Carpet or vinyl

[IntuitiveJamie]

What's worse?

I'm pretty sure that environmentally vinyl wins the worse award hands down, but what about toxicity wise? Maybe they are equal? Anyways, there is both in my home and actually my home is all vinyl except for the carpet in the bedrooms. I'm just sick about this and don't know what to do. New flooring is not an option as this IS the new flooring.

[Attached Mama]

there is a website called www.nontoxic.com which sells a natural enzyme type solution that will seal in the fumes on conventional carpet. We used it several times on the new carpet in one room in our house and it helped - but still smelled strongly to me. Our landlord actually replaced the carpet with organic wool when he found out it bothered me!! But the stuff will help a bit.

Have you checked in a closet or corner to see what's under the flooring? Sometimes it's nice hardwood...

You could always spring for an air purifier to help with the offgassing on the floors. Just make sure whatever you buy is returnable. We got one - a Kenmore I think - and the store said returns had to go thru Kenmore and Kenmore wouldn't take it back 'cause it worked fine. Prob was it was offgassing an awful plastic smell!

As far as which is worse, I really don't know...

[IntuitiveJamie]

Thanks for responding attached mama. Great website. I've decided the only things I can do are use the carpet stuff like you suggested. I already had that planned actually b/c of this website:
http://organicgrace.com/home-afm
MDC mama owned

As well as a nice big air purifier and lots of indoor plants. I am cutting down on all chemicals throughout my house as much as possible. Having these kinds of flooring seems like a set back to going green but I am truly doing the best I can. I am trying to become educated but it seems like I'm not doing it fast enough. I feel like I get one thing right, only to get another thing wrong. I'm trying though, I really am.

[Attached Mama]

It's a process... noone gets there overnight. Sounds like you are doing great