A toddler has died in her cot after after becoming entwined with the looped cord hanging from the blinds on her nursery window. Little Leah Edwards was in her cot with her twin brother when she became ...

You may think window blinds are innocuous, but tragically six children died in the UK and Ireland last year due to strangulation by hanging cords. Accidental deaths involving blind cords happen in ...

One option for pull cords is to cut them shorter. The blinds should still work properly, Vitale said. “You just don’t want to have them hanging down where they can form a loop.” Tying the ...

Lower the blinds Lower blinds to full length and turn open the slats. Determine the desired length Take note of the desired length and cut and remove all slats below that line. In most cases, this is ...