{"id":587,"date":"2012-01-11T23:19:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T07:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/?p=587"},"modified":"2015-08-06T23:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T06:03:42","slug":"childrens-mattresses-avoiding-flame-retardants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/childrens-mattresses-avoiding-flame-retardants\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Mattresses: Avoiding Flame Retardants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-269\" title=\"baby_crib\" src=\"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/crib-2.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The most important piece of furniture in your home is the mattress, especially for babies and children. Choosing a healthy child\u2019s mattress can be challenging, even though there are now more green choices than ever. As with many green products, however, disclosure of all ingredients and materials is not always provided upfront by manufacturers. \u00a0Even some \u201corganic\u201d mattresses may contain synthetics, such as Dacron. For tips and guidance on screening for potentially toxic ingredients in so called \u201cnon toxic\u201d children\u2019s mattresses, read my article in Green Home Guide:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenhomeguide.com\/askapro\/question\/do-bfrs-brominated-flame-retardants-offgas-or-persist-in-upholstery-would-they-be-in-the-stuffing-of-a-sofa-or-in-the-fabric-cover-\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/greenhomeguide.com\/askapro\/question\/do-bfrs-brominated-flame-retardants-offgas-or-persist-in-upholstery-would-they-be-in-the-stuffing-of-a-sofa-or-in-the-fabric-cover-<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most important piece of furniture in your home is the mattress, especially for babies and children. Choosing a healthy child\u2019s mattress can be challenging, even though there are now more green choices than ever. As with many green products, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/childrens-mattresses-avoiding-flame-retardants\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,34,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marycordaro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}