WASHINGTON - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reissued its warning to parents and caregivers about “deadly hazards with drop-side cribs.”
CPSC said it is aware of 32 infant and toddler suffocation and strangulation deaths, plus hundreds of incidents that were caused or related to drop-side cribs since 2000.
In the last five years, CPSC has announced 11 recalls involving more than 7 million drop-side cribs due to suffocation and strangulation hazards created by the drop side. CPSC staff is actively investigating several other crib manufacturers for potential drop-side hazards as part of a larger effort by the agency to rid the marketplace and homes of unsafe cribs.
CPSC said it is aware of 32 infant and toddler suffocation and strangulation deaths, plus hundreds of incidents that were caused or related to drop-side cribs since 2000.
In the last five years, CPSC has announced 11 recalls involving more than 7 million drop-side cribs due to suffocation and strangulation hazards created by the drop side. CPSC staff is actively investigating several other crib manufacturers for potential drop-side hazards as part of a larger effort by the agency to rid the marketplace and homes of unsafe cribs.
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