A recent survey has disclosed that half a million people in the UK wash their bedding only three times a year.
The survey for Sheilas Wheels highlighted that one in six of us wash our bedding at intervals of a month or more – 12 times a year or less.
If you’re one of these people then these statistics might make you get your bedding on the washing line more often:
- up to ten per cent of the weight of an unwashed pillow can be made up of dead skin and mites
- a dirty bed has about ten million bedbugs
- your bed can become a minefield of bacteria, viruses, sweat and hair which can cause or exacerbate asthma.
- teenagers who tend to eat snacks on their bed will be dropping crumbs on to the bed …it could stay in there for weeks.
- America’s Environment Health and Safety Online found a typical used mattress had anywhere from 100,000 to 10 million mites inside.
That’s all pretty yucky 
But by washing your bedding regularly you’ll combat all these bedtime nasties. You should try changing your bedding at least once a fortnight and ideally every week. Other habits to get into are leaving the duvet or blankets pulled back to air the bed or even air your bedding on the line or on a maiden. You’ll still the odd home owner hanging a duvet out of the window …they’re not as daft as you thought!
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