Stock window coverings sold in stores or online should be cordless or free of accessible cords to meet a revised voluntary safety standard that took effect on December 15, 2018. “The new standard is the result of years of collaboration …
Window covering cords have been the cause of more than 800 deaths of children globally, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The hidden hazard occurs when a child gets entangled within the loose cords. In 2014, the federal …
Officials say a 3-year-old boy died after getting caught up in venetian blinds at his home in Bonaire. The Telegraph reports Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says the child, Mario Williams, was pronounced dead in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit …