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Recall of millions of roman shades and roll up blinds
From CPSC.gov
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Company – Number of Units – Sold At
Window Covering Safety Council – All Roman shades (25 million) and Roll-up blinds (27 million) Retailers nationwide
Walmart – 500,000 Roman shades 600,000 Roll-up blinds – Walmart stores and other retailers
JCPenney – X million Roman Shades 340 Roll-up blinds – JCPenney
Lotus and Windoware – 250,000 Roll-up Blinds – Ace Hardware and Big Lots
All Strong Industry – 290,000 Roman shades – Walmart stores and other retailers
Pottery Barn Stores – 350,000 Roman shades 45,000 Roller shades – Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn, and PBTeens
International Merchandise – 355,000 Roll-up Blinds – Big Lots
West Elm – 42,00 Roman shades – West Elm’s catalog and website
Louis Hornick – 6,000 Roman shades – Ross Stores
The Land of Nod – 2,000 Roman shades – Land of Nod Stores
For more information, visit CPSC.gov
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It also depends on how the parent take charge of the situation.
Hoping for improvement in the technology used so as to increase the safety of the kids.
Maybe parents should take some responsibility and keep items that could possibly cause a problem out of view and reach of the child. I take responsibility of what happens in my home and I also make sure that possible problems are eliminated before a problem. What is next? The car the dog the child!
Waiting for my lawnmower to be recalled and replaced with a goat.
Some accidents may not be avoidable. Other incidents are avoidable. Window covering deaths can be eliminatedby a redesign of window coverings to (1) eliminate the cord or (2) make the cord inaccessibele or (3) shorten the cords to no more than 7 exposed inches. The consequence of poor design should not be the death of a child.
Just because my neighbors dog gets hit by a car, does that mean cars should be recalled? The point is with all the unknowns in life we need to realize sometimes accidents happen.
I do not understand why this is still going on. My son is 21 years old. When he was an infant we were warned not to use blinds with cords that were a potential hazzard for strangulation for infants. That was 21 years ago. Why has the industry not stopped making these blinds with dangerous cords?