Exactly! I am looking for information, hoping that possibly some people here might have it. Google has found alot of articles but so far they do not contain anything I consider hard proof. I will keep looking and hope to find something one way or the other.
Jeromie bob allen wrote: >This an interesting hypothesis, but it brings to mind a question and a comment > >what were infants dying of prior to the initiation of the use of flame >retardants? Crib deaths are >reported in medical literature from early in the nineteenth century, and >anecdotally much earlier >still- at least this suggests multiple causes. > > >This should be a no brainer to resolve. Arsenic and Antimony could easily be >detected in post >mortem tissue. It seems strange that nobody has reported any autopsy data, >showing elevated levels >of the metals. For that matter has anybody done simple collection of samples >from the air above or >around the mattresses and shown the presence of the toxic gases? > >personally, I am skeptical as usual. show me data, not speculation, and I >will be convinced- it's >as simple as that. > >toodles > >Jeromie Reeves wrote: > > >>I am too. I have been trying to track down exactly what is uesd in my >>new matress. My wife is 22 weeks pregnat (our 2nd) >>so I am ever more concerned. One link had some interesting info. >> >>http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/education/articles-detail.asp?Main_ID=359 >> >>Jeromie >> >>Joe Street wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Very curious! Phosphorus, Antimony and Arsenic are dopants commonly >>>used in the semiconductor industry and are extremely toxic when they >>>combine with hydrogen to form hydrides. Arsine (the hydride of arsenic) >>>is toxic at a level of 50 parts per billion. That's about the range of >>>sensitivity of the human nose to smell anything. What compounds would be >>>used in a mattress though? Bizzare! >>> >>>Joe >>> >>>Jeromie Reeves wrote: >>>Snip >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Toxic Gases in Mattresses >>>> >>>>Dr. Jim Sprott, OBE, a New Zealand scientist and chemist, states with >>>>certainty that crib death is caused by toxic gases, which can be >>>>generated from a baby's mattress. Chemical compounds containing >>>>phosphorus, arsenic and antimony have been added to mattresses as fire >>>>retardants and for other purposes since the early 1950's. A fungus that >>>>commonly grows in bedding can interact with these chemicals to create >>>>poisonous gases (Richardson 1994). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
