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Mr Gee
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Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/16/2008 7:21 PM

A 100% successful crib death prevention campaign has been going on in New Zealand for the past 11 years. Midwives and other health-care professionals throughout New Zealand have been actively advising parents to wrap mattresses. During this time, there has not been a single SIDS death reported among the over 100,000 New Zealand babies who have slept on mattresses wrapped in a specially formulated polyethylene cover. The number of crib deaths in New Zealand that have occurred since mattress-wrapping began in 1994 is about 810. The number of crib deaths that have occurred in New Zealand on a properly wrapped mattress is zero.

Prior to the commencement of mattress-wrapping, New Zealand had the highest crib death rate in the world (2.1 deaths per 1000 live births). Following the adoption of mattress-wrapping by many parents in New Zealand, the New Zealand crib death rate has fallen by 70%, and the Pakeha (non-Maori) crib death rate has fallen by an estimated 85% (NZMH). Pakeha parents have adopted mattress-wrapping with enthusiasm. "These reductions cannot be attributed to orthodox cot death prevention advice," said Dr Sprott. "There has been no material change in that advice since 1992. The only significant change in cot death prevention advice, which has occurred since 1994, is the nationwide dissemination of my recommendations to wrap babies' mattresses."

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http://www.healthychild.com/cribdeathcause.htm

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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/16/2008 9:54 PM

Hello Mr Gee

Yes, the wrapping of infant mattresses has been an extremely successful remedy for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in New Zealand.

The toxic gases emitted from the mattresses have previously been largely ignored, causing the deaths of thousands of infants.

Dr. Jim Sprott, OBE, a New Zealand scientist and chemist fought for years to bring his findings to the attention of Health Authorities and Manufacturers.

Recently there was a Thread here:Memory Foam or Foamy Memory?

That Topic Thread also shows that manufacturers of mattresses in general overlook some of the toxic gases emitted from plastic compounds.

These toxic gases are especially dangerous while the sleeper is breathing shallowly, as we all do while in the period of "deep sleep".

It would be good for us all to limit exposure to many plastics, most of which emit toxic gases for years after manufacture.

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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/17/2008 11:28 PM

This I will mark, and remember, at least until I'm not producing...
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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/18/2008 8:20 AM

It would be good for us all to limit exposure to many plastics....

May I quote you in a discussion, with my wife, about our expenses?

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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/18/2008 3:03 AM

Mr Gee:

Can you or anyone say, what is the "special formulation" that works so well? And what/where is the availability of these wraps? Might they be available as prefitted covers? And for larger that "crib" mattresses.

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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/18/2008 4:59 AM

I read somewhere about a recommendtion for switching on an electric fan in the room where a baby sleeps. It seems that this too prevents SIDS, probably because the emitted gases are blown away.

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Ventilation of room reduces SIDS deaths

10/25/2008 11:24 PM

Hello dovy

Just located that study: <"....Use of a Fan During Sleep and the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

From: http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/162/10/963?lookupType=volpage&vol=162&fp=963&view=short

Objective: To examine the relation between room ventilation during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).....">

It does appear that using ventilation does reduce SIDS deaths, probably by blowing the toxic gases, including exhaled CO2 away from the baby's face.

Historically (Apart from toxic mattresses) there would not have been a problem with SIDS deaths in infants, because earlier homes were naturally draughty, with at least one fireplace/chimney in each home, and "leaky" windows and doors in addition to that fireplace/chimney.

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10/18/2008 8:40 PM

Mr. Gee,

Very interesting indeed. When my wife and were expecting our child she did a great deal of research into this and found that there was also a correlation to the use of used mattresses (handed down with cribs) and socio-economic conditions. She did not see anything about the polyethylene covers. I will make note of this however. Our child is now 2 and very healthy (thankfully, see avatar).

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Re: Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?

10/20/2008 11:27 AM

An interesting aside; there has never been a SIDS death of a baby who slept with his parents, from my research into this.
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10/20/2008 12:20 PM

I personally know of one case. A friend of mine. Their 6 mo old daughter died of unknown cause. An autopsy was performed and ruled a SIDS death. She was sleeping in the bed with her father, he woke to find her unresponsive. Death was not due to asphyxia. I don't know if proper research had been done in the whole sleeping with parents thing. I am suspicious of a lot of "findings" of this type of thing when personal anecdotal evidence contradicts and even when it doesn't. I doubt the sincerity of the researchers and I doubt their methodology.

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