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 ...

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – A two-year-old boy is dead after police say he got tangled in cords from window blinds. Police say it happened around 7:45 p.m. at a home on Water in South St. Louis.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The young daughter of a former NFL running back died this week after she was found tangled in a mini-blind with cords wrapped around her neck. Former Philadelphia Eagle Reno ...

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

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 ...

Cheyenne was found with an inner cord from a window blind wrapped around her neck. Kaiser had the pull cords tied up out of the baby’s reach, but Kaiser wasn’t aware of the inner cords. “In all of ...

This article is part of “Death by Delay,” a series on how consumer product hazards have cost lives. Window blinds, curtains and shades can injure or kill young children if the dangling cords are ...