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CPSC Warns Window Covering Industry to Eliminate Cord Risks

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted Chairman Tenenbaum's remarks at the Window Covering Manufacturers Association stakeholders meeting which was held at CPSC on November 9, 2010. The meeting was held to discuss revisions to the ANSI standard for window…

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coverings, which are expected to be finalized in 2010. The Chairman warned that this time, industry must eliminate and not just mitigate, the risks that cords pose to children. The event involved retailers, consumer advocates, and representatives of CPSC, Health Canada, and the European Union.