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Separated tassels become tangled or knotted. The knot forms a dangerous loop causing a strangulation hazard. This occurs on any window blind or corded window treatment that has more than one cord with the safety tassels attached to them. Parents have placed window cords out of the reach of children. When a child reaches the age to get them down (ages 2 and up), they usually come down from the cleat knotted together. |
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The pictures show the pull cord separated with the safety tassels. Children have died by ONE cord wrapped around their neck. Children 2 years and older have also died by reaching cords in cleats and pull cords that are tied up and away. Any child can place any object underneath the window to gain access to cords that are tied "out of reach". This has happened while the caregiver is vacuuming, aiding a sick child, answering the phone, or any other household emergency. This is why Parents for Window Blind Safety recommends NO corded window treatments in ANY home and especially NOT in a Child's bedroom. |
| Reverse Inner Cord Strangulation | |
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Even with cord stops in place, if one pulls the inner cord running through the blind slats upward, an inner cord loop can still be created. The only difference is the source of the loop. Instead of the loop being formed from the pull cord, the lower blind rail raises, allowing a loop to form and creating a strangulation hazard. |
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WARNING: Do not be fooled. Inner cord stops were suppose to have gone in place effective in the year 2000. However, blinds that do not have inner cord stops are still available on retailer shelves. Blinds recalled over 5 years ago which are admittedly defective are still sold in American stores today. |
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| Cord Joiners / Beads (Looks Like 1 Tassel) | |
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This picture shows a common blind in the "up" position. The problem with these window blinds or other corded window treatments is that no matter how short you cut the pull cords, when the consumer or child pulls open the blind, the pull cord is still longer than the window. |
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In 1994 long looped cords were causing most of the infant and child strangulation deaths in the previous years. The W.C.M.A (Window Covering Manufacturing Association) and the U.S.C.P.S.C. solution to this problem was to cut the long cord loops into two long single cords and add tassels to the ends. The W.C.M.A. wanted to change multiple cords into a single tasseled cord. This was done by taking a round ball or sphere and making it into a sphere with two half's that screw together. The upper half sphere had multiple holes for multiple cords. The lower half sphere had only a single hole for a single cord. As illustrated, in this picture the multiple cords above the cord joiner have formed a new loop. Children lost their lives in the loops above the cord joiner. We have recently been to some popular hardware stores to find many of the new blinds and shades have cord joiners. Bottom line on the cord joiners is, it is still a loop in the pull cord and not safe for any child's home or daycare. Cord Joiners have killed many children! |
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