Number of employees
1-4
Description
Today, Furnature? manufactures an extensive line of chairs, sofas, loveseats, and ottomans, as well as mattresses and bedding for people with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Unfortunately, Chemical Sensitivity is a growing problem throughout the world. Many healthy, ecology conscious individuals are also purchasing our products because they prefer to live in a clean, unpolluted environment.
• The FSC Certified wood is solid kiln-dried maple from the U.S. Maple is a plentiful hardwood that is non-aromatic, or doesn’t have much of an odor and doesn’t develop one over time. It is not treated with anything. • The cushion cores are natural rubber. Natural rubber is a renewable resource. It is the milk or sap tapped from the Hevea Brasiliensis – the common rubber tree, grown mainly on Malaysian, Sri Lankan and Indian plantations, especially selected for their high quality product.
In the Talalay process, after the latex is poured, the mold is sealed and air is vacuumed out. Then the mold is flash-frozen to stabilize the material. This produces a more consistent cell structure, as some of the weaker air bubbles are vacuumed out. Due to the added steps, Talalay latex is more expensive than Dunlop. Latex International is the major company that manufactures and distributes Natural Talalay in the United States.
It is not enough simply to take regular paint and remove the voc so you can have a product that can be marketed as environmental. To make a paint that works from a health and reduced toxicity standpoint, you have to build it from the ground up. This is what AFM has been doing for over 20 years. All AFM Safecoats material safety data sheets are posted on its website.