Re: Mattresses & cross contamination risks

[Guest guest]

Use inexpensive blow up mattresses . If you take anything from your contaminated

home, you may not get the full benefit of moving. The mycotoxins do not wash

of-and with a mattress you could not even try. Do not buy a lot of furniture

until you have ascertained tat the new home is safe. Even then, it could turn on

you.

>

> Hi All,

>

> First off, happy 4th!!

>

> Hopefully close to finding a relatively safe rental, now I am wondering

> about mattresses.

>

> Been told to leave behind anything soft/stuffed, etc. that I can't wash

> repeatedly.......wondering about mattresses ENCASED in allergy

> encasements, can I take them? if they contain any mold fragments (I do

> not believe mold is growing in any of the mattresses, if there are mold

> fragments on any of them it is because it has blown all over the house

> thru the HVAC system, etc.) would they be able to escape thru the

> allergy encasings, and for that matter I have always kept them enclosed

> in allergy encasings???

>

> I am resigned to buying new mattresses, but I want to buy either wool or

> cotton futons, it will be mail order, and they won't come immediately,

> so need something to sleep on....if I order the futons now and don't

> find a place, then I have no place to store them, really don't want to

> order new bedding till I know I have a place, and once we get a place we

> need something to sleep on...catch 22....

>

> Your advice appreciated.........

>

> Carl and Dr. Thrasher, do you have any opinions on this??

>

> Thanks, Sue V.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am extremely chemically sensitive & to the surprise of those like me I slept

on an inflatable mattress. I would leave a new one outside to offgas for months

& then clean it with soap & water followed by vodka - which helps neutralize the

petroleum. I then put it in a dust mite cover. I also had several back-ups that

had been offgassing outside for months & then put in the attic as they spring

leaks very easily.

>

> Use inexpensive blow up mattresses . If you take anything from your

contaminated home, you may not get the full benefit of moving. The mycotoxins do

not wash of-and with a mattress you could not even try. Do not buy a lot of

furniture until you have ascertained tat the new home is safe. Even then, it

could turn on you.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi , They are very smelly when first bought and blown up. I put mine in

another room for a long period, until it didn't smell anymore, but after they

off gas, they are great because they don't 'house' any critters. No dust mites

or mold will grow on them, you can hose them off, let them sit outside and air

out, are very comfortable and when you move, easy to carry anywhere as you know.

I slept on mine for a few years before it leaked but it was due to cat with

claws jumping on bed regularly, finally did it in. Mine was brand that is sold

by Walmart. Can't remember the name of it, something like Home Decor. I'm not

extremely chemically sensitive though. For you, maybe you cannot tolerate them.

>

> Hi,

> I am extremely chemically sensitive & to the surprise of those like me I slept

on an inflatable mattress. I would leave a new one outside to offgas for months

& then clean it with soap & water followed by vodka - which helps neutralize the

petroleum. I then put it in a dust mite cover. I also had several back-ups that

had been offgassing outside for months & then put in the attic as they spring

leaks very easily.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

Could you get inflatable camping pads as a temporary measure? Thermarest makes

some really comfy thick ones that aren't too pricey and you should be able to

buy them locally. They may have a faint new smell but nothing like the

inflatable mattressess. Those really do stink when brand new.

Since your son's health has been so affected it makes sense to do everything you

can not to cross contaminate the new place, even piling blankets on the floor

over an inflatable pad to make it soft enough.

Best wishes for the inspection and move,

Amy

[Guest guest]

At a fabric store, you can get 2 or 4 inch foam rubber sheets that are bed size,

and put sleeping bags on them. Joanne Fabrics now has green colored ones that

are made of soybeans. Not sure how motivated you are to avoid moving your bed

or if this would be better or not. I bought some for a project. It has SOME

odor but you have to put your nose right in it to smell it.

>

> Hi Sue,

>

> Could you get inflatable camping pads as a temporary measure? Thermarest

makes some really comfy thick ones that aren't too pricey and you should be able

to buy them locally. They may have a faint new smell but nothing like the

inflatable mattressess. Those really do stink when brand new.

>

> Since your son's health has been so affected it makes sense to do everything

you can not to cross contaminate the new place, even piling blankets on the

floor over an inflatable pad to make it soft enough.

>

> Best wishes for the inspection and move,

>

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

At Dicks Sporting Goods they have 'cots' that kids could sleep on temporarily,

just canvas up off the ground.

>

> Hi Sue,

>

> Could you get inflatable camping pads as a temporary measure? Thermarest

makes some really comfy thick ones that aren't too pricey and you should be able

to buy them locally. They may have a faint new smell but nothing like the

inflatable mattressess. Those really do stink when brand new.

>

> Since your son's health has been so affected it makes sense to do everything

you can not to cross contaminate the new place, even piling blankets on the

floor over an inflatable pad to make it soft enough.

>

> Best wishes for the inspection and move,

>

> Amy

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry, Barb, I have had 2 air mattresses grow mold, one got a hole in it from

mold. While you sleep, the moisture from your body goes through the sheets and

mattress protector, hits the rubber, and has no where to go. Just pull

everything back and air it every day.

>

> Hi , They are very smelly when first bought and blown up. I put mine in

another room for a long period, until it didn't smell anymore, but after they

off gas, they are great because they don't 'house' any critters. No dust mites

or mold will grow on them, you can hose them off, let them sit outside and air

out, are very comfortable and when you move, easy to carry anywhere as you know.

I slept on mine for a few years before it leaked but it was due to cat with

claws jumping on bed regularly, finally did it in. Mine was brand that is sold

by Walmart. Can't remember the name of it, something like Home Decor. I'm not

extremely chemically sensitive though. For you, maybe you cannot tolerate them.

>

> --- In , " safersmilesdentallab " <

[Guest guest]

the chemicals used in makeing the product/blow up mattress off gas those

chemicals when new. some chemicals offgas longer than others.

when mold is growing in/on something, it is degradeing whatever it is growing

on/in, this action well also cause a off gasing of the chemicals involved in

that product.

>

> Could you please explain what you mean by off gases? from matresses? Do you

mean

> with black mold, and asper, and penicilium? I am positive in my house for 9

> things the other is floral related it says hyphal---- I could've sworn I smelt

> gas the other day but the burners were off? Also can the toxin combination

> affect a gas stove in how it functions?

>

[Guest guest]

Great post - I am afraid of soy for several reasons...first, the " hormone "

effect, second, the toxic wash you mention, third, it is included in almost all

processed food, including many baked products such as cookies and crackers.

And, I believe that soy should be grown for fuel for autos and for homes, period

and never consumed by humans. JMHO!

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> I'd be afraid of anything with soybeans since most of them are washed

> in toxic hexane.

>

> Barth

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