In the year of our Lord 1776, Amercians declared their independence from England primarily because they were being regulated by the English parliment without having any representatives to vote on their behalf. "Taxation Without Representation" became one of their arguments for separation and it was a very valid and just argument.

Today, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) seems to think it is necessary to protect consumers from mattress fires and they have the power to pass laws without our representatives voting for or against those laws. Like the English parliment in 1776, it is another example of regulation without representation. In July 2007 the CPSC passed new regulations (16 CFR 1633) requiring all mattresses sold in the United States to meet open-flame fire proofing. In order to meet these new strict standards, mattress manufacturers will be putting fire-retardant chemicals inside their mattresses. These chemicals include formaldehyde (a proven carcinogen), boric acid (roach killer), antimony trioxide (mimics arsenic), decabromodiphenyl oxide (banned in two states), Melamine (the chemical recently found in import pet food that sickened and killed pets across the country), Ammonium Polyphosphate, and vinylidene chloride. (click here to read the entire report)

In the CPSC risk assessment report, they admit that these chemicals are toxic and they prove you will absorb them into your body. The CPSC concludes that you will not absorb enough of these chemicals to affect your health but the Center for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency disputes the conclusions of the CPSC. Below is a video news report about this subject and how the chemicals affect workers in mattress plants.

Notice on this report several things. One is the Simmons representative Jonathan Dawe where he said that they didn't want to put their recipe out there. His "recipe" is one of the chemicals or a combination of the chemicals and it is most likely the same lowest cost "recipe" that every other manufacturer uses. In fact, they don't make the recipe. They purchase their FR fabric from a suplier. A supplier that is selling the same to other mattress manufacturers. So, there is no such thing as a proprietary "recipe." This is a cover up so they won't have to tell you that there are toxic chemicals in their mattresses.

Secondly, Al Klancnik of Serta said that boric acid is only toxic if a person eats enough of it and that no one is eating their mattresses. This is purposely deceptive. Boric acid can and will be absorbed into us through our skin, our lungs, and or stomachs from sleeping on mattresses treated with boric acid to the tune of 0.081 milligrams per night! The CPSC has already declared it in their risk assessment report.

Thirdly, at the end of the video the report said that an OSHA report on the Simmons plant is pending but that the company is confident that OSHA will find nothing wrong. Of course not, OSHA has been bought and paid for also by mattress companies. Click here to learn how the mattress industry is being protected by OSHA.

The details of whether or not these chemicals will harm you is not what you need to understand in order to determine if fire-proof mattresses are something you want. You would think that mattress manufacturers would be opposed to the CPSC regulations. Instead, the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA), "the international trade association representing the mattress manufacturing industry" which in reality represents some large innerspring mattress manufacturers, as well as some fire retardant chemical manufacturers, supported the new regulations. With foam mattresses taking a larger share of mattress sales, imports have become far more prevalent in the U.S. market. The real reason for the ISPA support of the regulations is because it helps keep imports out and it hurts small domestic manufacturers with testing and compliance costs. Obviously it also helps fire-retardant chemical manufacturers. It is a pure win for the large innerspring mattress manufacturers and chemical manufacturers and about money, not fire safety. So do you think fire retardant chemicals are good for you? As evidence that these new FR standards are really designed to help large manufacturers and hurt small manufacturers, read the following article from Furniture Today magazine:

Top 100 store Badcock to close bedding plant June 29

--Furniture Today, 5/16/2007 1:06:00 PM

MULBERRY, Fla. - Top 100 store chain W.S. Badcock said today it will close its bedding factory rather than make a "major expansion" that would be required to meet new federal flammability regulations.

Badcock said it will begin outsourcing all mattress manufacturing to International Bedding Corp., a Top 10 bedding producer.

Also this article on newsreview.com reports that the new safety codes could eliminate one third of all mattress manufacturers.

By Emanuell Orr

This article was published on 06.07.07

The new fire standard will cost mattress manufacturers more than $100 million per year to implement and is the most expensive change the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has ever made, according to a report by ConsumerAffairs.com.

There are currently only 600 mattress manufacturers in the United States, and the new safety codes could eliminate a third of them.

This last video supports the position of the International Association of Fire Fighters who opposes chemicals because they create toxic fumes when they burn.

Environmental Medical Specialist Doris Rapp reports on the chemicals used to flame-proof mattresses for Mercola.com

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