Do you know what's in your pillow?
That old reliable pillow that you've lain your head down on every
night for years may be hurting you more than it's helping you to get a good
night's sleep. Less than half of Americans replace their pillow each year*,
despite the fact that after a year of use, the average pillow is filled
with allergens like mold, mildew, fungus, dust mites and dust mite feces.
That's right: dust mite feces (not exactly the stuff sweet dreams are made
of).
Carpenter Co. has created a pillow that offers a solution. The
Protech(TM) Anti-Dust Mite pillow creates an environment in which dust
mites can't live. Protech pillows are made with the first and only
EPA-registered fiber known to eliminate all dust mite populations. The
fibers in the Protech pillow eliminate all food sources for the dust mites
as well as rendering the dust mites unable to procreate.
Below are a few things everyone should know about dust mites.
-- Dust mites feed on dead skin from humans and dander from animals. This
is shed continuously, every day, around the clock.
-- Dust mites produce 200 times their weight in waste.
-- Dust mites are directly associated with three main allergic diseases:
asthma, eczema and allergic rhinitis.
Sleeping on a pillow without dust mites can lead to a healthier night's
sleep. Most Americans would never knowingly sleep every night with their
head pressed to an allergen-filled pillow, which is one of the reasons why
Carpenter Co. has launched its educational Sleep Better campaign. The
purpose of the campaign is to teach people how sleeping better can lead to
living healthier. Using the right pillow is a crucial element of getting a
good and healthy night's sleep.
Carpenter Co.'s educational website, http://www.sleepbetter.org,
features the scientific Zzzz Score test. The Zzzz Score test was developed
by the researchers in Carpenter Co.'s world-renowned sleep products lab. It
is a personal sleep profile -- a guide to getting a better night's sleep
based on sleep preferences and problems. It also leads people to the pillow
that best fits their sleep needs.
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