The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council have announced a “recall to repair” of all Roman shades and roll-up shades, after multiple reports of deaths and near strangulations in recent years. If you’ve got kids in your house and you use either type of window covering, visit www.windowcoverings.org or call 800-506-4636 to receive a free kit that will let you retrofit the shades and blinds with clips. [More]
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Over 5 Million Window Treatments Recalled Today, While Nation's Peeping Toms Celebrate*
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8.27.09Three children have died after being strangled in the cords of window blinds, so today six companies announced a massive recall of several brands of window treatments.