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Are there federal requirements for calling a mattress “organic?”

This Act established national standards governing the marketing of certain agricultural products as organically produced products in order to assure consumers that organically produced products meet a consistent standard and to facilitate fairness within interstate commerce. USDA control over use of the word “organic” extends to non-edible agricultural crops such as cotton and rubber trees,

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What makes a mattress certified organic?

For a complex finished textile product, such as a mattress, to be called "certified" organic it must be composed of a minimum of 95% third-party-certified raw materials. Then independently, the company manufacturing the mattress must also meet the requirements as listed in the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, and to subject its facility and

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What chemicals typically offgas from a conventional mattress?

That is a difficult question to answer, because every "chemical" mattress can be constructed differently and treated with any number of synthetic applications. The book, "Sleep Safe in a Toxic World and Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night’s Sleep", list more than 60 different chemicals as being emitted from a memory-foam mattress and

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