An Open Letter to Mattress Retailers
(Not an advertisement)
Join leading Doctors in opposing a new law that requires poisonous
chemicals in all mattresses. Plus gain benefits for your store
A
new law is being enacted nationwide by the CPSC within the next year, and
goes into effect in California January 1, which requires all mattresses to
resist ignition from open flames. Manufacturers are choosing one of two main
systems to pass the test. 1) Boric Acid saturated cotton quilted in just
below the ticking. In addition to being an ancient method for fireproofing
cloth, we know Boric Acid is poison. It has many known health risks
including: genital damage, brain damage, anemia, infertility, birth defects,
and death, and at the very least may dry and irritate your skin and lungs.
Our recent science, EPA, and CDC warn of Reproductive,
Developmental, and Neurological damage from Boric Acid exposure:
“Demonstrated injury to the gonads and to the developing fetus … does cause
health effects following acute dermal exposure … has been shown to cause
irritation of the upper respiratory tract in humans … Neonatal children are
unusually susceptible” Human death has occurred from 2-3 grams. But the real
issue is slow poisoning with no external symptoms. About a pound (3)
of this chemical is now in new mattresses where we have full body, genital,
and breathing contact 8 hours a day for the rest of our lives.
It seems unbelievable that industry and the CPSC are
ignoring modern science and putting Boric Acid in the surface of our
mattresses, but it is true! Check the mattress Law Tag; if it says ‘Treated
Cotton’ it’s likely Boron/Boric Acid, the same as the pesticide H3BO3. This
is the most cost effective system. See more quotes, links to sources, MSDS,
and rebuttals to what proponents tell you:
www.strobel.com/newsrelease.htm.
2) Modacrylic fibers mixed with polyester are the other
system. These are acrylic fibers modified by addition of metal oxide flame
retardant chemical. The fiber manufacturer’s MSDS tell us it is “Slightly
Toxic” for skin contact, and “Minimize skin contamination … Avoid breathing
dust. … Use approved respiratory protection equipment” They admit it has
never been tested for toxicology. This system is not acceptable for most
people either. Retailers can at least choose their own poison. You have a
legal right to demand an MSDS that should tell you the chemicals in the fire
barrier system.
“It seems ill advised to expose hundreds of millions of
people to a potential health hazard in order to protect a very few. …. I am
absolutely opposed to adding the proposed toxic chemicals to mattresses.”
Allan D. Lieberman, MD F.A.A.E.M. “The world has gone completely crazy. Until the
powers that be can prove that what they propose for protecting mattresses
against fire will not harm a pregnant woman, an unborn baby, an infant, a
child, the elderly or a normal male or female they should UNQUESTIONABLY NOT
EVEN CONSIDER PUTTING CHEMICALS INTO EVERY MATTRESS. What can we do to stop
the nonsense!!! “Doris J. Rapp, MD F.A.A.A., F.A.A.P. See Boric Acid MSDS:
www.rosemill.com/html/msds/chem_boric_acid_msds.pdf
Here is what you can do: Go to
www.strobel.com Click on ‘Vote-Fire Politics’ for more information and
register your opposition. You will also learn a simple way this law could be
stopped in California. Get a bottle of Boric Acid and a MSDS, show it to
your customers, and ask them to sign a petition to stop this law. Contact
your local media and tell them what you are doing to protect public health.
You may get free publicity, which tells people to visit your store to
sign this petition. Ethically you want the products you sell to be safe.
If we later find harm from these chemicals retailers are likely to be sued
as well. Please call me or one of my staff with questions. People in some
States have fought for, and won the right to ride their motorcycles without
a helmet. With your help we can win the right to keep our mattresses clean
and pure.
Sincerely,
Mark Strobel
President
Strobel Supple-Pedic
Phone: 800-457-6442
Fax: 812-282-6528
Email:
health@strobel.com
Please see the whole story at
www.strobel.com/newsrelease.htm Or jump to parts of the story by
clicking on one of the following hot-links:
Doctors Oppose New
Law that puts Poisonous Chemicals in All Our Mattresses (Intro)
Quotes and Links
from recent Science, EPA, and CDC
Boric Acid Material
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
Pesticides Linked
to Stillbirths
Quotes from other
sources
Doctors Quotes on
this issue
Background and
Summary of the Law
What Proponents Say
and Rebuttals
Modacrylics -- Metal Oxide Flame Retardant Chemical
What Proponents Say
about Boric Acid, and Rebuttals
Cutaway Photo of
Boric Acid Innerspring Mattress
Amount of Boric
Acid in Mattresses by Size
A simple way to
stop this law in California
Conclusion
Hippocrates left us
with the admonition: "First do no harm.”
A note to Retailers
What you can do to
fight this law
You will see how to contact the Consumer Products
Safety Commission directly with Contact Name, Phone, Address, and Email
address, plus links for where to buy Boric Acid Bottles and more.
Then please at least vote at:
www.strobel.com/vote.htm , this issue needs your support!
If you email us please use
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Notice: Our intention is to fix the problem, not the
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association. Readers should conduct their own investigation of a company or
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motivations of that entity. I have reported what I believe to be true and
correct to the best of my knowledge and opinion at the time of its writing
in a free speech effort to avert a public health disaster. |