{"id":39367,"date":"2025-04-21T14:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/new-research-finds-alarming-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-in-childrens-mattresses\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T14:55:12","slug":"new-research-finds-alarming-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-in-childrens-mattresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/new-research-finds-alarming-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-in-childrens-mattresses\/","title":{"rendered":"New research finds alarming levels of toxic chemicals in children\u2019s mattresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A study shows that toxic flame retardants used in mattresses can seep into air and be absorbed by children<\/p>\n<p>Alarming levels of highly toxic phthalates, flame retardants and UV filters in the air in small children\u2019s bedrooms likely stems from kids\u2019 mattresses off-gassing the chemicals, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.5c00051\">new research suggests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The peer-reviewed study measured air in the rooms of children under four years old, and the highest volumes were detected around the kids\u2019 beds. An accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.est.5c03560\">study<\/a> checked for the same chemicals in 16 common kids mattress brands, and found them at concerning levels in each.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/21\/children-mattresses-toxic-chemicals-research\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study shows that toxic flame retardants used in mattresses can seep into air and be absorbed by children Alarming levels of highly toxic phthalates, flame retardants and UV filters in the air in small children\u2019s bedrooms likely stems from kids\u2019 mattresses off-gassing the chemicals, new research suggests. The peer-reviewed study measured air in the &#8230; <a title=\"New research finds alarming levels of toxic chemicals in children\u2019s mattresses\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/new-research-finds-alarming-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-in-childrens-mattresses\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New research finds alarming levels of toxic chemicals in children\u2019s mattresses\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}