NEW European guidelines to protect children from window blind cords have been introduced – but campaigners warn that over one million older window blinds still pose a potentially lethal risk to ...

Dear Angie: My window blinds need new cords. What's involved? Is this a DIY project or something to hire for? — Connie L., Calabasas, Calif. Dear Connie: While it's certainly possible to replace ...

That’s the message to all Dorset mums, dads, grandparents and teachers from the grieving mum of a two-year-old toddler killed by a blind cord. The Daily Echo is backing Annette Latimer’s crusade to ...

A debate on the banning of looped cord blinds is to take place in the House of Commons this week. Ochil and South Perthshire MP Gordon Banks wants the UK brought into line with America, which outlawed ...

THE family of a toddler who died after getting entangled in the cord of a window blind has said they should be banned. Dean Regan Russell died at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, last ...

PROVIDENCE, RI (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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — 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.

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A Utah mother is warning parents to beware of blind cords after her son nearly choked to death while playing with the seemingly harmless string. Mother-of-three Arika Hernandez shared an emotional ...

Kathleen Leeson was loading clothes in her dryer just a few dozen feet away from her foster son in August when he accidentally strangled himself with the window blind cords in her Montgomery Village ...