Mattress Covers

[amberskyfire]

I looked through the furniture tag and didn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I'd love to make our bed less toxic, but we cannot get a new mattress at this time. If I buy a mattress encasing cover, will it keep the nasty offgassing chemicals inside as well as the dust? Are they airtight? And does anyone know what the least-toxic type of covers

Comments

[marmalade_girl_]

I'm pretty sure that anti-allergy covers are airtight, but I have no idea if they would prevent offgassing.

[kioskgirl]

How old is your mattress? Things don't offgas forever, so depending on the age of your mattress worrying about a cover now may be like closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

[amberskyfire]

It's not ours. We rent our house and it's fully furnished. I'm pretty sure it's old, though, because there is a little bit of a sag in the middle. Still, I had heard that they release the fire retardant chemicals as dust forever and that the older they are, the more of this chemical dust they release.