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 ...

New research serves as a warning about a common household item that can pose a serious safety threat to young children: window blind cords. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that ...

Go cordless, especially if you have infants or children. That’s the advice from consumer groups who have pushed for mandatory standards for window blind cords as well as the Consumer Product Safety ...

Window blinds, curtains and shades can injure or kill young children if the dangling cords are accessible to tiny hands. In the last 50 years, hundreds of children in the United States have gotten the ...

When Katie Kessler became a new mother, she hired a safety consultant to help childproof her house in Pinecrest, south of Miami. She locked up the household cleaners and covered electrical outlets.

(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 ...

Industry execs acknowledge hazard to children, but say no need to ban product. — -- After a 30-year delay in which several hundred children have died or been injured, the chairman of the Consumer ...

While the cords dangling from your window blinds may not seem like a risky item, for small children, they can pose the risk of strangulation or serious injury, according to a new report. The study ...