CPSC PUBLISHES PROPOSED WINDOW COVERING RULES


“How many years of professional courtesy should the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission extend to the window coverings industry before abandoning the voluntary standards process?” asked Sean Kane, president of…
Erica Barnes Thomas is the last person you’d expect to lose a child to a hidden household danger. But on March 1 of last year, she checked on her son…
They don’t look dangerous – not like a knife or open flame – but the cords on window blinds and shades can be just as deadly when they get wrapped…
A mother whose daughter accidentally strangled on the cord of a blind wants people to back an American petition. Amanda O’Halloran has been campaigning for blind cord safety since the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Williams-Sonoma, Inc., of San Francisco, Calif., has agreed to pay a $700,000 civil penalty. The agreement resolves CPSC…