Ingredients: Natural And Organic Fibers Naturally Skintastic has searched for and found natural and organic ingredients that are not only the purest in quality, but offer the highest level of support, comfort and environmental friendliness. We use the most natural raw goods available in the USA.  Kapok is the only fiber not yet available in the USA.

Kapok Kapok is a natural alternative to conventional pillow stuffing. Harvested in the rain forest, kapok is soft to the touch like down, yet provides support in a way not even synthetic materials can match. The harvesting of the kapok pods provides jobs to indigenous people and helps maintain this vanishing ecosystem. Every Ceiba (Kapok) tree left standing is a step towards the preservation of the rain forest Virgin Wool Wool draws moisture away from the body, keeping a layer of insulating dry air next to the skin leaving you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. A natural temperature regulator, wool's countless tiny coils are able to absorb moisture without feeling damp, drawing it away from your body so that it can evaporate. Wool is naturally flame retardant. It cradles your body as you sleep and bounces back to it's original loft when you get out of bed. If you can bear to! Wool will provide the most dry, healthful and comfy sleeping surface for years on end. Our wool is 100% virgin lambs wool that has only been washed with a mild detergent. Green Cotton The cotton we use to make our standard products  is known as "green" cotton. This means that once it is harvested from the bolls it is unprocessed - no bleaches, dyes or fungicides. This cotton makes good pillows and mattresses. Our green cotton comes in layers cut to size of crib, twin, double/full, queen or king mattresses. We also have smaller pieces good for making pillows and cushions. Organic Cotton 100% Organic Cotton is great for making pillows, duvets, cushions, mattresses etc... It is US grown and certified. Not only is our Organic Cotton comfortable, but socially responsible as well. 100% Organic cotton is the fill to use when you are looking to make the most natural bedding you can imagine. Organic cotton makes firm pillows that works great in conjunction with other pillows. US harvested organically, this organic cotton is soft to the touch and great to snuggle up to. No off-gassing like petroleum based synthetics so it is great for those with chemical sensitivities or allergies. Make more than your bedding with organic cotton, make a political statement: support Organic farming and save the earth while you sleep!

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New Health Risk Found in Public Pools by LiveScience Staff
27 Jul 2010 at 7:40am
Public swimming pools are more dangerous than you might think, a new study suggests. When sweat and urine, among other organics, mix with the disinfectants in pool water, the result can be hazardous to health. The findings, announced this week, link the application of disinfectants in recreational pools to genetic cell damage that has been shown to be linked with adverse health outcomes such as asthma and bladder cancer.
Pollution makes quarter of China water unusable by David Stanway & Miral Fahmy, Reuters
27 Jul 2010 at 5:47am
Almost a quarter of China's surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than half of total supplies are drinkable, data from the environment watchdog showed on Monday. Inspectors from China's Ministry of Environmental Protection tested water samples from the country's major rivers and lakes in the first half of the year and declared just 49.3 percent to be safe for drinking, up from 48 percent last year, the ministry said in a notice posted on its website (www.mep.gov.cn).
EPA to Study Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water; Seeks Public ... by Vicki Shiah
26 Jul 2010 at 2:24pm
This July and August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is holding a series of public meetings seeking input on the design for an upcoming study to assess the effect of hydraulic fracturing on public drinking water supplies. Hydraulic fracturing uses high-pressured water, combined with chemicals, to release natural gas present underground in shale formations. Use of this process has raised concerns across the country that this process will contaminate, or has contaminated, drinking water supplies.
The Air Near the BP Oil Spill by Andy Soos, ENN
22 Jul 2010 at 3:07pm
By now most people know about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its effects or potential effects on water quality and wildlife. Now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had released measurements of the air quality in the area. Scientists found common air pollutants, such as ozone, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide, in amounts typical of urban areas in U.S. cities. However, 15 to 70 kilometers downwind from the oil spill, concentrations of certain hydrocarbons were much higher than than would be found in urban air.
How Music Training Primes Nervous System and Boosts Learning by Science Daily
22 Jul 2010 at 7:01am
ScienceDaily (July 20, 2010) ? Those ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages.