On the Friday before Thanksgiving 2009, Lori White, a mother of three young children, was preparing for a family trip to Bend to celebrate the holiday with relatives. She was carrying laundry upstairs ...

New research serves as a warning about a common household item that can pose a serious safety threat to young children: window blind cords. A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that ...

MIAMI (CBSMIAMI) -- A new study has researchers calling for a mandatory safety standard to eliminate window blinds with cords. The study finds blinds with cords continue to "pose a serious ...

At least six children died in military housing from strangling on window cords Activists say new safety standards not good enough%2C seek cordless blinds Industry says deaths down dramatically because ...

It happens about once a month, every month - another child gets entangled in the cords of a window blind and strangles to death. Erin Shero lost her son Colton that way a year ago, and she is haunted ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Police in Wisconsin say a 2-year-old died after getting tangled in the pull cord attached to bedroom blinds. The Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team investigated blinds with cords that could injure or kill children, and the battle over removing some blinds from store shelves. The I-Team brought a hidden camera into ...

Andrea Sutton, a mom in Firestone, Colo., was trying to put her 3-year-old son Daniel down for a nap, but he wasn’t having it. It was January, too cold for him to burn off much energy outside, and he ...

While the cords dangling from your window blinds may not seem like a risky item, for small children, they can pose the risk of strangulation or serious injury, according to a new report. The study ...