Are Toxic Gases in Crib Mattresses Causing Crib Death – SIDS?
Have you heard about toxic gases in crib mattresses causing SIDS or crib death? Basically, the theory is that toxic gases are generated from chemicals in a baby’s crib mattress. If a baby breathes or absorbs a lethal dose of the gases, the central nervous system shuts down, stopping breathing and then heart function. These gases can fatally poison a baby, without waking the sleeping baby. There is a cot (crib) death prevention campaign in New Zealand to wrap crib mattresses in a cover that blocks the gases from getting to the babies. This has been going on for the past 11 years I was shocked when I first heard about it 10 years ago and did a lot of checking to find out what was really going on. I contacted Dr. James Sprott, one of the main scientists publishing this theory, and I have been in touch with him and other environmental scientists and continue to follow the results of the NZ crib death (SIDS) prevention campaign. If you haven’t yet heard about the toxic gas explanation for c
