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Originally Posted by Russic
With respect, that seems insane. Since the beginning of the "back is best" movement and people realizing second hand smoke is harmful, SIDS rates have dropped heavily. Your source says that sleeping position and cigarette smoke have no impact.
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It's not my "source", I have no vested interest in this theory. If you read all the details the reason that the back sleeping works in conjunction with this theory is that the baby is breathing further away from the mattress since this "toxic gas" is coming from a combination of elements in the mattress. If you remove the toxins then sleeping position does not matter.
As a new parent one of the things they told us in "new parenting 101" is that having a fan on reduces SIDS risk. Seems to me that this also supports the toxic gas theory since it keeps the air moving...
It's certainly information worth considering, basically the alternative is to believe there is no causation that is proven and you just leave it up to chance. It was valuable information for me to at least be aware of.