Re: A: Down pillow allergies

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Yes, down (feathers) can be an " allergen " or exacerbate unhealthy immune

response in people (and some people can tolerate duck down but not goose

feathers). You can get organic cotton batting to stuff the pillows. I haven't

purchased it for many years but you might just advise them to do a search on

organic cotton batting (that is what they stuff zafus (meditation cushions

with). However, they can also resort to a resource for people with a

preponderance of allergies. There used to be a catalogue company called the

Allergy Shop, just looked on web and (don't know or think it is the same one)

there is one in Canada called that and something called achooallergy in u.s. and

they do have cotton bedding, etc., but looks pricy. Lastly Debra Lynn Dadd has

written books on environmentally safer products, a book something like Nontoxic

and Natural. That is an old one, she may have more recent ones or other people

have come forward and moved the work along. By now there is a whole growing

market for this type of thing.

Hope this helps.

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Q: Down pillow allergies

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>Hi Fellow Docs,

>I was wondering if any of you have found down pillows to be a problem for

children with repeated bronchial infections and allergies. If so, what are good

alternatives for the down?

>Thanks in advance.

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>Narmeena Sunderji, ND

>North Vancouver, BC

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