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I’m looking for a safe mattress. Where I live, it’s difficult to get to a showroom where I can test organic mattresses. The one store I found carries a line of mattresses made by Berkeley Ergonomics. Is anyone familiar with this brand and is it non-toxic? I’ve heard that there is some synthetic latex out there. I’ve also heard that all latex in the U.S. is made in a facility in Connecticut, where they make both synthetic and all-natural latex. This is all very confusing!!

Debra’s Answer

I looked at their Berkeley Ergonomics website and it looks pretty good to me.

They use

  • prewashed organic cotton
  • organic wool
  • 100% natural filler-free latex (not organic, but Oeko-Tex certified)

They list a lot of certifications but don’t show them on their website (“certificates are available”) so I can’t verify without asking them for certificates (my opinion is if someone says it’s certified, the certificate should be on the website.

All of their materials are from Europe, even though, being in California they could get Pure Wool from California.

On paper, it looks good, but I haven’t see their certifications. It would be better if they used organic latex, which is available.

Understand their Oeko-Tex 100 certifications doesn’t mean a material is organic. It means it doesn’t contain a list of 100 priority chemicals.

And no, all latex in the US is NOT made in one facility in Connecticut.

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