Retailers Take Part in Nationwide Safety Effort -- Educating Parents On the Potential Hazards of Window Blind Cords

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NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A month-long safety campaign kicked off Oct. 1 to raise awareness of the potential strangulation hazards that window cords can pose to young children. The window covering industry and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are urging parents to replace or retrofit miniblinds and corded window coverings purchased before 2001 with today's safer products.

According to information provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, since 1991 more than 175 infants and young children have died from accidental window cord strangulations.

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Retailers Take Part in Nationwide Safety Effort -- Educating Parents On the Potential Hazards of Window Blind Cords

Since millions of older corded window coverings still exist in homes, retailers like Big Lots...

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