# Mattress off-gassing anyone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-off-gassing-anyone/678787>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-off-gassing-anyone/678787 "2014-01-14T15:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![jprokos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jprokos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jprokos)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-off-gassing-anyone/678787/21 "2014-01-15T22:40:37Z")

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dstarfire and SmellMyWort, thank you for the information. It appears this is something most folks haven’t had the time to investigate/research - including me! It’s far simpler to have faith that capitalists are looking out for us… I think I will stick with a large tick stuffed with chaff.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mattress-off-gassing-anyone/678787/22 "2014-01-15T23:57:19Z")

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What about those gadgets I see advertised all the time, and which take up yards of shelf space in the supermarket, that inject a chemical spray into the air to ‘kill’ smells?

I am no chemist and this worries me on two fronts. 1) My house shouldn’t really smell so bad I need a continuous stream of air freshener, and 2) Surely inhaling those chemicals all the time is surely not a good thing.

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