Unsafe cribs are responsible for more infant deaths than any other nursery product and now a State Senator wants to do something about the problem. 540 infants died across the country during the last decade, an estimated 13,000 are injured every year.
Infants can suffocate themselves between the bars or under the mattress of an unsafe crib.
A proposed bill would ban any sale of a unsafe crib that was made before 1973 when national crib standards were adopted. Also hotels and motels would be inspected to see if they were using any of the old cribs. The crib bill passed a Senate committee today. It still has other committee stops before going to the full Senate for a vote.