Chemical Free Couches

First let s go over what s available on the market currently and how it is or isn t an option for those seeking a chemical free living environment.

Chemical free couches.

There s been a lot of buzz about a team of researchers from duke university and uc berkeley who found that 85 of couch cushions contain toxic or untested flame retardants. Ashley furniture as of january 1 2015 ashley no longer uses flame retardant chemicals. Beware some larger furniture companies offer organic fabric but make no claims about being free of flame retardants or having a healthy foam option so be sure to do all your research on all the materials used in the sofa. The study was based upon 102 couch samples including one from moms clean air force s public health policy and outreach manager molly rauch which were gathered from around the country and tested for the presence of.

Chemical free leather sofas. Today there are a variety of options from low outgassing and chemical free to natural materials to all organic. The sofas from the following brands will lack the very bad chemicals listed above but may contain other questionable materials polyurethane foams stain or wrinkle treatments formaldehyde containing adhesives and so on. It has served to keep the furniture we buy affordable green and as organic as possible.

These five companies are selling flame retardant free furniture right now. Although these companies do not use flame retardant chemicals they may use materials that could be harmful in other parts of a sofa such as foam frame upholstery fabric glue or wood finish. We love our pets and our handmade dog beds made with organic cotton shows them the best of our love. Natural chemical free dog beds non toxic petro chemical free.

Building for the chemically sensitive those who are building and have moderate to severe chemical sensitivities have a number of factors they need to consider in the very early stages of the planning of the build. 2014 are free of chemical. Perhaps it might help give you some ideas too. As of january 1 2015 all newly manufactured crate and barrel couches contain no chemical flame retardants.

Toxins in conventional furniture. Ikea pottery barn room board crate barrel. These companies below do not use flame retardant chemicals in their sofas since 2105. Since many crate and barrel couches are made to order you will likely get a newly manufactured and free of chemical flame retardants couch but you should still double check with customer service that yours is not a 2014 leftover.

Their sofas made before 2015 will still contain flame retardants.