I haven't read the book yet have on order at library, but have done some googling and would say I am sceptical about it especially after reading the SIDS for KIDS link thanks Just Me for posting. I suppose for me is anything that suggests that people spend years and years of their life researching something and do not actually want to find a cause, I just can not believe.

There are also so many things we do not understand in this world just because we can put a man on the moon etc doesn't mean that we can find an answer to everything. Adults can die in their sleep too (my sister found her flatmate, my DH knows someone who found their husband) and sometimes they just can not pin point why. The biology of us is amazing and immensely complex, to me is no surprise that we can do something technological like launch satellites and walk on the moon but can't pinpoint the cause of SIDS or find a cure for cancer etc.

Also from what I have read it seems to suggest old mattresses are the issue (increasing risk with subsequent children) the book is highlighting, so actually if the research did prove this it would be good for the cot mattress manufacturers. I am not actually clear on who and how big bucks are being made from hiding the info from us?