Unsafe Sleep Environments Lead to Majority of Nursery Injuries: CPSC
Federal regulators have issued new infant sleep product rules, following 523 deaths linked to nursery products over a three year period.
Federal regulators have issued new infant sleep product rules, following 523 deaths linked to nursery products over a three year period.
The CPSC has banned crib bumpers, inclined infant sleepers and other products that are known to place babies at an increased risk of death. However, researchers warn many parents still use unsafe products.
CPSC has been targeting unsafe infant sleeping arrangements, initiating a ban on inclined infant sleepers and crib bumpers last year. However, it continues to be the most common cause of unexpected infant deaths.
Federal regulators have recently taken steps to ban a number of dangerous nursery products, including inclined sleepers and crib bumpers, following alarming reports of infant deaths that could have been avoided
Millions of inclined infant sleepers, crib bumpers, and other padded infant products have been recalled in recent years, following reports of suffocation and death.