Toddlers needlessly put at risk by lethal cords

Toddlers are being put needlessly at risk by the ongoing failure of families to ensure potentially lethal looped window blind cords are made safe.

A major new public awareness campaign by the National Consumer Agency made the claim after warning that lessons from a series of tragic deaths have still gone unlearned.

According to the group, two-thirds of families with pre-school children who took part in a 400-person survey on the issue have looped or chain window blind cords.