Question from Kristen

Hi Debra,

We recently purchased a savvy rest serenity organic mattress for our daughters. We LOVE these beds but they have a smell to them, it’s not a chemical smell, it’s a latex smell. Will a regular mattress cover keep the smell away? Can I wrap this bed in bed covers that you have recommended for other people? Any thoughts would be great.

Debra’s Answer

I don’t know what will block latex mattress fumes.

I can’t tolerate the smell of latex either. But I did get some latex strips for my wood slat frame under my wool mattress. They had an odor when they arrived and I put them out in the sun for about six weeks. By then, the odor was gone and I have been sleeping on them successfully since. However, this is just latex, with no covering on it, so the sun could work on it. I doubt putting your mattress in the sun would have the same effect.

Readers, any experience with this?