This article is part of “Death by Delay,” a series on how consumer product hazards have cost lives. Window blinds, curtains and shades can injure or kill young children if the dangling cords ...

For years, safety advocates have warned that window blind cords pose a hazard to young children. According to a study published in this month’s volume of Pediatrics, from 1990 to 2015, there ...

Window shades and blinds help put a finishing touch on any room. In this Harlem dining room, Sheila Bridges, the New York designer, used two layers of shades — a flat Roman shade with a ...

Death by Delay Hundreds of young children have been strangled on cords from window blinds, shades and curtains in the past 50 years. Officials and manufacturers knew about the danger — why didn ...

A Wisconsin toddler died last week when they became entangled in the pull cord attached to window blinds. The 2-year-old child, who has not been named publicly, was found unresponsive at a home on ...