{"id":231,"date":"2008-01-25T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T00:19:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-04-07T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:00:43","slug":"latex-allergies-and-carpets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/latex-allergy\/latex-allergies-and-carpets\/","title":{"rendered":"Latex Allergies and Carpets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever wondered if your carpets are making you sick?<\/p>\n

The rubber underlay found under most carpets can be a source of allergens<\/a> if you are allergic to latex<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You may think that since the rubber is under the carpet, it is well away from you, and therefore should not be a problem. This may be true when the underlay is new, but over time, as it breaks down, it will release latex dust which can find its way into the air.<\/p>\n

The solution to the carpet underlay problem is to use an underlay made of needle punched fabric rather than rubber.<\/p>\n

For another reason carpets can make you sick, see new carpet illness<\/a><\/p>\n

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Most carpet installations can cause problems for a latex allergy. There is a solution<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[372],"tags":[214,156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3642,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/3642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-details.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}