Fwd: Re: Down Comforter/Pillows

[Guest guest]

I'm going to add this to my own post below. Specifically, studies

were done that pillows actually get 'heavier' over time and found

reason for 'weight gain' of pillows was due to dust mite dung. Over

ten years pillows weighed 30% more than when they were new. Just

something to think about.

and it piles up if item isn't washed for long time. I heard this on

the Today Show or similar new program. I love down also and have

them but perhaps cheaper pillows that you wash weekly and replace

yearly or something. That's what I may do since you put your face

into them all night.

[Guest guest]

After I saw the study on dust mites and aspergillus--in any pillows

over 18 months old they're teeming with them, both down and latex, I

decided on fiberfill (polyfill) with cotton covers. They are machine

washable and then can be put in the drier. That heat should kill any

mold. Otherwise, you're putting your head on something that is not

good for you if you have allergies, for 8 hours a night...and the

moisture from your head is helping the ecological system inside the

pillow.

-- In , " barb1283 " <barb1283@...> wrote:

>

> I'm going to add this to my own post below. Specifically, studies

> were done that pillows actually get 'heavier' over time and found

> reason for 'weight gain' of pillows was due to dust mite dung. Over

> ten years pillows weighed 30% more than when they were new. Just

> something to think about.

>

>

> and it piles up if item isn't washed for long time. I heard this on

> the Today Show or similar new program. I love down also and have

> them but perhaps cheaper pillows that you wash weekly and replace

> yearly or something. That's what I may do since you put your face

> into them all night.

>

[Guest guest]

Jill,

Do they have good 'loft'? For some reason, I have always needed a

deep pillow. That's why I like down as I can scrunch it up into a

high loft pillow and it holds my head high.

Also, do you need to dry them on 'high' heat to kill dust mites?

--- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@...>

wrote:

>

> After I saw the study on dust mites and aspergillus--in any pillows

> over 18 months old they're teeming with them, both down and latex, I

> decided on fiberfill (polyfill) with cotton covers. They are machine

> washable and then can be put in the drier. That heat should kill any

> mold.

[Guest guest]

I kept my down pillow but I put vinyl covers on them. However since

the vinyl doesn't allow ANY air to escape from pillow, pillows are now

like very stiff air balloons so might as well not have down feathers

inside because can't feel the softness of them anyway, and they are no

longer 'scrunchable'. I cracked the zipper open on one end to allow

air to escape to avoid the stiff balloon feel but I figure I'm letting

out gases if there is actually, yuck, dung in there, so I went back to

the allergy proof cotton type which I doubt is good enough to keep

out 'dung gases'- for lack of knowing the right word for that.

Therefore I will probably have to consider something else.

--- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@...>

wrote:

>

> After I saw the study on dust mites and aspergillus--in any pillows

> over 18 months old they're teeming with them, both down and latex, I

> decided on fiberfill (polyfill) with cotton covers.

[Guest guest]

I don't know these answers as I just ordered euro style pillows.

That's what I like on my bed. I'll let you know.

> >

> > After I saw the study on dust mites and aspergillus--in any pillows

> > over 18 months old they're teeming with them, both down and latex, I

> > decided on fiberfill (polyfill) with cotton covers. They are machine

> > washable and then can be put in the drier. That heat should kill any

> > mold.

>

[Guest guest]

Here is some info on pillows I found online. It happens to mention

our member May in it also. None of the pillow fills she

mentions sounds good to me though. The wool, while having 'loft'

she says should be cleaned by throwing in a cool dryer with tennis

balls or sitting out in the sun. I doubt that would do much except

to shake the dust off of the surface. I think I will just buy some

inexpensive pillows that I feel comfortable using only for a short

time.

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

ImmuneSupport.com Treatment & Research Information

Are Your Pillows Hazardous to Your Health?

ImmuneSupport.com

11-23-2005 By Jill Neimark

When you snuggle into bed at night and rest your weary head upon

your dreamy pillow, are you risking your health? Perhaps, according

to a perturbing new study from The University of Manchester,

published in the journal Allergy, where researchers found that both

synthetic and down pillows are full of dust mites and millions of

fungal spores—and that in fact, they create a kind of miniature

ecosystem inside our pillows.

According to Woodcock, who conducted the research, " Pillows

are inhabited by the house dust mite, which eats fungi, and one

theory is that the fungi are using the dust mites' feces as a major

source of nutrition, along with human skin scales. "

In addition, we sweat as we sleep, adding necessary moisture to this

miniature ecosystem—and its known that the food consumption and

development of dust mites increases with moisture and humidity.

Woodcock's research team analyzed samples of ten pillows that had

been in use for 18 months to 20 years, and identified between four

and sixteen fungal species per sample. A few thousand spores of

fungus per gram were found, and the synthetic pillows actually

contained the highest number of spores. The most common fungus was

aspergillus fumigatus, especially in the synthetic pillows.

Aspergillus can be a problem for adults and kids with mold

allergies, asthma, sinus problems, or compromised immune systems.

Are we spending a third of our lives basically burying our heads in

fungal spores as we sleep? (To say nothing of our comforters, which

also often contain down or synthetic materials). " We really thought

it was the kind of stuff you find on a bathroom wall in a damp

house, " Woodcock said—not in your pillows.

Needless to say, I'm one of those folks who has a bunch of huge,

European style feather-filled pillows on my bed, because I like to

relax in bed at night and write on my ultraportable laptop. I also

sleep on those pillows. It never occurred to me I could be

compromising my health. But I probably was, according to C.

May, of May Indoor Air Investigations in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

According to May: " For many individuals with allergies and/or

asthma, feather-filled pillows (and quilts) can be a serious health

risk. I have had clients whose sinus problems and nightly coughing

bouts disappeared the day they threw out their feather pillows and

quilts.

Rest of article is at:

http://www.immunesupport.com/library/print.cfm?ID=6842 & t=CFIDS_FM

--- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@...>

wrote:

>

> I don't know these answers as I just ordered euro style pillows.

> That's what I like on my bed. I'll let you know.

[Guest guest]

I wrote that. I thought that dreamsoft's pillow (the euro is about

$120, really expensive) was completely wonderful. Just the best pillow

I've ever encountered. However, yes, I had to throw it out after

silicone caulk disaster that I think I posted on about here, as I knew

I couldn't wash it and I couldn't be sure it was solvent free.

However, I doubt it would get moldy. Wool naturally resists mold.

Also, KB's pillows are nice, but I did wash the Euro and it got

bunched up. So I'm not so sure you can wash those.

That's why I'm going to try the primafill. Its hypoallergenic and you

can wash it without it bunching up. If you have a cotton cover that

should be good enough. I don't know about the loft.

> >

> > I don't know these answers as I just ordered euro style pillows.

> > That's what I like on my bed. I'll let you know.

>

[Guest guest]

I got micro filled anti bacterial fill washable pillows thru

nationalallergy.com. I love it and I bought their comfprter filled with the same

thing with

100 percent cotton shell. also very washable. Pillow 26 dollars comforter

twin sixe 49 dollars

Janet

[Guest guest]

-When I hear things like wool naturally resists mold- I would like

to know why my solid wool scarf became totall spore infested in a

few weeks in the hall closet- I think almost nothing naturally

resists mold

-- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@...>

wrote:

>

> I wrote that. I thought that dreamsoft's pillow (the euro is about

> $120, really expensive) was completely wonderful. Just the best

pillow

> I've ever encountered. However, yes, I had to throw it out after

> silicone caulk disaster that I think I posted on about here, as I

knew

> I couldn't wash it and I couldn't be sure it was solvent free.

> However, I doubt it would get moldy. Wool naturally resists mold.

>

> Also, KB's pillows are nice, but I did wash the Euro and it got

> bunched up. So I'm not so sure you can wash those.

>

> That's why I'm going to try the primafill. Its hypoallergenic and

you

> can wash it without it bunching up. If you have a cotton cover that

> should be good enough. I don't know about the loft.

>

>

> > >

> > > I don't know these answers as I just ordered euro style

pillows.

> > > That's what I like on my bed. I'll let you know.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thats a great price on comforter- I will need new stuff when I make my

next hopefully permanent move. I got pillows on sale at Ikea for $1.50

each- They are washable but now I will toss them when I move- at the

rate I have tossed stuff- I am hesitant to spend dollars on things.

>

> I got micro filled anti bacterial fill washable pillows thru

> nationalallergy.com. I love it and I bought their comfprter filled

with the same thing with

> 100 percent cotton shell. also very washable. Pillow 26 dollars

comforter

> twin sixe 49 dollars

> Janet

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So high count cotton fabric cover and dust mites can't get through,

correct...or buy covers that advertise they are mite proof? I have

vinyl covers on mattress and box spring but I can't take them on

pillow even after they are aired out. They are too stiff. I'd rather

do what does then and roll up a towel to sleep on. Yes, wool

sounds comfy for pillow.

--- In , " jill1313 " <jenbooks13@...>

wrote:

>

> I wrote that. I thought that dreamsoft's pillow (the euro is about

> $120, really expensive) was completely wonderful. Just the best

pillow

> I've ever encountered. However, yes, I had to throw it out after

> silicone caulk disaster

[Guest guest]

,

What do you go to Ikea for, price or style? I don't think there is

oen where I am but I could shop online it looks like.

--- In , " carondeen " <kdeanstudios@...>

wrote:

>

> Thats a great price on comforter- I will need new stuff when I make

my

> next hopefully permanent move. I got pillows on sale at Ikea for

$1.50

>

[Guest guest]

Both, and shippable stuff like bedding is still cheap w/shipping added

>

> ,

> What do you go to Ikea for, price or style? I don't think there is

> oen where I am but I could shop online it looks like.

>

>

> >

> > Thats a great price on comforter- I will need new stuff when I

make

> my

> > next hopefully permanent move. I got pillows on sale at Ikea for

> $1.50

> >

>

[Guest guest]

What do they use to make it antibacterial? What is it filled with?

TIA,

Angel

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 Gingersnap1964@... wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:15:48 EST

> From: Gingersnap1964@...

> Reply-

>

> Subject: Re: [] Fwd: Re: Down Comforter/Pillows

>

> I got micro filled anti bacterial fill washable pillows thru

> nationalallergy.com. I love it and I bought their comfprter filled with the

same thing with

> 100 percent cotton shell. also very washable. Pillow 26 dollars comforter

> twin sixe 49 dollars

> Janet

>

>

>