crib safety

Kolcraft and CPSC announced the recall today of one million play yards. The side rail of the play yard can unexpectedly collapse, causing a fall and an entrapment hazard. The release cites 347 incidents in which the side arm failed,… Read More

The roundtable was attended by consumer advocates, safety groups, manufacturers, retailers, government regulators from the US, Europe and Canada and testing labs. CPSC staff presented useful information about the incidents, injuries and deaths they see involving cribs and other sleep… Read More

This Wednesday, CPSC will host a staff Roundtable on cribs and other sleep environments. KID, as well as others with a stake in crib safety, will be making comments . Here’s the agenda (PDF), you can also view it online.

Live Web chat Monday-from the Chicago Sun Times: Please join The Fixer at noon (CDT) today at as we chat with Nancy Cowles, executive director of Kids in Danger, a Chicago-based organization that has been on the front lines of… Read More

Since the recall of the 320,000 Jardine cribs six weeks ago, Toys”R”Us and Babies”R”Us have relied on Jardine to interact with consumers on the recall process. But since the cribs were only sold through Babies”R”Us and can only be replaced… Read More