OMI Mattress Owner Walter Bader Interview with the Green Diva
Walter Bader, owner of OMI Mattresses and Author of the Book Toxic Bedrooms: Your Guide to a Safe Night’s Sleep interview with The Green Diva 5-21-09. Listen Here! Green Diva OMI Mattress Interview Visit the Green Divas Blog. Jennifer and Megan are the original ‘Green Divas’. They also are writers, mothers, editors, radio show producers [...]
Seattle Blood Centers – Open Memorial Day Weekend
Several area Puget Sound Blood Center locations, including Seattle’s First Hill center at 921 Terry Ave., will be open on Monday, the legal Memorial Day holiday. Blood-center officials said blood donations are usually down this time of year. All blood-donation centers that are normally open on Mondays — North Seattle, Bellevue, Federal Way, Lynnwood, Tukwila [...]
No More Greenwashing in the Mattress Industry!
Specialty Sleep Association doing away with green-washing Last Week the Specialty Sleep Association (SSA) met in Bonita Springs, Fl in an attempt to wrestle down green and organic terms. Other than chemicals added for fire retardants, there are no regulations on what goes into a mattress or what must be disclosed. Continue Reading
Buying a valuable Mattress in Seattle – Natural and Two Sided
In the year 2000, some mattress manufacturers started making one sided mattresses. The stated reason for these “no flip” mattresses was that the consumer would no longer have to flip a heavy mattress. The inference was that this was an improvement and that the longevity and durability of the mattress was not reduced by having [...]
Organic Mattress – Un Feathering the Nest
For anyone who is allergic to or simply abhors down-filled or synthetic mattresses, entrepreneur Walt Bader has a chemical-contaminant-free pillow and mattress line under the label Organic Mattresses. The organic mattresses and pillows he produces at his factory in a former peach and prune warehouse in Yuba City (Sutter County) are filled with 100 percent [...]
