All Certified organic Cotton and Wool- We Never use any PBDE's, Antimony, Modacrylic, Boric Acid in any of our Products.

Organic cotton bedding has no formaldehyde finishes, no pesticide residue, no toxic flame-retardants, low-impact environmental dyes, and no dioxins from bleaching

The chemicals in conventional cotton include, but are not limited to, organophosphates which were originally developed as toxic nerve agents during World War II.

These chemicals are absorbed through the pores in your baby�s skin and into his or her respiratory system as he or she sleeps in a soft, but toxic bed.

Young children are extremely vulnerable to toxic exposures.
From the largest retailer of crib mattresses website: The Crib Mattress's top inside layer is Fireblocker, providing gentle sleeping and safety? We disagree on safety. We know this system contains 10% Boric Acid and 2.4% Antimony. European researchers measured and proved Antimony leaches through vinyl on crib mattresses, and linked this to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). High levels of Antimony were found in the livers of dissected dead human infants. Europe has been moving away from using flame retardants and requires them be proven safe before being used.

PBDE's change a child's intelligence, memory increase hyperactivity, damage hearing learning and memory . Flame retardant , pass through the placenta and are absorbed by the new born. The federal EPA, has jurisdiction over the chemicals but has made no move to regulate them. Two Cal/EPA scientists, writing in a scientific journals, have recommended a phase out of the chemicals.-Less toxic alternatives to the persistent PBDE flame retardant are desirable," wrote McDonald and Cal/EPA scientist Kim Hooper. Representatives of the four companies that manufacture PBDE's oppose a ban, saying the compounds' benefits to pubic safety are well known and their risks are uncertain. Several dozen flame-retarding compounds other than PBDE's exist and do not accumulate in tissues and pose less risk. Exposure to toxic chemicals are probably highest in North America because it is the only place still using the form of PBDE most likely to accumulate in humans and the environment. That compound, penta-BDE, is banned in Europe but is used in polyurethane foam of furniture and building materials in the United States. Exposure levels of tested Americans vary widely - some people carry concentrations as much as 100 times as high as others. Americans carry 10 to 70 times as much PBDE's in their breast milk, tissues and blood as Europeans do. Lead, mercury and PCB's - are known to harm human health at levels found in the environment. The new studies provide evidence that PBDE's may be the fourth. PBDE's have striking similarities to PCB's which were banned in the 1970's because they were collecting in the tissues of people and wildlife. Like PCB's and DDT, PBDE's are slow to break down, persisting in the environment and accumulating in human and animal fat. PBDE concentrations increase as the chemicals move up through the food web, peaking in top predators such as whales, dolphins, birds of prey and humans. PBDE's mimic thyroid hormones, which regulate the growth of a baby's neurological system. Because of that, if exposure comes during a critical phase of brain growth, it can alter how the brain develops. Chemicals are altering thyroid hormones. Altering thyroid hormones during fetal development "can affect how the brain functions. Also, Eriksson and other toxicologists say the flame retardant have the same effects as PCB's on the brains of newborn animals in the same doses. In several studies, children born to women who ate large amounts of PCB-contaminated fish have been found to have reduced intelligence. Some women are carrying amounts of PBDE's comparable to the amounts of PCB's that reduce children's IQ's, toxicologists say. As demand for flame retardant in electronics and furniture grew in the 1980's, PBDE's began to build up in nature and people, and when Swedish scientists checked women's breast milk and discovered that levels of PBDE's had increased sixty-fold. PBDE's also are showing up in wildlife worldwide, settling in oceans and lakes just as PCB's and DDT did. Even polar bears near the North Pole and sperm whales feeding in deep ocean waters are contaminated with them. Some environmental scientists say the discovery of PBDE's near the North Pole proves their global spread, and that this should be an impetus for U.S. Regulators to take precautionary measures as soon as possible.