Household Blinds & Shades Killing People

It seems that window-treatment manufacturers are now being associated with the term "murderers" because of the three recent deaths that have resulted from three children strangling themselves with the attached cords. The window treatment manufacturers have officially recalled an astounding 5.5 million blinds and shades due to the tragedies. Statistics show that one child dies each month in the U.S. from window cord strangulation.

The companies recalling the blinds and shades are made or imported by Lewis Hyman and Vertical Land. Interestingly enough these companies have a history of recalling these types of products from past deaths of infants due to stranglings from the cords. Lewis Hyman recalled around 4.2 million roll-up blinds in 2007 because a 1 year-old infant strangled himself after the blind cord fell into his crib and the infant became entangled in it resulting in his death.

Lewis Hyman will also be recalling approximately 600,000 Roman shades after a 13-month-old boy in 2008 got his head caught in between the cord and cloth on the back of the shade. The list of tragic deaths due to strangulation goes on for miles and its unbelievable that these products weren't taken off the market earlier. Its hard to completely fault these manufacturers, but when the death of an infant happens due to product default, the manufacturer will always be the one blamed even though bad parenting could be called into question.