Eliminating SIDS

Someone posted today about a researcher in New Zealand who thinks he has solved the mystery of what causes SIDS. He says that it is the gases that are put on mattresses as a flame retardant. He notes that in places where babies are generally not put on mattresses or in places where there are no flame retardants on the mattresses that the SIDS rate is virtually none.

Here is the kicker: he has designed a polyethylene mattress cover that goes over the mattress. Not a single baby who has this particular mattress cover has died of SIDS. Not a single one. The only problem is that it is not commercially available in the U.S. or most other countries for that matter. However, it can be ordered for about $35. Isn’t that worth the price to pay for your baby’s life?

If only SIDS organizations could listen to the compelling evidence of this man. Not a single baby dying after using this cover that doesn’t allow these toxic gases to escape. Seems to me that he’s hit it right on the head and I’ll tell you something. I’m going to go order one of these mattress covers. Too bad it’s coming from the country most furthest away from me and will take about 10 days to get here. I recommend you get one too.

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