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Sleep is something that people tend to take for granted for as long as they are able to sleep well.
As natural as the need for sleep is, it nevertheless appears to be difficult for some people to go to sleep and to enjoy a relaxing sleep. There is just as much advice available on how to fall asleep as there are hymns to the benefits of sleep.
A familiar German quotation says "as you make your bed so you must lie on it".
An important prerequisite for restful sleep is the right bedding filled with the natural materials feathers and down. With our statements on the subjects of "Microclimate" and "Allergies", we would like to show you what benefits the filling materials down and feathers offer sleepers. Down and feathers do not have to be avoided by those allergic to house dust, as is frequently and wrongly claimed. On the contrary.
Moreover, the filling material offers a unique prerequisites for a healthy microclimate in the bed and for enjoying a restful sleep.
Duvets and pillows which have outlived their usefulness as articles of bedding can still be put to good use as a biological fertilizer.
When deciding to buy bedding filled with feathers and down, people want to know what it is that they are buying. The labelling of the filling material is regulated throughout Europe in a uniform European standard (EN 12934).
What does this standard say? We have prepared a brief summary of the main points for you.
What is down?
What are feathers?
This unique filling material has also been uniformly defined in a European standard (EN 1885). This standard may be obtained from:
Beuth Verlag GmbH
Burggrafenstraße 6
10772 Berlin
Germany
Fax: 030 26 01 12 60
British Standards Institution
Chiswick High Road 389
London W4
Great Britain
Phone: 0044 20 89 96 9000
AFNOR
Association Francaise de Normalisation
Tour d'Europe
92049 Paris la Défense Cedex
France
Phone: 0033 1 42 9 5555
Fax: 0033 1 429 56 56
AENOR
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
Génova, 6
28004 Madrid
Spain
Phone: 0034 91 432 60 00
Fax: 0034 91 310 49 76
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
Via Battistotti Sassi 11 / b
20133 Mailand
Italy
Phone: 0039 02 70 02 41
Fax: 0039 02 70 10 61 46