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Why does bedsharing between adults and babies pose crib death risk?

April 26, 2017adults babies bedsharing crib death pose risk

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Why does bedsharing between adults and babies pose crib death risk?

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Adults’ mattresses frequently contain the same chemicals and fungi as babies’ mattresses, and therefore can generate the same toxic gases. For physiological reasons adults are not put at risk by this gas generation in beds, but a bedsharing baby can die within a short period of time.