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Why are Organic Crib Mattresses Better?
It's no secret that as new parents we want what's best for our babies - whether it's our first or our fifth. Buying organic baby products is a great step towards insuring the health of our children - not only because it's better for them right now, but because organically grown material is better for the environment as a whole. This is the same environment we will pass along to our children and their children in years to come.
Organic crib mattresses are produced without any of the harmful chemicals traditional non-portable and portable crib mattresses contain. They're made of 100% organic material, most of which is organic cotton. Organically grown cotton is great for the environment and absolutely the healthiest choice you can make for you and your family.
Because organic crib mattresses don't contain any of the harmful chemicals that could potentially be the cause of SIDS, you can put your baby to sleep knowing you're doing your absolute best for him or her. And, as I mentioned earlier, because new babies sleep over 70% of their first year, resting their heads on the safest material you can get is a big step towards insuring their future health.
Purely Natural Organic Mattress and Futon Line distributed and stocked by Pure-Rest Organics for fast and easy shipping . Pure-Rest NAOMI compliant line of organic mattresses-THE ONLY Mattress Made to meet the standards of the National Association of Organic Mattress Industry.
Our manufacturer of this mattress line has been in the mattress business for over 100 years and has been making organic mattresses longer than anyone. This is obvious in the large selection. These mattresses feature a 10 year fixed, 20 year prorated warranty.
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Mattress Basic Foundation
Twin $1299 $269
Twin $1499 $289
Full $1699 $399
Queen $1999 $399
King $2499 $699
Our Harmony Pure-Rest pure natural rubber mattress has 5.5-6 inch pure chemical-free natural rubber core which is then surrounded by organic cotton fabric layer, with organically processed wool from organically raised sheep quilted to our deluxe Pure-Rest European organic cotton fabric which ensures the wool will not migrate out over the years. The quilting prevents shifting and provides a sturdy durable, and comfortable sleeping surface. Our extra amount of wool make the top more comfortable than other manufacturers who tend to use a little less on top to cut costs. These mattresses easily conform to your body's shape and minimizes pressure on your joints and back. Highly recommended by chiropractors for back support without the uneven support such as all innerspring mattresses have.
Customize your support and your firmness. The 6" core of any type of mattress is your support, If you put a topper or a latex overlay about 2" thick, you will not affect support, this only affects your comfort. We chose to make this system as it is affordable and supportive. The layered beds with more than 2 layers seem to often have problems of breaking down (if the individual layers are not covered to prevent scraping against each other)
Medium (25-30 ILD recommended for children)
FIRM (35-38 ILD most prefer this)
ExtraFIRM (42-45 ILD for overweight persons or those who prefer a really firm feel)
Vegan style will feel a bit softer as there is no topping on these. Must have doctors note for the Vegan Style.
You may also place this style mattress on a slatted bed, like our Pacific Rim Beds in the furniture section. |
Pure-Rest has found the solution for a child's first bed while still providing a mattress without pressure points. We know young parents may not have the money to purchase an expensive mattress so we designed a solution without creating a throwaway that will need to be replaced within years. So we designed a 20 year 4" rubber mattress. We even put the water resistant organic wool moisture pad protection on the top and sides so you can save $130 or more by not needing to buy one of these. This mattress may be used on any platform or slatted bed system (slats no more than 3" apart). Or if you need you may use our bunkie board 2.5" support on a standard metal frame. Huge savings over any other mattresses and still our chemical-free materials (natural rubber and organic wool). In stock for immediate UPS ship
Twin $799
Twin XL $899
Full $1299
Queen $1399
King $1599
Ca King $1599
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Apollo 8" Organic Cotton and Wool Innerspring Mattress-NAOMI compliant
Our Pure-Rest Apollo pure organic cotton and organically processes wool mattress has deluxe 660 coil count heat tempered coils which are then surrounded by organic cotton batting that has been fully quilted to prevent shifting over time. Pure Rest is the only manufacturer using this quilting method to extend longevity to the innerspring mattress line. This is then covered with our thick layer, of organically processed wool from organically raised sheep quilted to our deluxe Pure-Rest European organic cotton fabric which ensures the wool will not migrate out over the years. No poly backing on ours, and no treatments in our wool. The quilting prevents shifting and provides a sturdy durable, and comfortable sleeping surface. Our extra amount of wool make the top more comfortable than other manufacturers who tend to use a little less on top to cut costs.
You may use this mattress with our corresponding foundation or you may place this mattress on a slatted bed, like our Pacific Rim Beds in the furniture section.
Size Mattress Foundation
Twin $899 $269
Twin XL $999 $289
Full $1299 $399
Queen $1499 $399
East King $1799 $599
Calif King $1799 $599 |
 | Size Basic Foundation
Twin $1599 $269
Twin XL $1999 $289
Full $2199 $399
Queen $2500 $399
East King $3399 $599
Calif King $3399 $599
Our Pure-Rest Sagittarius pure natural rubber mattress has 5.5-6 inch pure chemical-free natural rubber core and a 3" natural rubber soft topper, which is then surrounded by organic cotton fabric layer, with organically processed wool from organically raised sheep quilted to our deluxe Pure-Rest European organic cotton fabric which ensures the wool will not migrate out over the years. The quilting prevents shifting and provides a sturdy durable, and comfortable sleeping surface. Our extra amount of wool make the top more comfortable than other manufacturers who tend to use a little less on top to cut costs. These mattresses easily conform to your body's shape and minimizes pressure on your joints and back. Highly recommended by chiropractors for back support without the uneven support such as all innerspring mattresses have.
Customize your support and your firmness. The 6" core of any type of mattress is your support, If you put a topper or a latex overlay about 2-3" thick, you will not affect support, this only affects your comfort. We chose to make this system as it is affordable and supportive. The layered beds with more than 2 layers seem to often have problems of breaking down (if the individual layers are not covered to prevent scraping against each other).
Choose your support core, default is FIRM.
Medium (25-30 ILD recommended for children)
FIRM (35-38 ILD most prefer this)
ExtraFIRM (42-45 ILD for overweight persons or those who prefer a really firm feel)
You may also place this style mattress on a slatted bed, like our Pacific Rim Beds in the furniture section. |
Our Lunar mattress uses a pocketed coil innerspring that allows independent motion of each coil. There is less transfer of motion with this type of innerspring and allows each individual coil to work independently to conform to your different body shapes.
The innersprings are then covered with 2" of 100% natural latex on the top and bottom of the mattress. The natural latex provides softness while the innerspring gives support to the body. Then, the Lunar mattress is covered with organic cotton and wool that is quilted into an organic cotton mattress fabric. The Lunar has the least transfer of motion for a mattress with an innerspring. It is a softer, cushier mattress. 11-12".
The Lunar is a very heavy mattress and cumbersome to move. Its innerspring system, which is wonderfully comfortable, can be temperamental when moved without proper packaging. That is to say it can go "out of whack". We do not recommend this mattress in a king if you are planning on moving a lot. Or be prepared to at least procure a good mattress box to package it up.
Lunar Foundation - 780 coils in box springs match the coils in the mattress, providing a high-coil count support system. This will give a softer feel to the mattress system, without sacrificing support or you can use the Lunar with a wood foundation - available in 2.5" or 7".
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| Our Circa Deluxe is a firm 6" core with a deluxe 2" natural rubber topper on both sides to create a thick 11" mattress. This two-sided topper creates a softer feel than our 6 + 2" Mattress with the same firm support you expect from our fine mattress lines. On top of this rubber assembly is our pure natural wool, processed in house for purity, quilted between 2 layers of organic cotton (no hidden poly or nylon backing on ours). No scrim in our quilting. Our quilted layer is on all 6 sides of our mattresses. No synthetic or chemically treated fabrics used in our organic line.
Circa Deluxe 2 + 6 + 2 " Purely Natural
Use with any properly supportive slat foundation or bed. See our foundations here or go to the furniture section to purchase a bed thereby removing the need for a foundation.
Distributed in USA by Pure-Rest Organics and available at any store carrying Pure-Rest Organics Bedding line.
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Why Natural?
COMFORT, LUXURY AND GOOD HEALTH
Selected Natural and Organic Materials
Only the finest organic cotton, pure wool, and non-syntheic natural rubber is used in our handcrafted organic mattresses and bedding accessories. Natural organic fibers breathe, producing a healthy environment for rejuvination and rest. Our high quality craftsmanship produces a cozy sleep system, while our natual, organic materials incorporate the purity your body craves while resting. Together these two important factors equal one thing: CozyPure Organic Bedding.
Cotton batting has been around for centuries. It was the fiber of choice generations ago, before the introduction of cheap chemical foams. This durable fiber offers strength, durability and support that lasts for years. Foams break down, off-gas and lose support over time. On the other hand, natural fiber batting, such as organic cotton, will compress and get firmer. After a few years, some people add pure wool or rubber pillowtops for added cushioning.
Natural "Green" Cotton - This term can be quite confusing. We found that many consumers think this is organic! Actually, "Green" Cotton is "natural" cotton -- conventionally grown (just like standard cotton), however, it's not treated in the end-process. Our mattresses and bedding accessories are NOT made with this cotton. We use only certified organic cotton in our sleep systems.
Certified Organic Cotton is the absolute most pure form of cotton available today. It contains no pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers during it's cultivation and has no added chemicals or preservatives (such as formaldehyde) in the processing. It's a premium cotton that's pure and clean - soft and beautiful.
Filling and upholstery. We use only organic cotton for both! Inside we hand-nest full batts of organic cotton for it's comfort and strength, but we also encase our organic mattresses (and all our organic bedding) within a soft, yet durable, certified organic cotton woven damask (or sateen or twill - depending on the product). It's essential to have the outer shell made of organic cotton since this is the first layer to allow the inside of the bed to "breathe" (that benefit would be lost entirely in a mattress covered with shiny synthetic material).
WHAT ARE PBDEs?
Normally, we don't talk about the scary stuff. We think natural and organic bedding is the smart and healhty choice based simply on the wonderful materials used. But we get lots of calls from concerned moms regarding the recent news and research about PBDE's. Below is an article from the LA Times which provides lots of details on the flame retardant, PBDE.
Levels of Common Fire Retardants in Humans are Rising Rapidly
MARLA CONE / LA Times April 20, 2003
Cause for Alarm Over Chemicals (Excerpts)
Toxic chemicals used as flame retardants are rapidly building up in the bodies of people and wildlife around the world, approaching levels in American women and their babies that could harm developing brains, new research shows.
The chemicals, PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are used to reduce the spread of fire in an array of plastic and foam products in homes and offices, including upholstered furniture (and bedding), building materials, televisions, computers and other electronic equipment.
This year, the European Union banned the two PBDE compounds that have been shown to accumulate in human bodies. Some European industries had already begun to phase out the chemicals, and levels in the breast milk of European women have begun to decline. But in the United States, no action to regulate the flame retardants has been taken, and their use continues to rise. About half of the 135 million pounds of PBDEs used worldwide in 2001 were applied to products in North America.
A single, small dose of PBDEs fed to newborn laboratory mice and rats disrupts their brain development, altering their learning ability, memory, behavior and hearing, according to three studies, two conducted in Europe and one at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mice fed less than 1 part per million of PBDEs performed poorly in maze tests and were hyperactive and slower to become habituated to new environments. The brains of newborn mice are altered when their bodies contain concentrations that are 10 to 100 times higher than levels already seen in some people in the United States today.
"That is not a comfortable margin of exposure," said Linda Birnbaum, director of experimental toxicology at the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. Because concentrations in Americans are doubling every few years, it won't take long to close the gap.
Researchers say the effects on children are likely to be subtle -- not mental retardation or disability, but (rather) measurable changes in a child's intelligence, memory, hyperactivity and hearing. "We're concerned about learning and memory and some behavioral effects and hearing loss," Birnbaum said.
Exposure is 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 the polyurethane foam of furniture (bedding) and building materials in the United States. Much less is known about any health effects of PBDE compounds that are applied to computers and electronics equipment and whether they accumulate in bodies.
What disturbs scientists the most about PBDEs are their striking similarities to PCBs, which were widely used as insulating fluids in electrical transformers until they were banned in the 1970s because they were collecting in the tissues of people and wildlife. Like PCBs and the pesticide DDT, PBDEs 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.
PBDEs 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, said Eriksson, the Swedish toxicologist. "There is a window of development when these compounds cause effects," Eriksson said. In humans, that period lasts from the third trimester of pregnancy to a child's second birthday.
Although EPA Administrator Whitman maintains that not enough is known about the effects of PBDEs to warrant regulating them now, Birnbaum, the EPA's director of toxicology, said "there is no question" that the chemicals are altering thyroid hormones. Altering thyroid hormones during fetal development "can affect how the brain functions," she said.
Research teams at Stockholm University and other scientific institutions in Sweden have led the investigation of the flame retardants. The chemicals, developed in the 1970s, were first detected in the environment in 1981 in a river downstream from a textile manufacturing plant southwest of Stockholm.
As demand for flame retardants in electronics and furniture grew in the 1980s, PBDEs began to build up in nature and people, but few scientists thought to look for them. Then, in the mid-1990s, Swedish scientists checked women's breast milk and discovered that levels of PBDEs had increased sixty-fold.
Stockholm University researcher Daiva Meironyte-Guvenius said the growth in breast milk "was very scary. The reaction here in Sweden was very powerful." Facing public and political pressure, companies in Europe began to voluntarily phase out use of the most persistent flame retardants in the late 1990s.
PBDEs also are showing up in wildlife worldwide, settling in oceans and lakes just as PCBs and DDT did. Even polar bears near the North Pole and sperm whales feeding in deep ocean waters are contaminated with them. The effects on wildlife are unknown.
Some environmental scientists say the discovery of PBDEs 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. Many say they are dismayed that industry and society have forgotten lessons learned from the toxic legacies of the past.
Some Little White Lies about "Natural" Rubber
Common Talalay Rubber:
Most latex rubber mattresses are made from this type of Talalay rubber which is a blend of man-made synthetic rubber (derived from petro-chemicals) with a percentage of real natural rubber. For instance, Latex International's very popular product, Talatech Latex, is a blend of 30% natural rubber and 70% synthetic rubber (also known as Styrene Butadiene Rubber or SBR). We are not claiming this rubber to be inferior or lacking of quality, however it is NOT TRULY natural. You will find this type of rubber used often in mattresses offered by most conventional furniture and sleep specialty stores. Legally, they can call it a "natural" latex bed.
Beware of "Natural Latex" mattress claims:
Don't be fooled. Most latex mattresses are comprised of 70/30 or 60/40 Syntethic/Natural Blend. In addition to this, almost all contain high-denisity foam cores at the base as well as foam quilting and foam encasements (around the latex core for edge support). They can call it "natural latex" since the mattress does contain a bit of natural rubber, but remember that much of the bed will be constructed from foams and/or visco-elastic memory foam made with 100% petro-chemicals.
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