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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Could Your Pillow Be Making You Sick?

WASHINGTON - This may keep you up at night. New research suggests your pillow is packed with bugs, dust mites and their feces. In fact, up to a third of the weight of your pillow could be made up of those items, as well as dead skin.
 
The findings come from a study of pillows used by patients in British hospitals. The Daily Mail reports the study compared hospital pillows with a medical pillow developed by a private company.
 
Some tips for keeping your pillows - and not just the pillow covers - clean:

  • Wash your pillows regularly. Good Housekeeping suggests once every three months on a delicate cycle.
  • Wash the pillows in hot water, or put them in a freezer for 24 hours.
  • If you suffer from allergies, consider synthetic pillows.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    Once every three MONTHS? I would not consider that good housekeeping. We wash ours once/month.

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  2. AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    So that is what is making me sick in bed, I have been wondering for over 20 years LOL! Thanks Joe

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  3. AnonymousJune 26, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    To kill dustmites, stick the pillows in the deep freezer.

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