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Sleep Safety – Traditional vs Organic Mattresses

See also, www.austinnaturalmattress.com/why-buy-a-natural-mattress/ In 2007, the United States adopted new fire-retardant standards for mattresses. Traditional manufacturers are meeting these standards with sprayed on toxic chemicals that make your sleeping space more dangerous than restful. Compare the construction of an organic mattress to the traditional option, and you’re sure to see the compelling difference. Traditional-vs-Organic-Mattresses Please feel free to share this infographic. Our licensing requires that in doing so, you link back to this site. You can easily embed the infographic by copying and pasting the code below into a blog post or page. Share this…

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The Coolest Mattress in Austin: Pure Latex Bliss

Everything You Need to Know from Latex Bliss on Vimeo. If you are searching for a mattress in Austin, you owe it to yourself to come in and take a look at Austin Natural Mattress. Yes, we pride ourselves on natural & organic mattresses, because they are non-toxic, and just smarter. You are not giving anything up by buying a cleaner product. But outside of that, it should be mentioned that our mattresses are also on the cutting edge of technology and quite simply the highest quality mattresses on the market today….

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Memory Foam Off Gassing. List of 61 volatile organic compounds (voc’s) off gassing from a popular brand of memory foam mattresses.

memfoamoffgas2 small 1,2,4- Methanoazulene, decahydro- Dodecane, 3-methyl 1,5,5,8a tetra methyl Heptylcyclohexane 1,2- Propanediol (Propylene glycol) Hexanal 1,4- Dioxane Hexasilxane, tetradecamethyl 1,6-Octadiene, 7 -methyl-3- (8CI9CI)* methylene (Myrcene) Limonene (Dipentene: 1-Methyl-4- 1-Butanol (N-Butyl alcohol) 1 methyllethyl cyclohexene) 1- Dodacene Longifolene 1- Hexanol, 2-ethyl Naphthalene 1-Propanol, 2-chloro* Naphthalene, decahydro-* 2- Butanol, 3-methyl Naphthalene, decahydro-2-methyl* 2-Pentanal, 2-methyl Pentasiloxane, dodecamethyl* 2-Propanol (Isopropanol) Phenol, 4-(1- methylpropYI)-* 2-Propanol, 1,3-diehloro- Pinene, a(2,6,6-Trimethyl- 2-Propanol, 1-(2-Dropenyloxy) bieyelor3.1.1 ]hept-2-ene) 2-Propanol, 1-[1-methyl-2(2- Pinene, p (6,6-Dimethyl-2-meth- propenyloxy) ethoxy* ylene bieyelo [3.1.1]heptane) Azulene, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-oetahydro- Propane,1,2,3-trichloro 1,4-dimethyl-7- 12.6(1- Propane, 1,2-dichloro methyllethyllidene) Propanoic acid,2,2-dimethyl-, 2- Benzaldehyde ethylhexyl ester* Benzene, 1,2,4-trimethyl Silane, trichloro…

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Talalay vs. Dunlop Latex

Rubber Tree The Talalay Advantage Even though they’re both latex, there are significant differences between Talalay latex and Dunlop latex (latex Light). They’re manufactured using different processes. It’s worth noting that it takes 14 hours to make a Talalay latex mattress core. To make a Dunlop latex mattress core, it takes less than one hour. But the most important differences come in the benefits to you. Here’s a list of the key variations between Talalay and Dunlop and why they exist. Breathability Talalay latex is FOUR TIMES more breathable than…

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