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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1995. PAGE 21.
Safe window coverings stop
potential for cord hazards
Behind the mask making
Nikki Gerrits of Clinton, left gets some direction from
Vrenia lvonoffski, a director who is working with the Blyth
Festival Young Company teaching her specialty, mask
making and how to use masks. The masks for the
"fantastic characters" will be used in the Young
Company's production later this month. After the masks
were completed lvonoffski taught them movement
techniques to bring the masks to life. lvonoffski teaches
mask at George Brown Theatre School.
According to a report in the
Decorating Retailer the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) and the
Window Covering Safety Council
have joined with major
manufacturers, importers and
retailers to warn parents and
caregivers that young children can
become entangled and strangle in
window covering pull cords.
Window covering cords have
been identified as one of the
products most frequently associated
with strangulation of children under
five years of age.
CPSC is aware of a least 140
such strangulation deaths since
1981. The younger victims,
usually between 10 and 15 months,
typically are in cribs which have
been placed near window covering
pull cords.
Although a few older children
find cords hanging near the floor,
most of these victims become
entangled in cords while climbing
on furniture to look out a window.
Entanglement and strangulation can
occur when a child is left alone in a
room for only a short time.
In a major consumer informa-
tional campaign, CPSC and the
window covering council are
urging parents and caregivers to
eliminate the loop in two-corded
horizontal blinds, pleated shades
and cellular shades by using any of
the following technical fixes:
HORIZONTAL BLINDS
Cut the cord above the tassel,
remove the equalizer buckle, and
add a separate tassel at the end of
each cord. Or, as an alternative, cut
the cord above the tassel, remove
the equalizer buckle, and add a
break-away tassel which will
separate if a child becomes
entangled in the loop.
PLEATED OR CELLULAR
SHADES
Leave the cord stop near the
headrail in place. Cut the cord
above the tassel, and add a separate
tassel at the end of each cord.
When shades are raised, a loop will
appear above the cord stop. Keep
cord out of the reach of children.
VERTICAL BLINDS, CONTIN-
UOUS LOOP SYSTEMS AND
DRAPERY CORDS
Since these require looped cords to
function, install permanent tie-
down devices to the floor, wall or
window jamb.
Parents are advised to keep all
window covering cords out of the
reach of children. Unless the cords
can be completely removed from a
child's reach, including when a
child climbs on furniture, CPSC
recommends against knotting or
tying the cords together, which
creates a new loop in which a child
could become entangled.
Replacement safety tassels are
available free of charge at window
covering retailers. Consumers can
call (800) 506-4636 for the location
of the nearest store or to order free
tassels.
CPSC also recommends when
installing window coverings to
adjust the cords to their shortest
possible length. When ordering
new custom window coverings,
specify a short cord.
In addition, CPSC advises never
to put a crib or young child's bed
near a window. Also, because
young children climb, never put a
chair, sofa, bench or even a
bookcase near a window with a
dangling cord. Children climb on
furniture, play with cords or chains
and can become entangled.
The window coverings industry
has undertaken significant design
changes in horizontal blinds and
other window coverings to
eliminate the looped cord on some
products and to reduce risk from
the loop on others.
We did not inherit this land
from our ancestors, we are bor-
rowing it for our children.
Author unknown