Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night's Sleep [Paperback]

Walter Bader (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2007

Your bedroom should be a safe haven, but unfortunately more and more research is revealing that the bedroom may be one of the most toxic places in the home. Consider that the average conventional mattress contains more toxic chemicals than a 50 gallon oil drum, and that our skin, the largest organ of the body, is also the most porous entry point. It is no wonder that chemicals found in mattresses, known to cause toxic reproductive effects, are regularly being found at significant levels in human blood samples. Walter Bader outlines the dangers of the toxic threats lurking in the home so that, armed with knowledge, you can defend yourself and your family against them.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Walter Bader was one of the first to discover that chemical exposure can occur during sleeping hours as a result of the out-gassing from the ingredients used in the manufacture of mattresses and bedding, Mr. Bader's mission is to share this knowledge with the world. Toxic Bedroom is his first publication, and is the culmination of experience and wisdom gained from years of technical research and speaking with chemically injured consumers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Freedom Publishing Company (IL) (April 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893910431
• ISBN-13: 978-1893910430
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #819,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reasuring Research that your mattress can kill you., March 27, 2010

By 

Maury Lee "Maury Lee" (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night's Sleep (Paperback)

Walter's book was a Godsend. It was available at my local library. He has done all the research about the unregulated toxins that we bring into our homes, our bedrooms, and then breathe in all night. My wife thought I was nuts until I brought the book home and was able to show her all the toxins our new mattress was off-gassing. Every wonder what the smell is? This book will detail what they are, what the chemicals are, and what their effects are. The book also provides places to go for further research, and also instructions on how to buy toxin free furniture and other products for you home.

I bought a Tempur-pedic mattress. From the very first night I felt like I was being drugged, the sleep was not restful and I awoke more tired than when I went to bed. I began to have flu-like symptoms which got worse. Within two weeks I was so ill I almost couldn't go to work. I sneezed at work and got a nose bleed. Hadn't had one in years.

My symptoms were nausea, headache, mental confusion, lack of energy. I googled on toxic fumes and Tempur-pedic and a number of websites popped up with similar stories. Engineers in the field call it the "Chemical Flu." It is known, but the public doesn't know about it.

Some people, such as myself, react strongly to the VOC's emitted by these mattresses. I feel lucky that I reacted so quickly and returned it. With the mattress out of the house, I am getting better every day. However, I wonder about people who don't react so quickly. They may not be able to make the connection that the new mattress they bought is what is making them ill. Six months later, are they diagnosed with Fibromyalsia or Chronic Fatigue syndrome?

I am only posting this for one reason. Please be aware that that this type of mattress does emit toxic fumes. BE AWARE!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making Your Bedroom a Sanctuary, August 27, 2008

By 

J. Hagg "Wholly His" - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night's Sleep (Paperback)

As I suffer from various allergies, for years I have desired and as finances allowed endevoured to make my home the most toxic free place possible. I have read that even if you can't affored to redo your whole home using healthy materials, the place to concentrate on in your endevour to have a healthy living envirorment is the bedroom. You spend one third of you day sleeping and because of the restorative power of a good night's sleep, your bedroom should be a sanctuary. Wlater Bader gives you guidelines on exactly how to accomplish this goal.

Bader tells about the harmful naterials that go into a conventional polyurethene foam matress, a memory foam mattess and the flame retardents used on your mattresses. Wool is a natural flame retardent. Bader also shares the down side to conventially grown cotton. Twenty five percent of the world's pesticides and a good portion of the other toxic chemicals are used to grow convential cotton. For this reason the author recommends organic cotton. I do not want to be harming myself with the outgasing of these poisonous pesticides and other checicals, nor do I ewant to be harming the envirorment. As the sheep are free range animals and not dipped in toxic chemicals, the author also recommends pure grow will be used in bedding products. He also highly recommends natural latex, which is from the rubber tree plant. As well as discussing the various types of bed construction materials and bedding choices, Bader also discusses the part that electromagnetic fields play in having a healthy bedroom. He also has an informative chapter on dust mites and how to keep them out of your bedroom. Bader's book is a well written, informative read.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of my symptoms explained, June 4, 2007

By 

Cassandra V. Glickman (California) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night's Sleep (Paperback)

Fatigue, congestion, headaches, trouble concentrating...I never had thought before about my sleeping environment. My next mattress will be an organic one, if at all possible, and I've already starting taking steps to make my sleeping environment less toxic. This book makes it easy to learn what to do to get a better night's sleep and FEEL better all day.