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by farnsworthy 3070 days ago
Funny to see this now, as I was thinking a little while ago of the break-in period for a new mattress I owned, where I dealt with a sore throat or asthma-like condition for a week before realizing the probable cause, after doing some reading about many with similar problems. (I closed off the bedroom with the windows open during that winter period and slept elsewhere for a little while after that.)

To me it's emblematic of the Safety State: a (relative) few die from mattress fires, so now everybody is gassed with possible or probable toxins in hyper-response.

PSA: Careful of those new mattresses…