The world is a scary place to live in...
So, I was randomly reading AOL news stuff when I cam across something that disturbed me greatly.
Tossing Out Old Pillows "In five years, 10 percent of the weight of the pillow is dust mite and dust mite debris," says Dr. Tierno. To fight the mites, he recommends a protective cover for your pillow in addition to using a pillowcase. The National Library of Medicine recommends purchasing allergen-impermeable pillow covers, or replacing your old pillows with synthetic, washable pillows and wash them in hot water weekly. So let's hope the 15 percent of survey respondents who said they never throw away their pillows are making every effort to keep the mites away.
DUST MITE AND DUST MITE DEBRIS, WTF?! (o_O)
There's also this:
Washing Your Sheets Sixty percent of you aren't changing them weekly, which is how often Dr. Tierno recommends -- and that's as long as you have a protective cover to guard against dust mites and debris that build up in your mattress. "You could do it more, but that can be excessive and a waste of water," he says. To the 16 percent who wash their sheets monthly and 10 percent even less than once a month -- you might want to consider changing your bedding more frequently.
Now, I fail in the sheet area, always have, but after this I'm gonna try to do it at least once a month now. As for the pillows... that freaked me out even more because isn't everyone's favorite pillow the one they've had forever?
Needless to say I just changed my sheets and hurled them and my pillows into the laundry area. I'm MacGyver-ing my own stuffing for clean pillow cases. Yes, I know I'm being paranoid. I am also buying new pillows to bring to my apartment this week.
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Tossing Out Old Pillows "In five years, 10 percent of the weight of the pillow is dust mite and dust mite debris," says Dr. Tierno. To fight the mites, he recommends a protective cover for your pillow in addition to using a pillowcase. The National Library of Medicine recommends purchasing allergen-impermeable pillow covers, or replacing your old pillows with synthetic, washable pillows and wash them in hot water weekly. So let's hope the 15 percent of survey respondents who said they never throw away their pillows are making every effort to keep the mites away.
DUST MITE AND DUST MITE DEBRIS, WTF?! (o_O)
There's also this:
Washing Your Sheets Sixty percent of you aren't changing them weekly, which is how often Dr. Tierno recommends -- and that's as long as you have a protective cover to guard against dust mites and debris that build up in your mattress. "You could do it more, but that can be excessive and a waste of water," he says. To the 16 percent who wash their sheets monthly and 10 percent even less than once a month -- you might want to consider changing your bedding more frequently.
Now, I fail in the sheet area, always have, but after this I'm gonna try to do it at least once a month now. As for the pillows... that freaked me out even more because isn't everyone's favorite pillow the one they've had forever?
Needless to say I just changed my sheets and hurled them and my pillows into the laundry area. I'm MacGyver-ing my own stuffing for clean pillow cases. Yes, I know I'm being paranoid. I am also buying new pillows to bring to my apartment this week.
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