But before their departure, she decided to put his foster son of 2 years, Angel, down for a NAP. Shortly after, his daughter is out of the bedroom and announced that Angel "sleeping in the window with something around his neck."
Mrs Leeson, who lives in the Village of Montgomery, MD., found without life and suspended from an inch of ground, with a window-blind cord wrapped around her neck. "I was screaming his name and his shaking, and the realization hit me, ' Oh my God.". This may be the case. ??”
Since 25 years, manufacturers of blinds installed safety features and provides advice to the parents to try to minimize the dangers of their products. Despite this, children as Angel continues to choke on the ropes with regularity dark, an average of one month.
Now, driven by a mother of Missouri, whose daughter was strangled in a window blind, the Consumer Product Safety Commission asked manufacturers to design a way to eliminate the risk of window cords or perhaps face mandatory regulations. Industry critics complain that the manufacturers have dragged their feet on dealing with the dangers for decades, make minor adjustments or putting the burden of proof on the parents of cords to shorten or buy restraining devices. Until recently, regulators have nothing to crack down, they say.
In response to more recent of the commission, the industry, in collaboration with a working group of regulators and consumer advocates, said that he will find a fix in the fall.
But the negotiations have experienced a rocky start. Like some other regulatory battles involving the safety of consumers, it boils down to a question that makes think: how should manufacturers and ultimately consumers, be liable to pay to avoid mutilation or death of a child?
Manufacturers of blinds have proposed several fixes that could reduce the hazards, but consumers on task force advocates say that they are insufficient and have threatened to leave.
"It was my understanding that we were eliminate danger", said Carol Pollack-Nelson, a consultant in security and member of the working group. "Now they are talking about reducing the risk." We do not want reduced strangulation. We want no chance of it. ?
Regulatory agencies in the Consumer Product Safety Commission also rejected the proposals of the industry, and they urge manufacturers to try again. Inez Tenenbaum, Chairman of the Committee, noted that commission staff plans to continue to negotiate with manufacturers to find a solution.
"We will remain at the table", Ms. Tenenbaum said, adding, "I hope that everyone will remain at the table".
What makes the debate on the window blinds frustrating is that a solution has been available for several decades: Wireless Stores. But wireless stores are more difficult to manufacture than corded blinds and can cost much more in stores, according to some estimates, twice.
In an interview, Ms. Tenenbaum said wireless Stores were part of the solution. But the additional cost, she said, had encouraged to push manufacturers to find cheaper alternatives, too, such as retractable ropes or cords which are covered and therefore inaccessible to children.
Ralph j. Vasami, Executive Director of the Association of manufacturers of covering window, said that it was unrealistic to expect the industry to eliminate any possible risk. Stores are not children's products, he said, are not defective. Trade Group urges parents of young children to install wireless shades.
"The objective is to minimize the risk as much as possible," said Mr. Vasami. "I don't know if you have it in your power to eliminate any risk for each product.
Mr. Vasami argued that industry efforts have had a positive effect, citing the relatively stable strangulation death rate even though the industry has increased. He predicted that the number of deaths would inevitably decline as older products were replaced by those who have more security features. "Just look from a statistical point of view, there will be a decrease over time," he said.
There are more than a billion of blinds to the United States. Americans buy new shades, on average, every seven years, Mr. Vasami said.
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