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Is a certipur foam mattress as pure as latex

Looking at mixed foam mattresses with certipur certification. Will they be as pure in off gassing, etc as latex

Seen 1,570 times Last updated Sep 2019

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Hi there — Thanks for your question. The general answer is no.

The Certi-Pur standard applies to polyurethane foam and looks for a number of harmful materials in order to certify that neither the presence nor offgassing of such materials exceeds some minimally acceptable threshold. This is certainly a great reassurance, and is leagues better than poly foam that is not certified. That said, at the end of the day, all polyurethane foam is still a completely petroleum-based product, and is therefore far from chemical free.

Latex, on the other hand, comes in a few varieties. All-natural latex is made entirely from the sap of a rubber tree and therefore is contains no chemicals (other than in some cases a small amount of additives that may be needed during the process of turning the rubber sap into a foam). Synthetic latex is a petroleum-based product (like polyurethane) however the resulting product is considered to be far cleaner from a chemical standpoint than poly foam. Natural blend latex (often just called "natural latex" by manufacturers) is made with a combination of natural rubber sap and petroleum.

So all in all, pretty much any kind of latex is likely to have fewer harmful chemicals and less off gassing than Certi-Pur foam, and if it's natural blend latex or all-natural latex then the difference on this front would be even greater.

I hope that's helpful.

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