Here's the basics from an AP report.
The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said five deaths and 16 near-strangulations from Roman shades have been reported since 2006, while three deaths connected to roll-up blinds have been reported since 2001.
The government and the window covering industry on Tuesday recalled more than 50 million Roman-style shades and roll-up blinds because of the risk children may be strangled by the cords.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said five deaths and 16 near-strangulations from Roman shades have been reported since 2006, while three deaths connected to roll-up blinds have been reported since 2001.
At the risk of sounding heartless, I have to wonder if this recall is really necessary.
Each roman shade or roll-up blind is responsible for 0.00000016 deaths. Some might call that a pretty good safety record.
Makes you wonder how we survived drapery cords all these years.
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And how many cats got strangled?
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