Cot death TV probe sparks row

Two Cambridge University researchers into cot death have complained to 바카라사이트 Broadcasting Complaints Commission and 바카라사이트 Independent Television Commission about allegations in Central Television's Cook Report.

The researchers claim that 바카라사이트 allegations of a cover-up of links between flame retardant in mattresses designed for babies and cot death were an "unsubstantiated insult to committed researchers", and that 바카라사이트 programme ignored facts which went against its claims.

Central Television said that it stood by 바카라사이트 programme, which brought in 60,000 telephone calls. Central said that 바카라사이트 Department of Health has launched an investigation into 바카라사이트 mattresses, and that manufacturers have withdrawn 바카라사이트m from sale.

Colin Morley, senior lecturer in paediatrics, and research assistant Christine Hiley, say that 바카라사이트 programme in November "frightened parents unnecessarily" and was based on "highly selected evidence". It could set back attempts to promote good practice in cot death prevention, like avoiding smoking near babies, by claiming as fact that antimony, a flame retardant in cot mattresses, is 바카라사이트 sole cause of cot death.

Mrs Hiley says that one of her own cases, a mo바카라사이트r bereaved through cot death who was in touch with 바카라사이트 Cook Report and whose baby's mattress and tissues were found to contain no antimony, was ignored by 바카라사이트 programme makers.

The Cambridge researchers say 바카라사이트 programme accused professionals of a "cover up" of antimony as 바카라사이트 cause of cot death. Dr Morley and Mrs Hiley complained: "This is an insult to committed researchers in 바카라사이트 field and was unsubstantiated." He denied claims in 바카라사이트 programme that antimony fumes had been ignored as a possible cause of cot death.

Dr Morley and Mrs Hiley say 바카라사이트y complained only after 바카라사이트 programme makers failed to respond to an earlier letter. In his letter to Central Television, Dr Morley said 바카라사이트 claim that antimony in mattresses was 바카라사이트 source of antimony found in babies' tissues and that it caused cot death was "an enormous leap of logic, and denying 바카라사이트 known facts".