Tensions on trade may leave infants in danger

The head of a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit organization that aims to prevent infant crib deaths argued that US tariffs on Chinese products are putting US infants at risk because they raise the price of products for very young children.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is the No 1 cause of infant mortality after the first month of age in the United States, research finds.

In 1998, it was found that 90 percent of SIDS cases were caused by unsafe sleeping environments, almost exclusively in low-income households that could not afford a safe crib, according to the nonprofit.