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SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
Co-sleeping causing SIDS is BS (Beyond Stupid)
ARTICLE #1 Toxic Gas.....Good Theory
SITE #1 Prevent-SIDS.org
ARTICLE #2 C-Section and SIDS
ARTICLE #3 Has the Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?
ARTICLE #4 Tid-Bit on Whooping Cough and SIDS
Lendon H. Smith, MD with Joseph G. Hattersley, MA
Before World War II, unexplained infant deaths were unusual. But after 1950, the government required treatment of baby and child mattresses with fire retardant chemicals. Sadly, doing so was counterproductive in two ways. (1) It is well known that the number of baby deaths in home fires grew substantially- in England, about ten-fold. (2) American "SIDS" deaths ballooned 400-fold. The mechanism of death was identical in both types of tragedy.
What is that mechanism? A common, ordinarily harmless household fungus (Scopulariopsis brevicaulis) and certain microorganisms consume the fire-retardant phosphorus, arsenic and antimony in the mattress plasticizer. While doing this, they emit the heavier-than-air neurotoxic gases phosphine, arsine and stibine. Gas generation starts when mattress and bedding warm to body temperature in contact with the baby's body. Perspiration, dribble, urine, vomit and high (alkaline) pH enable the fungus to grow rapidly. If the baby breathes a significant amount of these nearly odorless gases for a prolonged time, the central nervous system shuts down and the baby's life tragically ends.
To prevent crib death, an appropriate barrier is needed between mattress and baby. An inexpensive slip-on mattress cover called BabeSafe® came to market in 1996. Among tens of thousands sleeping on the product in New Zealand and elsewhere, not one crib death has been reported. In the interim, mothers can elevate the head end of the crib about two inches, letting gases flow to the foot end and to the floor. (A bassinet with impervious sides would trap gases.) A rolled towel just south of baby’s rump prevents sliding; and ensures that the baby sleeps face up.
This toxic gas hypothesis was proposed by Barry Richardson, a British consulting scientist and expert in materials degradation.[1] Dr. T. James Sprott -- whose success as consulting chemist and forensic scientist has earned him great fame and respect in New Zealand -- corroborated and strengthened the argument in his compelling book, The Cot Death Cover-up? [2]
In Britain, crib death risk doubles from the first to the second baby, and doubles again from the second to the third. The fungal spores are established during prior use; gas production starts sooner and in greater volume. Infants of poor single mothers, with used mattresses and bedding and high stresses of daily living, have seven times greater risk than wealthy parents' babies. Output of toxic gases from babies' mattresses declined rapidly in Britain after June 1989, when Mr. Richardson dramatized the problem on BBC television. Parents bought new mattresses and properly wrapped old ones. Manufacturers removed the chemicals.
That ongoing, first-ever decline in "SIDS" rate in Britain accelerated in December 1991, after publicity urging parents to put babies to sleep face up. The toxic gas hypothesis explains the worldwide drop in crib deaths that followed. Incidence in Britain (0.7 per thousand live births) is now 70 percent lower than 1986-1988, when it was 2.3 per thousand. It is slightly below the rate of about 0.75 per thousand in America. The British Limerick Commission investigated the toxic gas hypothesis. If read carefully, states Dr. Sprott, the tests reported in the Commission's analysis clearly confirm the toxic gas hypothesis. However, its final report did not accurately state those findings. This form of lying is, sadly, very common throughout medical literature. The commissioners, who were already biased against the theory, knew that telling the truth could subject the British government to millions of pounds in liability lawsuits.
The truths sketched out above will surprise the "experts," who for several years shouted "Back to Sleep." Face up; a baby is less likely to inhale toxic gases generated in the mattress. Then in 1995, sleeping on the back or side with a quilt was found to increase "SIDS" risk nearly fourfold -- supposedly through smothering. So the authorities reversed field again. Re-move bedding from infant sleeping areas and dress baby warmly, they now say.
But that could multiply "SIDS" tragedies in two ways.
(1) Babies did not smother. But quilts contain phosphorus and/or antimony and are seldom washed. So they can be infested with the same gas-generating fungus discussed earlier, increasing risk in that way and further explaining the 1995 result.
(2) Whatever raises body temperature increases risk. Many boys have a faster metabolic rate than girls; their slightly higher temperature promotes fungal gas generation and higher "SIDS" risk. High room temperature and facedown sleeping increase risk that way too. A fever can increase gas generation tenfold or more; consumption of a processed-food diet increases risk by weakening immunity leading to more infections and fevers. Fever created by vaccinations may recur at known intervals afterward, increasing risk on those days if the mattress is generating the gases. Among Caucasian babies in New Zealand sleeping on BabeSafe®, any fevers from vaccinations do no harm because these babies are not exposed to toxic gases.
Vaccinations do increase toxic gas exposure indirectly by weakening immunity and increasing incidence of asthma.
(3) Similarly, overdressing -- which authorities now endorse -- creates hyperthermia and traps gases.
And in a house fire the mercury can climb many hundreds of degrees, increasing gas generation so much that the baby would be dead in seconds, before the flames reach him.
BabeSafe® supplier: David D. Davis, MD, 8381 El Paseo Grande, La Jolla, CA 92037. 1-619-456-5897.
Instructions, free of charge: Dr. T.J. Sprott, 10 Combes Rd., Remuera, Auckland 5, New Zealand.
The manufacturers of BabeSafe® mattress covers solicit expressions of interest from overseas distributors. They are invited to contact Dr. Sprott.
www.babysake.com - Distributor of Dr. Sprott's Babesafe covers
Note: The authors have no financial relationship with any supplier.
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REFERENCES:
[1] Richardson BA. Sudden infant death syndrome: A possible primary cause. Jour Forensic Science Society 1994;34:199-204.
[2] Sprott TJ. The Cot Death Cover-up? Auckland: Penguin Environmental-NZ, 1996.
[3] Cookson WOCM, Moffatt MF. Asthma: An epidemic in the absence of infec-tion? Science 1997; 275:41-42.
I am still looking for concrete evidence on the subject of C-section and its relation to SIDS. One thing I do know, is that you should not get this advice from an OB/GYN. This may upset some, but it is true. Why? Barring true emergencies or dangerous crown-pelvis ratio.........C-Sections are for The Money!
As Rebecca Coates so eloquently put, "Capitalism has entered the obstetrical marketplace. As corporations in the form of HMO's and private insurance companies become involved in the financial end or birthing, as birth then becomes more 'corporatized' the bottom line will likely remain unchanged as far as what the priorities of these corporations are: almost always money. It is not a stretch to see that births that take a long time to happen are not going to be as cost-effective as births (C-sec's) that can be had and done in 45 minutes time. Surgery is a bigger maker of money than natural 'pure' births are. Echoing Woodward and Bernstein's admonition, 'Follow the money' Jessica Mitford gives us statistics (from 1992) on the difference in costs between vaginal and C-sec births~ $2365 vs. $3220, in contrast to midwives fee of $900 to $1200 for a home birth. If one is harboring within a business as most ob-gyn practices are, it is not hard to understand why a doctor might be tempted into the path of doing unnecessary cesareans for the convenience and money involved. This makes birthing women a commodity in an industry."
When a baby is born through the birth canal (vaginal birth) it is for a reason. This process allows the fluid in the baby's lungs to be squeezed out as he passes through the birth canal. Having a C-section does NOT do this. Knowing this, imagine an infant with warm fluid in the lung, with an undeveloped immune system and entering the germ infested world of a hospital. Given this situation, even the layperson can deduce the outcome.
In theory C-sectioning can easily fit into the risk of SIDS. Given the state of the lungs in an infant born in this way, one can imagine the ease of growth of RVS or bacterias that love warm wet places (where do kids acquire RSV? Hospitals and Day Cares!) and even the growth of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis, as in the toxic chemical theory.
Think we'll ever see a study condemning C-sections in this way? Not when it means losing money.
Has the Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found?
By Jane Sheppard
Parents Denied Crucial Findings
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. These four words can incite a considerable amount of terror in a parent of an infant. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as crib or cot death, is the number one cause of death for infants from one month to one year of age. 90% of all SIDS deaths are in babies under six months old. Ongoing SIDS research occasionally leads to discoveries of risk factors associated with these deaths, but after almost 50 years, researchers say they still do not know how or why it happens. The prevailing official viewpoint on SIDS is that the cause is unknown (SIDS Alliance 2001).
It may seem inconceivable that over a million babies have died of this "syndrome", and after almost half a century and many millions of dollars spent, no one in this age of science and technology can tell us why. But what parents are virtually oblivious to (through no fault of their own) is that a highly convincing explanation for this tragedy has been found, along with a simple means of eliminating it. This explanation is backed by a significant amount of evidence, but has been and continues to be completely ignored by SIDS organizations, the medical community, and the government - for a variety of reasons, including politics, financial liability, and vested interests. Publication of these findings continues to be denied and suppressed. The result is that babies continue to be at risk from deaths that may easily be prevented.
Toxic Gases in Mattresses
Dr. Jim Sprott, OBE, a New Zealand scientist and chemist, states with certainty that crib death is caused by toxic gases, which can be generated from a baby's mattress. Chemical compounds containing phosphorus, arsenic and antimony have been added to mattresses as fire retardants and for other purposes since the early 1950's. A fungus that commonly grows in bedding can interact with these chemicals to create poisonous gases (Richardson 1994). These heavier-than-air gases are concentrated in a thin layer on the baby's mattress or are diffused away and dissipated into the surrounding atmosphere. 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 and without any struggle by the baby. A normal autopsy would not reveal any sign that the baby was poisoned (Sprott 1996).
In spite of denial and opposition from orthodox SIDS organizations, no research has disproved this gaseous poisoning explanation for crib death. No valid criticism of this explanation has ever been provided. This logical finding explains every factor already known about crib death, and is backed by scientific research (Sprott 1996, 2000) and eight years of practical proof consisting of a crib death prevention campaign that continues in New Zealand (Sprott 2000).
The fundamental solution is urgent action to eliminate all sources of phosphorus, arsenic and antimony from all mattresses. But this is not happening now, and is not likely to happen anytime soon, so exposure to these gases must be prevented. The intervening solution is to prevent babies from being exposed to the gases by wrapping mattresses in a gas-impermeable cover made from high-grade polyethylene and ensuring that bedding used on top of a wrapped mattress does not contain any phosphorus, arsenic or antimony. Dr. Sprott specifies a fleecy, pure cotton (flannelette) underblanket, with only cotton or poly-cotton sheets and woolen or cotton blankets over the baby. No other bedding should be used in the baby's crib. In particular, do not use any synthetic sheets or blankets, nor a duvet, sleeping bag, or sheepskin (Sprott 1996).
A 100% successful crib death prevention campaign has been going on in New Zealand for the past eight years. 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 520. 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 48% (NZHIS), and the Pakeha (non-Maori) crib death rate has fallen by an estimated 70% (King 2001). 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 and to stop using sheepskins as baby bedding."
Midwives and other healthcare professionals throughout New Zealand have been actively advising parents to wrap mattresses. The New Zealand Ministry of Health has stated that there have been no reported crib deaths or any other deaths among those babies who have slept on correctly wrapped mattresses. Dr. Sprott maintains, "No suffocation has ever been reported on the type and thickness of polyethylene which I specify".
Parents Are Denied Findings
So why isn't this profound and critically important information making the headlines of major newspapers or all over the evening news? Why aren't crib death researchers and the government of the United States telling parents to wrap babies' mattresses? Why are the manufacturers still adding fire retardants and other chemicals to mattresses?
There are various reasons, but one possible reason is that mattress manufacturers are required to use fire retardants through government regulations. Admitting that these chemicals are causing deaths would mean admitting to major liability. Furthermore, crib death research has been a significant source of funding for medical researchers in the U.S. Crib death research funding has nearly stopped in New Zealand as more people become aware that mattress-wrapping is easy, cheap and 100% successful in preventing this tragedy. Unfortunately, the ongoing complex and expensive research that leads to the discovery of "risk factors" for a so-called "syndrome" has pushed aside the simple and inexpensive solution of mattress-wrapping; a solution that can do no harm.
The Cot Death Cover-Up? (Penguin books, NZ, 1996), by Dr. Jim Sprott, reveals the amazing story of denial on the part of crib death researchers and the medical community, and the failure of these entities to accept such a simple explanation. Dr. Sprott first suggested a toxic gas theory for crib death in 1986, and in 1989 Barry Richardson of Britain, also a consulting chemist acting independently, publicized outstanding research proving the finding. In response, the British government set up expert committees to investigate the findings. One committee published the Turner Report, which recommended the removal of the chemicals from baby mattresses and for babies to be tested for antimony. A second committee published the 1998 Limerick Report, which is frequently cited by SIDS organizations as finding no evidence to substantiate the claim that toxic gases cause crib death. Contrary to this publicity, the Limerick Report did not disprove the theory (Fitzpatrick 1998) - in fact, it provides further confirmation of it (Sprott 2000).
Researchers and organizations responsible for advising parents have relied on erroneous information from the Limerick Report, and have vigorously denied the toxic gas explanation for crib death. In the intervening period, many thousands of babies have died of crib death. But the New Zealand experience shows that those deaths were avoidable, easily and cheaply - and that raises another prospect of legal liability for babies' deaths.
The main orthodox crib death prevention recommendation is to put babies to sleep on their backs. We know that babies do still die when sleeping on their backs, although face-up sleeping does reduce the risk. The gases are denser than air and tend to settle in a thin layer directly on top of the mattress, so babies sleeping facedown are more likely to inhale a lethal dose of the gases. The gases are also absorbed through babies' skin, and this is one of the major reasons why face-up sleeping provides only partial protection against crib death (Sprott 1996).
However, no babies have died sleeping on a properly wrapped mattress. This is crucial information for parents, regardless of whether or not the toxic gas explanation is considered 100% scientifically proven. Eight babies continue to die every night in the United States from SIDS. Parents should be provided with the information so that they are able to decide for themselves whether they want to wait for the SIDS research organizations or the government to endorse mattress-wrapping or to "play it safe" as many parents have done in New Zealand. As Dr. Sprott points out and no one has denied, "All New Zealand crib deaths since mattress-wrapping began in late 1994 have occurred when parents (for whatever reason) have not wrapped their babies' mattresses. An inexpensive, gas-impermeable, non-toxic protective cover can surely do no harm."
Factors That May Increase the Risk of Death From Toxic Gases
A baby's immature organs and other developing biological systems are particularly vulnerable to toxic contaminants (Mott 1997). All babies are susceptible to the toxic gases, but whether death, illness or just irritability occurs to a baby depends on certain other factors. As mentioned, facedown sleeping increases the risk of crib death. Other factors include:
Re-Used Mattresses
The risk of death increases when mattresses are re-used from one baby to the next. The fungus has already had a chance to establish itself in the used mattress. When the next baby uses the same mattress, the fungus is soon active. Toxic gas production begins sooner and is generated in greater volume. It is known that crib death rates increase markedly from the first baby in a family to the second, and from the second to the third, and so on (Mitchell 2001).
High Room Temperature and Overwrapping
Overheating is believed to play a role in SIDS (Wells 1997). High room temperature and overwrapping of the baby can cause an increased risk of death, since toxic gas generation is greatly increased when the temperature of the bedding is raised. A five or six degree Fahrenheit climb in temperature of the mattress and bedding can make the fungi more active and thus increase gas generation about 10-20 times (Richardson 1991). High room temperature, an overload of blankets, or overdressing babies can cause them to receive higher doses of the gases.
Infections and Decreased Immunity
A baby with a strong immune system will have fewer infections and will be less likely to have fevers. During fevers, the heat generated by the baby's body increases the temperature of the bedding, which increases toxic gas generation. Heat stress (from infections and excessive room heat and insulation) is known to be a significant risk factor for SIDS (Guntheroth 2001). An infection can also lower a baby's tolerance to any given concentration of gases. More than 90 percent of SIDS babies have had upper respiratory infections shortly before death (Smith and Hattersley 2000).
Inadequate Vitamin C
Over 30 years ago, Archie Kalokerinos, M.D., a doctor practicing in the outback of Australia, was able to eliminate the unusually high incidence of SIDS by giving babies injections of ascorbate (vitamin C). Dr. Kalokerinos found that vitamin C deficiency was an important factor in the many diseases of the infants, especially sudden infant death. His work was independently duplicated in the U.S. by Fred Klenner, M.D. in Reidsville, North Carolina (Kalokerinos 1981).
Submissions of this evidence and documented case studies were made to the medical authorities and SIDS experts, both in Australia and the U.S. This evidence was completely ignored and no clinical trials were recommended. Dr. Kalokerinos tells his story in Every Second Child, a book that demonstrates the reluctance of many doctors to accept new ideas (Kalokerinos 1981).
The systems of the body cannot function without adequate vitamin C. It's been shown that many infants have marginal amounts in their bodies (Kalokerinos 1981). Any stress, including injury or illness, can increase the body's need for vitamin C (Cathcart 1981). Under conditions such as vaccinations (Kalokerinos 1981, Pauling 1981), upper respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, malnutrition, and other viral and bacterial infections, the existing vitamin C can be completely used up, leaving the immune system unable to cope with any toxic threat to the body. This can leave a baby more vulnerable to the toxic gases in mattresses (Smith and Hattersley 2000).
Dr. Sprott explains another reason why administering vitamin C to a baby can prevent death. "The high alkaline pH of babies' urine, dribble, perspiration, and vomit enables the fungus to grow and to generate the toxic gases rapidly. But consumption of vitamin C makes these bodily fluids acidic, reversing the alkalinity in the baby's crib environment and preventing gas generation." (Sprott 1996)
Vaccinations
Vaccines are known to cause fevers in babies (CDC 2001). These fevers can increase generation of the gases, exposing babies to higher concentrations. In addition, vaccines can lead to the depletion of vitamin C in a baby's body (Hattersley 1993 and Pauling 1981), damaging the tiny body's developing nervous and immune systems. Vaccines have also been shown to cause stressed breathing (Scheibner 1993), weakened immunity, and neurological damage (Neustaedter 1996), which can lower the baby's ability to tolerate a given concentration of toxic gases.
Vaccines Alone Can Cause Death
Many researchers, doctors, scientists, and parents believe that vaccines alone can cause SIDS. Indeed, vaccines do cause death, and vaccine deaths are often labeled as SIDS cases. As Dawn Winkler, former Vice President of Concerned Parents for Vaccine Safety, points out, "The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has even compensated 93 families whose infants' deaths were labeled SIDS because the parent had the evidence in the autopsy to prove the vaccine caused it. Yet, the cause of death listing as "SIDS" was never changed on the death certificates of these 93 babies." (Winkler 2000)
Many SIDS parents have told the same story. Their previously healthy babies were not the same from the time they were vaccinated until they died. A high-pitched scream, excessive sleeping, poor appetite, and troubled breathing were common. At the time of death, no one investigates whether these babies could have died directly from the vaccines alone or if vaccine damage may have lowered the babies' capacity to withstand the toxic gases in their mattresses. No one investigates this because our government and the medical community deny that vaccines or toxic gases could be causes of death. Instead they label these deaths as SIDS and maintain that they do not know the cause. They refuse to accept the research that has already been done in both of these areas and remain steadfast in their commitment to deny any further research. Health officials continually refer to vaccine manufacturer-sponsored studies reporting no relationship between vaccines and SIDS. Some of these studies have been strongly criticized (Coulter 1996) and called into question because of potential biases that underestimate the risk of SIDS from vaccines (Fine 1992).
The assumption that SIDS is vaccine-related could very well be accurate. It seems likely that vaccines could be an indirect factor in SIDS cases, and may be the deciding factor that could cause a baby to succumb to the toxic gases. Perhaps some or even many SIDS babies may have survived the toxic insult of the gases were it not for vaccinations. We do not know this for sure. But we do know that not one baby has died sleeping on a properly wrapped mattress. Many of the babies sleeping on wrapped mattresses were vaccinated, but none of them were exposed to the gases. Vaccination rates among the Pakeha (non-Maori) people in New Zealand, who have enthusiastically adopted mattress wrapping, are very high. These people now have the lowest crib death rate in the world. The crib death rate is about seven times higher among Maori babies in New Zealand, who are vaccinated far less than the Pakeha. In Victory Over Crib Death, Lendon H. Smith, MD and Joseph G. Hattersley, MA astutely point out, "If vaccinations directly caused crib death, the proportions would be reversed." The article Victory Over Crib Death is a summary of Smith's and Hattersley's book, The Infant Survival Guide: Protecting Your Baby From the Dangers of Crib Death, Vaccines and Other Environmental Hazards. This book is considered by some to be a definitive guide to ending the terrible tragedy of crib death and proposes a new paradigm; that toxic gases are the single cause of nearly all crib deaths. In addition to advocating mattress wrapping, the authors strongly recommend against vaccinations.
The assumption that our government agencies do everything they can to protect our children is naive. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission has stated that BabeSafe mattress covers do not constitute any safety risk to babies. These covers (manufactured in New Zealand) are the only mattress covers designed to protect babies from toxic gases generated in mattresses. Yet even though the products are simple and inexpensive plastic mattress covers, the FDA requires the manufacturer to go through the expensive, complex, time-consuming procedure of obtaining pre-market approval in order for BabeSafe covers to be bulk imported into the U.S.
Instead of putting unnecessary hurdles in the way of a harmless and potentially life-saving product, why don't the authorities endorse mattress wrapping in the U.S. to see if the results achieved in New Zealand could be duplicated here? The score in New Zealand is now 520 deaths (orthodox crib death prevention advice) to none (mattress-wrapping). With so many more babies born in the U.S. than in New Zealand, the potential to save lives is dramatically greater - thousands every year. Why should even one baby be denied something that could potentially save his or her life? Fortunately, parents can still order the mattress covers to have them sent directly from New Zealand to their home. Alternatively, parents can wrap their babies' mattresses themselves, but use of the correct grade of polyethylene and adherence to explicit instructions are vital.
The FDA defines SIDS as a "disease" without providing any explanation of the alleged disease. However, as Dr. Sprott laments, "Crib death is not a disease, and until the FDA, the orthodox SIDS organizations, and the leading U.S. pediatricians admit the truth of these findings and the accuracy of our science, the U.S. crib death rate will continue as it is now; about eight dead babies every night. By contrast, New Zealand now leads the world in crib death prevention, and will be the first country in the world to eradicate SIDS."
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Tid-Bit on Whooping Cough and SIDS
Dr Viera Scheibner PhD, arguably the most experienced vaccine researcher in the world, stated:
‘…vaccination is the single most prevalent and preventable cause of infant deaths.’
Japan virtually eliminated cot-death by dropping the whooping cough vaccine (DPT) for babies.
