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How Your Mattress May Harm Your Health

Sleeping like this could load you up with numerous carcinogens, along with reproductive, developmental, neurological and cardiovascular harms and more.

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Dr. Joseph Mercola
Sep 01, 2022
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STORY AT-A-GLANCE

  • Considering you’re spending a third of your life on top of your bed, your mattress could be a significant source of toxic chemical exposure

  • Harmful flame retardant substances you might find in mattresses include PBDE, Deca, boric acid, antimony, melamine, vinylidene chloride, bromine and formaldehyde, all of which are associated with ser…

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