Update: Regs are final, plus other news in mattresses here.

The New York State Department of State Division of Licensing Services has proposed new used bedding regulations which include mattress sanitizing standards for mattress refurbishers/renovators. We are currently reviewing the proposal and drafting our comments. This post is simply to strongly encourage you to also participate.

We are very pleased that the Department of State is considering regulations and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.

The problems of used mattresses and bed bugs are serious and very difficult, as with all things having to do with bed bugs, but they are especially challenging in our view. This is our archive of articles about the mattresses and bed bugs issues. We’ve tried to carefully investigate the issues and the sanitizing practices in other states. We’ll share our thoughts on this proposal with you as soon as possible!

Heartfelt thanks to Persona for telling us about the proposed regs and sharing her thoughts here.

These pages may be of related interest:

1. Ending the 30-day trial risk plus remembering the essential mattress problem
2. Dr. Philip Tierno: “I would never buy a refurbished mattress, a reconditioned mattress, under any circumstances”
3. Actually, this is what our used mattress regs could look like!
4. What would New York’s missing mattress sanitizing regs look like anyway?
5. The copy/paste approach to writing mattress sanitizing regulations