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.

Horizontal blind slats hanging below the windowsill are unsightly and a hazard for young children. The pull cords are the most dangerous. Shortening the blinds to the proper height will raise the pull ...

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 ...

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 ...