What is the real risk of mattress offgassing?
Some personal experience and some info. I have a sonno foam mattress (polyurethane & memory foam, not latex) from DWR and the smell when we received it was noticeable for about a month. Offgassing is different though, and I think with most items like this (beds, carpets, paints, etc.), off gassing happens significantly within the first day/week or so, then falls off a lot. I looked into this when painting and carpeting our son’s room when he was born. Even with wool rug, low toxin padding below it, and low VOC paints, there’s still some offgassing, but not as much. Since it was summer, we kept the windows open for 48hrs after painting and carpeting. I have used the foam bed since being pregnant and have done a lot of nursings there, with no noticeable neurological impact on me or the little one (he’s a brilliant 18mo now). That doesn’t rule out crazy carcinogens, etc., that will only show up when we’re old, but just sayin’, no si
