Person taking garment off rack and pulling out drawstring. Child and adult coming out of house and sitting on steps. Close-up of adult taking drawstring out of child's coat. Child gets up and walks away. About one child a month strangles in window covering cords.
Many strangulations occur in the loop of the cords.
CPSC recommends that you cut the loops on old blinds and put a separate tassel on each cord. View of children sitting around a table and two adults are with them. View of two windows and two children close by. Close-up of cord. Adult next to a window cutting the looped cord.