Baby Safety / Products / Crib Mattress (Polyurethane Foam with Flame Retardants)

Crib Mattress (Polyurethane Foam with Flame Retardants) — child safety profile

Severe risk

Polyurethane foam crib mattress with chemical flame retardants.

What is this product?

Polyurethane foam crib mattress with chemical flame retardants. Infant sleeps face-down on the mattress surface 12-16 hours/day, inhaling off-gassed VOCs and flame retardant particles in a confined, warm microenvironment.

What's in it

Click any compound name for its full safety profile, regulatory consensus, and exposure data.

Flame Retardant

Off Gas Voc

Process Contaminant

Plasticizer

Contaminant

Who's most at risk

  • Infants — Developing organ systems, higher exposure per body weight, immature detoxification systems
  • Children — Developing endocrine and neurological systems, higher exposure per body weight

Frequently asked questions

What's in Crib Mattress (Polyurethane Foam with Flame Retardants)?

This product type can contain: Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Formaldehyde, Sodium hypochlorite (bleach), Patulin, Chlorfenvinphos, among others. Click any compound name above for the full safety profile.

Who should be careful with Crib Mattress (Polyurethane Foam with Flame Retardants)?

Vulnerable populations identified for this product type: infants, children.

Look up Crib Mattress (Polyurethane Foam with Flame Retardants) in the baby app

Search by ingredient, browse by category, or compare to alternatives in the live app.

Open in baby View raw API data

Reference data, not professional advice. Aggregates publicly available regulatory and scientific information. Why we built ALETHEIA →