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US Consumer Products Safety Commission open public comment period on new law, Closes March 14, 2005, click here for email, fax, and mailing address to send your comments

To learn more about this issue follow these links for more details:
Short Story : An Open Letter to Mattress Retailers (This letter was successfully faxed to 17,192 Furniture Retailers)

International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) response to above letter (they omit Inhalation exposure and more, and try to tell us we would have to eat our mattress to absorb poison. Then they try to tell us that since Boric Acid kill insects differently than humans, it's not poison to people):  www.sleepproducts.org/...

Strobel's Response to ISPA's defense of Boric Acid and other Chemicals in mattresses. Short Response, Another Open Letter to Mattress Retailers. (This letter also faxed to Furniture Retailers)

‘Society of Toxicology,’ News Release warns more study needed before putting these chemicals in beds

Quotes from the Consumer Products Safety Commission draft of new law on health effects

Whole Story  Please see the whole story on the dangers of these chemicals in mattresses, or jump to parts of this report from these hot-links:
Quotes and Links from recent Science, EPA, and CDC
Boric Acid Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pesticides Linked to Stillbirths
Doctors Quotes on this issue
What Proponents Say and Rebuttals
Cutaway Photo of Boric Acid Innerspring Mattress
Amount of Boric Acid in Mattresses by Size

Law : Links to find your Legislators: address, phone, email
Studies : Links to studies on other flame retardant chemicals
Retailer Comments on Flame Retardants in Mattresses