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CPSC Bans Drop-side Cribs
by Pat_S on December 15, 2010
A post by Pat Drop-side cribs (manufactured primarily in China, Croatia, Slovenia, Taiwan and Vietnam) were of such poor quality and so dangerously defective, they are now banned in the United States. Problems resulted in recalling more than nine million cribs in the past five years. In some cases the cheap and defective hardware fell apart while the cribs were being assembled. Horribly in other cases, dozens of infants and toddlers suffocated after being trapped between the mattress and handrail. Trapped babies often could not cry out for help. A ban of drop-side cribs has been in the works for over a year. Today the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) issued the ban which will go into effect in June....
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