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Dr. Davis has written an exciting not yet published book called SIDS
Solved?: The Rest of the Story which details his
experience since coming upon the "Accidental Poisoning Explanation"
for unexplained infant deaths. The following is the introduction to the book. We will also be
happy to send you the first chapter of this book for free when you subscribe to the CribLife2000.Com newsletter!
Introduction
My name is Dr. D. Denton Davis. I am a practicing Emergency Room
physician with over thirty years of experience in clinical medicine. This
story is about the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS as it is more
commonly called. I have chosen the title "SIDS Solved," because I believe that
a plausible explanation has arisen from research that has taken place in
Great Britain and New Zealand over the past ten years. The additional
by-line "the rest of the story" will be recognized by most readers, who are
familiar with Paul Harvey and his news broadcast. I believe, as a physician,
there is information available concerning the unexplained Infant deaths, which is extremely important,
especially now, for parents to know. The recent change in the policy regarding
SIDS by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a tremendous concern, because SIDS
especially over the age of six months is now considered suffocation with a soft
object until and if proven otherwise. This explanation is powerful,
controversial and simple. The proof of this explanation may become the
difference between guilt and innocence. It should not be taken
lightly. Unfortunately there has been a well-coordinated
effort to keep this story out of the literature and away from the media,
however it deserves to be told. Ultimately readers, after hearing the "rest
of this story" will be able to make their own judgments. Readers may also come to the realization that this is a story
within a story-one that will play out through what I have seen and heard
over the past four years. I believe that my story about the people the
reader will learn about and their explanation for unexplained infant deaths will
become a beginning, not an end to this evolving story.
Invariably the unexplained infant death story is the same; a lifeless baby is found, usually
after being put down to sleep on some form of a mattress, and is rushed to
an emergency room, where people like me attempt, but are unsuccessful in
restoring a heartbeat or breathing. After so many years in this traumatic
environment, I have become all too familiar with these deaths and the grief
of the frantic parents.
Sadly, thousands of babies continue to die each year in the
United States in spite of all the research that has been done and the risk
factor warnings that have been issued. This story will be about all the
babies who will not benefit from "face up sleeping" and the reasons why.
Recently, and quite by accident, I uncovered and have investigated a
profound and what I believe to be a critically important, previously
unreported story from England and New Zealand. This story reveals how two
consulting scientists, one in England and one in New Zealand, together with
a British businessman, appear to have identified the a possible cause of
unexplained infant deaths. Not
just a new risk factor, but rather the possible cause.
The simple facts are these; chemical compounds containing phosphorus, arsenic and antimony,
which have been added to a baby's crib environment since the
early 1950's, appear to play the major role and
therefore represent a significant continuing danger to infants.
This research has demonstrated that if a baby's mattress contains any of
these elements, which can usually be found in polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a
common mold or mildew can interact with them, creating intensely poisonous
gases. These gases are particularly dangerous for babies, especially those
under the age of 6 months.
A plausible explanation, as well as a solution has resulted
from studies conducted by these gentlemen. A simple cover made from
polyethylene, which contains
no dangerous chemicals, placed over a baby's existing mattress appears to have already
protected over 100,000 babies. Preventing poisonous gases generated
by fungal microorganisms consuming chemicals within a mattress from reaching a baby
is the reason.
Since late 1994 saturation publicity about this protective covering has
been provided throughout New Zealand by means of newspapers, magazines, TV,
radio, public addresses, innumerable letters and with the support of baby care
professionals. In addition, a book titled The Cot Death Cover-up? which
this present book is partially based upon, has been published in both New
Zealand and Britain. This has given parents in those countries the facts and
enabled them to take the protective step of covering their baby's bassinet
and crib mattresses.
The protective covering is made from a simple high grade, thick,
non-permeable polyethylene material, which is used to wrap the mattress, or
in the form of a slip-on cover, which was designed and manufactured in New
Zealand to fit over various sized crib mattresses. The mattress cover
currently being marketed in New Zealand and some other countries was developed by a chemist.
To date, six years later, not a single baby sleeping on a polyethylene protected
mattress, which has been properly wrapped to specifications, has died from
unexplained reasons in either England or New Zealand. Yet
during this same six-year period about 475 babies in New Zealand alone, who were
on standard mattresses have died. . The statistical conclusion from
these facts is that the lives of many babies appear to have been saved and continue to
be saved in New Zealand, while further unrelated research is being conducted
throughout the World.
Based on this experience, and the wealth of scientific research which went
into this discovery, it would be quite wrong not to make the facts known to
all parents, especially those in North America where unexplained deaths possibly
wrongly being attributed to "suffocation with a soft object have claimed so
many lives and will continue to do so, if dangerous chemicals are allowed in
baby products.
For additional valuable information, please continue to read this book. I
believe you will at first become shocked, and then very angry, at what you
will learn because definite attempts have been made to suppress this story and to
keep this information from you, the public, and especially you the
parents of infants who remain in danger.
Information can be found at www.criblife2000.com which
is far more comprehensive. Controversy has already been created by this
book and this web site, but I do
not believe that I have underestimated the interest or the intelligence of
parents or their ability to decide what is best for their own children. As
a consequence, this book includes both the practical and technical
information, which will explain the environmental scientific basis for this
horror.
Critics may claim that much of this material is anecdotal, but no one can
afford to ignore the letters from the many parents, who have written thank
you notes to the three-man team, which made this discovery. It should be
noted that none of these gentlemen were funded in any way, either for their
research, time, or incidental costs in their ten year campaign to convey
their findings and advice to parents everywhere in the world. Critics must
also attempt to dismiss scientific evidence that mattresses contaminated with
chemicals and mildew are potentially deadly.
This introduction would be incomplete if I did not include one example of
the success of their work.
"Our baby son had serious breathing difficulties and we had a breathing
monitor. The alarm was being triggered six to seven times a night,
indicating that our son Jake had stopped breathing. Every time this
happened we would rush to pick him up from his crib and take him to another
room, praying as we provided stimulation. After becoming aware of this
accidental poisoning explanation, we followed directions and covered Jake's
mattress with a polyethylene mattress cover. The alarm never went off again
and there were no more "near misses." Is it possible that at least in this case
the monitor served a useful purpose?
If after reading this book any readers are uncertain that there is
sufficient evidence of the likely correlation between crib mattresses,
mildew, phosphorus, arsenic and antimony, they are advised to follow their
own intuition keeping in mind that no harm can result from protecting a baby
from these dangerous substances. As a messenger I will attempt to build links
with all organizations concerned with infant morbidity and mortality by pointing
out the basic fact that every mattress containing chemical compounds and mildew
is "dirty." No baby, therefore deserves to sleep on a
"dirty" mattress.
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