Almost 17,000 children under six years of age were treated in hospital emergency departments in the US for window blind-related injuries from 1990 through 2015, averaging almost two per day. While the ...

New research serves as a warning about a common household item that can pose a serious safety threat to young children: window blind cords. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that ...

Action 2 News is learning more about a new safety standard in the window blind industry, after the tragic death of a Sheboygan child Tuesday. The Sheboygan Police Department says the one-year-old boy ...

In response to tragic accidental strangulation deaths and injuries in young children, a ban on the manufacturing of corded blinds recently went into effect. In accordance with the new regulations, ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — More than 20,000 roll-up window blinds are being recalled due to strangulation and entanglement hazards, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

Window blinds and coverings with cords pose serious risk of injury or strangulation to infants and young children. But consumer advocates are hopeful that new standards for window coverings ...

Even though window coverings have been recognized for decades as a safety hazard to children, injuries from blinds and shades still send many kids to the emergency room each year, a U.S. study ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Basic Blindz(r) Window Blinds because the blinds have a pull cord that is looped, posing a strangulation hazard to young children. Click here ...

Jeremy and Carolyn Eastburn with their daughter, Presley, who died in December 2016 at the age of 4. She was strangled on a custom window blind the family bought for their new home near Houston.

NEW YORK — IKEA said it will no longer sell window blinds with cords because of the risk of strangulation. An average of one child per month died from strangulation by window cords between 1996 and ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a voluntary recall of about 692,400 Roman shades and roll-up blinds sold at Cost Plus and World Market stores. The shades have a looped pull ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Elsie Mahe, the 3-year-old daughter of Brigham Young University running backs coach Reno Mahe, died Tuesday, more than a week after accidentally tangling a window blind cord ...