Drop-side cribs no longer permitted in U.S.

Drop-side baby cribs used to be popular in the U.S. since they were inexpensive and convenient. That end has arrived at an official close, accounts the Associated Press. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to prohibit the manufacture, sale and reselling of drop-side cribs in the United States, largely because there have been scores of units recalled and over 30 babies and little ones have died in drop-side baby cribs since 2000. People might now have to take out a paydayloans to buy a higher quality and legal crib for their infant.

Beginning in June 2011, anti drop-side cribs rule will begin

It will soon become illegal for drop side cribs to be used in hotels, childcare centers or even for private use. New cribs can have to be bought to replace other cribs in childcare centers beginning a year following the June 2011 ban begins.

Drop-side crib issues

Cheaper wood and plastic is used in most drop-side cribs. Many like this because it is cheaper. As a result of the design and cheap materials, there is often a hardware malfunction in these cribs. An infant or toddler's head can get caught in an opening made. Infant strangulation or suffocation has been the direct result for at least 32 United States infants and toddlers since 2000, and 14 more infant fatalities are believed to have been related to the drop-side crib flaw. A drop-side crib ban is something the CPSC has been thinking about for a while.

Cribs from companies like Evenflo, Delta Enterprise Corp. and Pottery Barn Kids have been part of the 9 million drop-side crib recalls over the past five years.

Cribs in U.S. have ‘one of the strongest in the world’ for standards

Inez Tenenbaum is the CPSC Chair. He said that because of the drop-side crib policy, the United States is considered one of the most stringent within the world on the matter. New testing standards will help catch manufacturing defects that can allow larger, stronger kids to place themselves in a precarious position when they shake or push on a crib. There may also be better instructions as to how to assemble the crib. The standard can be able to "help to ensure that young children rest more safely." Following the CPSC vote, this is what Tenenbaum explained.

Articles cited

About.com

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MSNBC

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Do you know what Canada knows about drop-side cribs?

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