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EMFs and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

A researcher at Coghill Research Labs in England recently reported the results of a study on the relationship between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and EMFs. No case/referent studies to date have explored the possibility of a correlation between chronic EMF exposure and SIDS, even though this is the single most important cause of infant mortality in industrial countries. This study examined the location of all SIDS cases in Inner North London between January 1986 and July 1988 in relation to obvious sources of EMFs. The researcher found that not only were SIDS infants living significantly nearer to EMF sources than controls, but the nearer the EMF sources, the younger in age did the infants die. The author concluded that there is a correlation between chronic EM field exposure and SIDS. [BENER 10251]

February 14, 1997 - S. J. Hale Just a thought; were there any other common factors in the infants' enviroment? We just had a possible rash of cases in the US connecting a fungal problem in the household (due to water damage) that seems to have triggered a cluster of SIDs cases. In more recently constructed cities (I'm in Southern California) our utilities tend to run in the same pathways (powerlines, sewer pipelines etc.). Was the housing more prone to dampness than other areas in this case?