Today, I just want to share some links to recent articles I have read that I thought might be of interest to my readers.

Have you bought a mattress within the last year and a half? If the answer is yes, and you live in the United States, you should read this about the fire-retardant chemicals most new mattresses are now being saturated with. Is Your Mattress Making You Sick? We are experiencing frustration with this right now, because we are needing to buy bunk bed mattresses for our boys, since we just bought them new bedframes--and the two organic companies we checked out were running us around $1000 each for a twin mattress and slat foundation. Yikes! We might just make our own out of felt or something. Hmmm... I wonder where we could get some felt?...

Does it seem strange to you that with all the--I'm going to go with "billions"--of dollars being poured into AIDS research, they still seem no closer to a cure? That despite the length of time virology has been a scientific field, there still seems to be nothing they can do to "cure" a virus? Perhaps this site could answer the "why" of all that: VirusMyth. Perhaps you don't need to worry so much about West Nile Virus after all--and spend a little more time concerning yourself with reducing your toxic load.

Check this article out for some great suggestions on how to prevent hearing loss--and maybe even help you save money! (Especially if you end up never needing hearing aids!) How You Can Damage Your Hearing

Happy Wednesday, friends!