eli5: What’s with all the fire warnings on kids’ sleep clothes? Are they gonna roll themselves into starting a fire? *totally confused*
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Interestingly some squashed research into SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) iirc in Ireland showed that the off gassing of new baby items with all their fire retardant chemicals had a higher impact on causing infant death, especially in the face down position.
This in part led to the “back to sleep” campaigns.
While many of the original fire retardant jammies were self extinguishing, they were made of polyesters / synthetics that created another problem, the fabrics would melt into burn wounds compounding treatment.
Now with decades of trial and error, it’s clear that well fitting all cotton pajamas are a safer bet. No chemicals to leach into the body/ environment or wear away with washing… In a fire they’ll rapidly burn away, but not cause engulfed burning and no bits get melded into wounds. Well fitting so trailing edges don’t catch from heating sources or god forbid passing flames while exiting a fire…
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