Do you vacuum your mattress? If not, expert warns you should be – and more often than you think

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Are you vacuuming your mattress? It might seems a lot of effort for a part of the home that's usually protected by bed sheets, but actually, vacuuming your mattress is important for your health, experts warn.

I visited the Dyson engineering labs in Malmesbury, UK, later speaking to Dennis Matthews, Dyson's lead research scientist in microbiology, all about dust mites. One of my key takeaways was that you must vacuum your mattress, and do it frequently.