer.

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New mattress standards will go in effect today, July 1st, in the USA. Will neighboring Canada follow suit? Exporters from that area are complying with the current USA laws but locally, the move to amend it remains unchanged:

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A Denver-based mattress manufacturer is now closing its doors, after doing business for almost four decades.

United Sleep Products of Denver has shut the doors of its 89,000-square-foot building at 412 Oak St., where it began in 1970 as Kinder Furniture & Bedding. As many as 160 employees have worked at the factory in recent years.

The company also reportedly has closed its factory in Fort Wayne, Ind.

United Sleep produced bedding products such as futons and coil, no-flip and memory-foam mattresses. The Denver plant produced about 2,000 pieces of bedding daily.

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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.

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Ah, the bed bug problem. It’s a perpetual dilemma. Hence mattress manufacturers continuously come up with all kinds of products to fight these off. But are these new products really able to rid of bed bugs? The visco-memory foam mattresses, for instance, with its more advanced composition than a regular mattress, promises to at least be bed bug free. But is it really?

NBC News has some revealing information, in an interview with Dini M. Miller, PhD of virginia Tech’s Urban Pest Management:

Can bedbugs also live in visco-memory foam beds? I have read some claims online that say that the bedbugs cannot get into the foam beds?

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Ever wonder why Tempur-Pedic cost so much, considering other manufacturers have come up similar types of products? Here is an insider’s guide.

Expensive, but worth it?

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Press release from Flex-A-Bed, with regards to its compliance to the new mattress safety guidelines.

Flex-A-Bed’s craftsmen have built every Flex-A-Bed adjustable bed using the same guiding principles of care and consideration since 1969 in LaFayette. However, they differ from every big name bed manufacturer as they are the only company that produces both their own mattresses and base units in the same factory. They oversee every aspect, every stitch and every piece that leaves their production line.

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• Keep in mind that foam mattresses retain heat. Choose one that is engineered with proper ventilation, or buy bed covers that will help keep it cooler.
• If you are eyeing a luxury mattress, go pocket sprung types. They work to adjust to your weight.
• If you are going for sprung mattresses, then choose the no-turn types. Since sprung mattresses are required to be regularly turned (like at least one time each month) to maintain its quality and condition, sometimes the task may become too exhausting. To avoid all that, no-turn types are your best bet.

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FabricTech is a manufacturer of allergy-safe mattress and other sleep products. They use patented technology such as OmniGuard® fabric and MiteTight® for protection against allergen and dust mites.

Waterproof-prevents perspiration, other moisture and stains from reaching mattress

Ideal for memory foam mattresses-soft and quiet, thin and flexible; won’t alter comfort or temperature-sensing properties

Breathable-wicks away perspiration, other moisture; mold and mildew resistant

Prevents moisture build-up in mattress-dust mites, mold/mildew thrive in moisture

Silky soft and quiet, ultra thin and flexible-very comfortable unlike noisy, sticky vinyl

Fits neatly on all mattress and foundations up to 18″ deep (Jumbo fits 18-28″ depths)

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