Question from lenare764
My 25 month old son’s body has a hard time ridding contaminants which has resulted in toxicities of arsenic and antimony from fire retardants. Dr. Sprotts told me to try http://www.offgassing-mattress-wraps.com/mattress-wraps.htm for larger beds but I remember you said they wouldn’t confirm the safety of their product after your 5 attempts to reach them. Have they ever gotten back to you about their safety? What is your opinion on the safety of these for a sponge like my son? I would have to max out my credit card to buy a new organic mattress – but I’ll do it if its safer than polyethylene for him.
Thank you so much.
Lena
Debra’s Answer
I don’t remember saying that I contacted this company 5 times and they didn’t respond. But I will answer your question about polyethylene.
Polyethylene is considered to be one of the safer plastics. It is used for waterproofing on Naturepedic mattresses, and I have talked with them at length about its safety. So I have no objection to polyethylene wraps.
Your choice is between an organic cotton mattress that is not waterproof, which would be 100% natural, or a waterproof organic cotton mattress (the Naturepedic mattresses use polyethylene-I’ve smelled it and it had no odor), or your polyethylene wrap (which I haven’t smelled, so can’t comment). I do know there are various types of polyethylene, and some may have more odor than others.
Those SIDS-prevention mattress wraps are very highly regarded. I have never heard of any problems with toxic exposure from using them. That doesn’t mean there are none, but I hear about a lot of toxic products, and this has not been one of them.
