JPMA Launches New Safety Campaign

The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association launched a campaign created to make parents and caregivers aware of ways to prevent strangulation by baby monitor cords. The campaign includes a website, BabyMonitorSafety.org, that provides safety tips in English and Spanish and advises parents to keep devices 3 feet away from cribs and bassinets. Free warning labels can also be requested. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports seven babies have been strangled by monitor cords. Recently new standards set by ASTM International require monitors to carry labels about the risk.