In addition, The Toxic Gas Explanation for Crib Death has been proven by many scientific studies
Some of these studies are as follows:
Publication of the Toxic Gas Theory:
The toxic gas theory for cot death (SIDS, crib death) was published by British scientist Barry Richardson in 1994: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: a possible primary cause, Journal of the Forensic Science Society 1994;34(3):199-204
Proof of the Toxic Gases Generated in Crib Mattresses:
The fungal generation of extremely toxic nerve gases from compounds of phosphorus, arsenic and antimony has been demonstrated many times over the last century. Recent confirmations are:
Toxic gas generation from plastic mattresses and sudden infant death syndrome,
Lancet 1995;346:1516-20
Confirmation of the Biomethylation of Antimony Compounds,
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Applied Organometallic Chemistry 1997; Vol. 11, 471-483
Proof of the presence of fungal growth in Crib Mattresses:
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: a possible primary cause,
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Journal of the Forensic Science Society 1994;34(3):199-204
Final Report of the Expert Group to Investigate Cot Death Theories: Toxic Gas Hypothesis
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(Limerick Report), May 1998
Proof of the presence of the elements phosphorus, arsenic and antimony in Crib Mattresses:
The Cot Death Cover-up?
Jim Sprott, Penguin Books, New Zealand 1996, Britain 1997
Proof of the generation of highly toxic gases from compounds of phosphorus, arsenic and antimony in Crib Mattresses:
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: a possible primary cause,
Journal of the Forensic Science Society 1994;34(3):199-204
The evolution of phosphine from cot mattress materials,
M G Fitzpatrick, Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland (Final Report, December 1997)
Arsenic methylation by micro-organisms isolated from sheepskin bedding materials,
Human & Experimental Toxicology (2003) 22:325-334
Proof that the re-use of Crib Mattresses increases the risk of cot death
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
Proof that the risk of cot death increases as Crib Mattress is reused from child to child.
Analysis of official British cot death statistics ,
Source: Office of National Statistics, United Kingdom
Risk factors of sudden infant death in Chinese babies,
American Journal of Epidemiology 1997;144:1070-73
Proof that face-up sleeping reduces the risk of cot death:
All studies which show that face-up sleeping reduces the risk of cot death support the toxic gas theory. Face-up sleeping reduces the risk because the gases concerned are more dense than air; they diffuse away from a baby's mattress towards the floor, so a baby sleeping face-up is less likely to ingest them.
Proof that cot death babies show physiological effects of gaseous poisoning:
Decreased Kainate Receptor Binding in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 1997;56:1253-61
Synaptic Neurochemistry of Human Striatum During Development: Changes in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ,
Journal of Neurochemistry 1993;60(6):2098-2105
Proof that the cot death risk varies with the type of Crib Mattress:
New Zealand Cot Death Study (1987-1990)
Proof that the cot death risk in Britain is less on PVC-covered mattresses:
CESDI study (Britain)
Lancet 1995;345:720
Publication of statistical results of the New Zealand mattress-wrapping campaign:
Giftige Gase im Kinderbett (Toxic Gases in Infants' Beds), Zeitschrift fuer
Umweltmedizin (Journal of Environmental Medicine) 2002; 44:18-20.
Books regarding the Toxic Gas Theory for Cot Death
The Cot Death Cover-up?
Jim Sprott, Penguin Books, New Zealand 1996, Britain 1997)
Cot Death - Cause and Prevention: Experiences in New Zealand 1995-2004,
Journal of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine 2004; 14(3):221-232
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