Ending the 30-day trial risk plus remembering the essential mattress problem
Update: This bill was vetoed in July 2010, plus other news in mattresses here.
Tag: reconditioned mattresses
We are reviewing the new NYS Department of State proposed mattress sanitizing regs
Update: Regs are final, plus other news in mattresses here.
Actually, this is what our used mattress regs could look like!
The Southern Nevada Health District’s mattress sanitizing regulations. Continue reading
The copy/paste approach to writing mattress sanitizing regulations
New Jersey has guidelines for the sanitization of used mattresses that give specific direction in the use of Steri-Fab or Microban to sanitize used mattresses–right down to the recommended number of ounces per mattress size. Continue reading
Dr. Pollack and the 2006 NYC bed bug hearing
Harvard School of Public Health entomologist Dr. Richard Pollack’s testimony before the New York City Council Consumer Affairs Committee on September 18, 2006 deserves reexamination. Continue reading
Dr. Philip Tierno: “I would never buy a refurbished mattress, a reconditioned mattress, under any circumstances”
Tonight it was King Comfort Mattress of Woodside, Queens who got their turn before the cameras, spray disinfectant bottles in both fists. Continue reading
What would New York’s missing mattress sanitizing regs look like anyway?
There are no sanitizing regulations and none are forthcoming. Still, what would they look like? There are 26 states that have reconditioned mattress regulations. How do they sanitize used bedding? Continue reading
Dateline NBC revisits the reconditioned mattress story
Dateline’s investigative piece today revisited the reconditioned mattress problems in New York City. Continue reading