At this Factory, Even the Workers are Sanitized

[Adrienne Selko]

Wouldn’t this be a great place to work? The employees don’t smoke, they don’t wear perfume and they don’t even emit that pleasant odor that comes from fabric softeners. Outfitted in sanitary production smocks, the employees at Organic Mattresses, Inc. reflect the company’s environmental commitment.

Its Eco-Factory in Yuba City, Calif., is smoke- free, chemical-free and fragrance free. And it is the first mattress factory in the U.S. to receive the GOTS certification. GOTS is the Global Organic Textile Standard. Their mattresses are the first, and only, mattresses in North America to receive the GREENGUARD certification. This certification is given to products that meet a low VOC-emission standards.

As the people and factory are “pure” so too are the products. The mattresses, pillow tops and foundations and made with natural rubber, organic cotton and organic wool, a natural fire retardant. There are no chemicals of any kind used in OMI products, which are also sanitized with ozone to protect against contamination from bacteria and molds.

The materials for the products originate from American organic farmers and the cotton is certificated organic which means it is grown and processed without chemical pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers.

Even the compressed air that clears lint from the mattresses is sterilized.

They seem to have thought of everything.

[rmainer]

Cotton, even organic cotton, is made from cellulose and the cellulose is a chemical (C6H12O6). Wool is made from protein and protein is a chemical. You can not say that their products do not contain chemicals because clearly they do. Since everything in the world is contaminated with lead, mercury, radioactive fallout, DDT, PCBs, etc. you can not even claim they are free of harmful chemicals.

[Pilgrim]

Have they thought of a way to handle flatulence issues? This can become a problem, particularly if the employees like to drink beer and eat cabbage at lunch time.