Death of Child Prompts Recall of Window Blinds by Blind Xpress

Two-year-old strangles in cord

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Blind Xpress of Livonia, Mich. is announcing the recall of about 139,000 custom-made vertical and 315,000 horizontal blinds. In 2009, a 2-year-old girl from Commerce Township, Mich. reportedly strangled in the loop of a vertical blind cord that was not attached to the wall or floor.

Blind Xpress custom vertical blinds have an adjustment cord that…