Officials Warn Do Not Use LEHOM Baby Playpens Sold on Amazon Over Entrapment Hazards, Lead Violations
Customers are being instructed to dismantle and destroy the impacted LEHOM playpens to avoid injuries to children.
Customers are being instructed to dismantle and destroy the impacted LEHOM playpens to avoid injuries to children.
CPSC established new safety standards for portable bed rails last year, following 300 deaths linked to dangerous and defective designs
Recalled infant walkers should be discarded immediately, CPSC indicates the seller is unable to offer refunds or replacements to consumers.
More than 150 infant deaths have been linked to nursing pillows, whose manufacturers have refused to put in place voluntary standards to prevent small children from suffocating or becoming entrapped due to their design.
Reports have identified hundreds of entrapment deaths involving adult portable bed rails in the last two decades, indicate U.S. regulators.
This is the latest in a series of portable bed rails which have been recalled in recent years over the risk of entrapment, suffocation and death.
The CPSC has issued a number of warnings and recalls over entrapment and suffocation risks linked to portable bed rails in recent years.
While no recall has yet been issued, the CPSC warns parents to remove the detachable canopy while not in use due to entrapment risks
The recall comes following reports of two young girls becoming trapped and suffocating in the blankets
In addition to deaths from window covering cords, children have suffered scars, permanent brain damage, and quadriplegia, according to the CPSC.