Question from Anne Castile
I have been a follower for the last 10 years.
I have a question regarding the Grand Legacy Mattresses. They are advertising a “green ” component. I’m curious if these are really green. They say they are formaldehyde free.. They use soybean and natural latex as part of the matttress.
Made in Cleveland Ohio and carried at the Levin stores.
I’m in the market for a new mattress and suffer from MCS.
Thanks for any info you can send me.
Debra’s Answer
I took a look at the product description at www.levinmattress.com/index.php/grand-legacy/
There are plenty of toxic chemicals in this mattress.
In addition to the gel memory foam and high density foam, the “BioFlex™ foam…
They says “BioFlex™ eliminates the use of harmful chemicals and is extracted from soybeans grown in Ohio.”
I’m sorry, but this just isn’t true. The soybeans may be grown in Ohio, but there is no soy foam in the world that “eliminates the use of harmful chemicals.” Soy foam is, at best, 30 percent soy, the remaining 70 percent is the same polyurethane foam used to make toxic mattresses.
There are many online sources of natural beds at Debra’s List: Textiles: Beds
