Are Flannel Sheets Safe?

Question:

What is your opinion of the toxicity - if any - of flannel sheets? We are looking at 5-oz and 6-oz flannel sheets from Lands' End. Some of them are organic, others are not. Thanks!

Answer:

I have been sleeping on cotton flannel sheets every night for more than two decades. I love them! They do not have formaldehyde finishes like many other cotton sheets.

This is a good time to buy them. I was walking through Target over the weekend and they had cotton flannel sheet sets for $19.95. Go grab them!

I always wash my flannel sheets before I sleep on them and have never had a set that had a problem. Even though it's hot and humid here in Florida, I sleep on flannel sheets even in the summer--they are so absorbent, they are actually cooler (and nice and warm in the winter).

Two thumbs up for cotton flannel sheets.

This answer was provided by our friend, Debra Lynn Dadd. Hailed as "The Queen of Green" by the New York Times, Debra Lynn Dadd has been a pioneering consumer advocate since 1982, specializing in products and lifestyle choices that are safer for human health and the environment. She is the author of Home Safe Home.

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