Forget The Bed Bugs — It's The Mattress That Will Get You

Imagine my surprise when I realized our less than 8 year-old mattress, the one with the 15 year warranty (ha!), was contributing to if not outright causing daily back pain. Every morning when I woke up, my back felt worse but within an hour or two, it would improve and I finally realized it was my mattress.

After doing just a smidgen of research, I learned that since 2007, all new mattresses are loaded down with even more chemicals. Oh goody. Just what I didn't need to hear, given my...