IKEA announced that beginning Thursday, it will no longer sell window blinds with pull cords, which have been identified as a strangulation hazard for children. The retailer will now only offer "safe ...

Horizontal blind slats hanging below the windowsill are unsightly and a hazard for young children. The pull cords are the ...

It’s a tragedy that is happening way too often and a danger inside the home of anyone with children or those who might be visiting over the holidays. Advocates said 11 kids across the U.S. have been ...

Pull cords on window blinds and draperies have been a known strangulation hazard for children. Indeed, a 6-year-old developmentally disabled girl in Costa Mesa recently died after accidentally ...

HUNDREDS of young children have been strangled to death by cords hanging from window blinds, shades and curtains, it has been revealed. At least 440 kids under the age of eight passed away silently ...