Indeed, I argue that the cultural dismantling of the three basic components of
normal human infant sleep i.e. sleep position (on the back for breastfeeding which was changed to prone sleep),
feeding method (from breastfeeding to formula or cows milk, bottle
feeding) and infant sleep
location (from next to the mother within sensory range to nighttime separation, a separate room) fostered and promoted the SIDS epidemic which is was limited to the industrialized, western world.