Myth: After 5 years half the weight of a mattress or pillow is dead bed insects and their waste
01/01/07 00:00 Filed in: Science
Is my bed really 50% dead
insect?
Myth
According to many an TV based sales channel and popular opinion; after just 5 years 50% of a mattress or pillow is made up of (mostly) dead bed mites, other similar creepy crawlies but mostly their droppings.
Reality
It's complete rubbish. With a shadow of a doubt this has to be the most pernicious marketing campaign devised by man.
The premise is simple. Sell more beds and pillows by simply implying that your currently sleeping on a zoo of invertebrate activity.
The only problem is that it is totally without merit. If pillows / mattresses did get dusty, well.. see this item for the facts.
Don't believe everything you hear on a program trying to sell you a new bed!
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