The youngsters’s Pillowfort weighted blanket is proven in unicorn pink. The merchandise and its variations is being recalled at Goal shops after two ladies died from asphyxiation after turning into trapped underneath one.
U.S. Shopper Product Security Commssion
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U.S. Shopper Product Security Commssion
The youngsters’s Pillowfort weighted blanket is proven in unicorn pink. The merchandise and its variations is being recalled at Goal shops after two ladies died from asphyxiation after turning into trapped underneath one.
U.S. Shopper Product Security Commssion
Greater than 200,000 weighted blankets are being recalled by the Goal division chain after experiences of two younger ladies suffocating beneath one, the U.S. Shopper Product Security Fee mentioned Thursday.
Two ladies, ages 4 and 6, reportedly died from asphyxiation after unzipping and crawling inside the kids’s Pillowfort weighted blankets at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in April, the company mentioned.
Altogether, Goal, the place the blankets had been solely bought, has obtained 4 experiences of youngsters being trapped in them. The recall impacts about 204,000 of the blankets.
“CPSC and Goal are urging customers to cease utilizing the recalled weighted blankets instantly and call Goal for a refund,” the federal company mentioned in a press release.
The blankets weigh 6 kilos and are available in eight coloration and sample picks, together with unicorn white, area navy, pink, blue, grey, buffalo plaid pink, blue constellation, and unicorn pink. They had been being bought for $40 between December 2018 to September 2022.
To investigate in regards to the refund course of, click on right here for extra data. Goal can be contacting affected customers instantly, the CPSC mentioned.
