As of 2007, all mattresses are required to contain enough Fire Retardant to withstand a 2 foot wide blowtorch open flame for 70 seconds. Nearly 90% of the market, or most major sleep product brands, use a highly toxic fire retardant due to it's cost efficiency.

Hazardous Chemicals found in toxic FRs:

• Boric Acid (reproductive and developmental toxin, used as a pesticide)
• Antimony (causes heart and lung damage, possible carcinogen)
• Decabromodiphenyl Oxide (causes hair and memory loss, possible carcinogen)
• Heart, lung and kidney damage

These highly toxic chemicals leech though pillow and mattress covers and are absorbed through the skin.

Exposure to these FRs has been linked to:

• Skin irritation
• Learning and memory deficit
• Cancers
• Heart, lung and kidney damage
• SIDS
• Birth defects

Chronic exposure to these chemicals causes them to accumulate in the body and present themselves in:

• the blood stream
• breast milk
• umbilical cord blood