Crib Death (SIDS): No Medical Cause

The graph below refutes every proposition that crib death (SIDS) has medical or physiological causes.

CRIB DEATH RATES FOR FIRST & LATER BABIES AND BABIES OF SOLO PARENTS (BRITAIN, 1996-1999)

This graph (which is compiled from official British crib death statistics) shows the rising rate of crib death (SIDS) from one baby in a family to the next, with babies of solo parents having the highest crib death rate. These statistics, which are paralleled in other countries, refute every medical and physiological theory for the cause of crib death.

For example:

• Some researchers think that crib death is caused by babies rebreathing their exhaled carbon dioxide. However, all babies exhale a similar amount of carbon dioxide, regardless of whether they are first, second, third, or later babies. Therefore, the rising rate of crib death from one sibling to the next refutes the theory that rebreathing of carbon dioxide causes crib death.
• Some researchers think that crib death is related to the size of babies' airways. However, for this theory to be valid would require second babies' airways to be smaller than those of first babies; and third babies' airways to be smaller than those of second babies; and so on. Clearly, therefore, the airways theory is invalid, since the size of babies' airways is not related to birth order.

This graph forms part of the extensive proof that poisoning by
extremely toxic nerve gases is the single cause of crib death. If a mattress contains any of the elements phosphorus, arsenic and antimony, and if certain fungi become established in the mattress, the gas/es which cause crib death can be generated.

If fungi have become established in the mattress during previous use by another baby, any generation of toxic gas commences sooner and in greater volume when the mattress is re-used.

This accounts for the rising rate of crib death from one sibling to the next. It also accounts for the higher crib death rate among babies of solo parents, who--for economic reasons--are more likely to sleep on previously used mattresses.

Research published in the British Medical Journal has demonstrated that the risk of crib death rises among babies who sleep on previously used mattresses.

Case-control study of sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland, 1992-5, British Medical Journal 1997;314:1516-20; Used infant mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland: case-control study, British Medical Journal 2002;325:1007-1009.