Get Rid of SIDS Project™

SIDS is the biggest environmental disaster over the last hundred years. We do not know how many babies have died since cot death was defined in 1953, but the figure exceeds one million. The number of deaths caused by the Boxing Day Tsunami and Bhopal pale in comparison.

Because it is spread over a huge population in many countries and over such a long time, cot death doesn’t seem like an environmental disaster. It doesn’t grab the headlines or cause public outrage or political fallout. It just continues, year after year, one death at a time, a seemingly random occurrence. Nevertheless, cot death could be a direct result of environmental pollution.

While many parents think all they have to do is lay their baby on its back when put down to sleep to keep it safe, the official Government figures tell a different story.

In Queensland in the 2008-09 financial year period, 39 babies died from unexplained causes; 17 were sleeping on their stomachs, while 15 were on their backs when found deceased. Clearly this is not the answer and it may not even be a risk factor as stated by the leading SIDS Organisation in Australia. See Table 8.6 of All Deaths Report 09

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Get Rid of SIDS Project™ may have the answer!

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