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ISPA addresses used beds

David Perry -- Furniture Today, July 13, 2008

The International Sleep Products Assn. is calling on state regulators to step up their efforts to protect consumers from renovated mattresses that it says are potentially hazardous to their health.

“Illegal renovated mattresses must be eliminated,” ISPA said in a statement.

“It is a consumer's right to know whether the mattress he or she buys is made from materials that other consumers have used,” said ISPA CEO Dick Doyle. “Consumers should have confidence that the product they are buying is clean and sanitary. ISPA urges all states to require that mattress renovators sanitize and properly tag their products so that consumers can clearly distinguish them from new mattresses.”

While about 30 states have such laws, “their active enforcement has unfortunately languished in some cases,” ISPA said. Mattress renovators sew a new outer fabric cover on top of a used and often soiled mattress, the association said.

A recent “Dateline NBC” story described the health and safety risks the products can pose to consumers, ISPA said.

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