Soy Memory Foam Mattress Eco Friendly?

[…] to a My Luxury Mattress Blog regarding this issue, most mattress manufacturers only feature between 5% to 50% soy foam. Most of […]

Any feedback on an Italian company called Perdormire? They claim their Genesi mattress is made of soy.

http://www.perdormire.com/sleepingstore08/genesi.htm

Actually most foam manufactures are replacing poloy in polyurethane foam up to 50% with soybean oil. Clearly any reduction in the use of petroleum produces is good for you and good for the planet.We use flexible foam soybean oil foams and love them and so does our customers.

Dear All,

I'm an environmentalist so I'm interested in protecting the earth. I also have severe dust allergies and I am chemically sensitive. I've been trying to find a bed that will help my health significantly as a first priority. I had a reaction to a Sleepy's bed that contained about 50% polyurethane foam and 50% latex. My doctor advised against polyurethane. I will have negative health effects if I am put into a bed made with toxins, so health has to be my first priority over environmental concerns. (While I will consider them as well.)

Sleepy's is featuring a soy bed from Spaldin. I've gone to see it. While it is featured as environmentally friendly, its label indicates that it is made from Polyurethane.

When I pointed this out to the buyer for sleepys, he told me that the oil used is 100% from soybeans and that this oil differs from the synthetic polyurethane. He said that the manufacturing process is 50% synthetic and 50% more natural. I think he is sincere, but may have been fooled himself.

Is there a soy polyurethane v. a synthetic polyurethane or is he just pulling my leg?

Help needed immediately. Am sleeping on my couch.

Carolyn

Memory foam is poison, no matter what it's mixed with. Your immune system will suffer. Want an all-natural mattress with no dust mites? Buy latex rubber that isn't chemically sprayed. It's expensive but lasts for decades. Get the pillows too. You'll thank yourself everyday.

We are thinking of buying a green mattress as well and had seen the Spaldin mattress at Sleepy's. Does anyone know anything else about it? We've searched the internet and did not find any reviews about it. Their website did not mention anything about polyurethane or fire retardants in their products only how natural it is. Does anyone else know otherwise?

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Your Mattress will be the most important piece of furniture you ever purchase. Your physical, mental and daily performances are all directly correlated to the quality of sleep you're getting. If your waking up with aches or stiffness these are signs that you need a new mattress. Lower back pain can be directly contributed to sleeping on a bad mattress. The older we get the better quality mattress we need. 800 coils on a queen is considered a good quality mattress. Latex is our top selling mattresses and I expect will be for a very long time. Health and comfort wise latex is the best. We will provide you with a top quality Canadian made mattress at the lowest possible price.

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@Carolyn: Your best bet is a 100% latex mattress (no base layers), there are still foaming agents added in, but i haven't heard anything about those causing health issues.

The two major concerns in mattresses if you're not sensitive to polyurethane are:
Formaldehyde adhesives - They aren't used in major brand mattress production anymore.
Flame retardant chemicals - Make sure the manufacturer uses a kevlar or wool layer, instead of flame retardant chemical spray.(most major brands use Kevlar)

My suggestion is to ask the retailer to open and store the mattress in their store's back room for a week. They will in nearly all cases do this for you.

Also, if you really want a memory foam mattress, get one that has been compressed. This makes for a more open-celled mattress which can clear out any gases much more quickly. Plus they ship in 1/5 of the space so you're saving a lot of shipping fuel exhaust into our environment.

I totally understand. I bought my mattress from Daylia at non toxic.com. It's made out of organic cotton and wool. Don't need a doctors prescription for it because the wool is a natural fire retardant. The bed was around 2000.00 for a queen no boxspring. It's heavy but from the moment it was delivered it had NO SMELL and I've never reacted to it or had a problem. It has saved my life. I'm so thankful. I bought a mattress pad for it from holy lamb organics to softed the mattress (you need it) or it will be hard / uncomfy to sleep on. The 3 or 4" thick mattress pad is made of all wool and cotton cover cost about 700.00. I wrote the whole thing off as a medical expense. I would never experiment with anything else in terms of bedding.
hope this helps. And don't get discourage this is the answer all chemically interolant and MS suffers are looking for.

I am also looking at the Spaldin. Has anyone bought one?

Any feedback on the Kingsdown memory foam (soy) Crown model??? Having trouble finging anything about it.