You may notice a significant change the next time you go shopping for window blinds. The Troubleshooters warned you about the dangers of corded window blinds a few years ago in a joint investigation ...

One of the biggest dangers to children is still present in almost every home: window blinds with long cords that can easily get tangled around an unassuming infant or precocious toddler. In fact, ...

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.

Most of us have window blinds in our home, and you've probably never considered that some of them are potentially dangerous, even deadly. We're talking about the potential problem with window blinds ...

Legrand Shading Systems has introduced Cord Keeper, a safe solution for chain-operated shades. Legrand’s Cord Keeper is designed for safety and peace of mind for commercial and residential ...

(CNN) -- Nearly one child dies every month and about two are injured every day in window blind-related incidents, according to a new study. From 1990 to 2015, nearly 17,000 children younger than 6 ...

This third installment in our series highlights the focus on children’s product safety at the 2025 International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) symposium. This year’s ...

A team of researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has published a new report in Pediatrics that tallies the number of deaths and injuries due to ...

They don’t look dangerous – not like a knife or open flame – but the cords on window blinds and shades can be just as deadly when they get wrapped around a child’s neck. Almost every month, on average ...

CHICAGO — Children’s injuries and deaths from window blinds have not stalled despite decades of safety concerns, according to a new U.S. study that recommends a complete ban on blinds with cords.