Didn the UK CESDI Study find that three babies in Britain died on polythene-wrapped mattresses?
No. There is no evidence that these mattresses were wrapped in polythene. For such a claim to be valid, chemical analysis of the plastic was required; however no such analyses were carried out. In February 2000 Professor Peter Fleming (an author of the CESDI Study) conceded that the CESDI study had not demonstrated that the mattresses on which the babies died were wrapped in polythene.
