{"id":197,"date":"2009-08-02T04:33:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T04:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solveeczema.wordpress.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2009-08-02T04:33:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T04:33:08","slug":"update-on-mattresses-avoiding-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solveeczema.org\/eczemablog\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Update on mattresses: Avoiding dust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an interesting development. \u00a0In a previous post, I wrote about our experience choosing a mattress that wouldn’t be an allergy source for this specific detergent problem<\/a>. \u00a0 In trying to find something that wouldn’t shed detergent-laden dust or introduce potential allergens such as latex, we chose an organic cotton mattress with a food-grade polyethylene dust-mite barrier from Naturepedic, on a solid maple platform bed from Pacific Rim.<\/p>\n

With some months of experience behind us now, I have to add a wonderful observation. \u00a0Not only have we had no problems with detergent dust, we have had no problems with dust of any kind! \u00a0In my experience, the space under mattresses is a breeding ground for large dust bunnies. \u00a0Under this mattress, there have been no dust bunnies to speak of, and almost no dust at all.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if the dust-mite barrier is entirely the reason, or if it is a combination of the barrier and the higher-than usual space under the bed (good air circulation) — but the rest of the room has remained quite low-dust as well, with no dust bunnies around the bed, either.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the traditional mattress in the other room begets as many dust bunnies as ever, as I have come to expect is normal under a bed.<\/p>\n

Quite apart from the allergy issue, it’s wonderful not to get those piles of dust under the mattress. \u00a0I never realized shedding from the mattress could be such a source — especially since we vacuum our traditional mattress every time we change the bedding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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