Go Cordless with Window Coverings to Avoid Risk of Strangulation to Infants and Children
During October's Window Covering Safety Month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to check all window coverings for accessible cords, which pose a strangulation hazard to infants and children.
- During October's Window Covering Safety Month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to check all window coverings for accessible cords, which pose a strangulation hazard to infants and children.
- From 2014 to 2019, 46 deaths related to window covering cord strangulation of infants and young children have been reported to CPSC.
- That is an average of about eight children (age 12 years and younger) dying by strangling in a window covering cord every year.
- Buy and install cordless window coverings, which are available at most major retailers and online.