CHICAGO --(ENEWSPF)--August 11, 2016. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky participated in an event highlighting a new report by Kids In Danger (KID) and Shane’s Foundation that analyzes injury statistics and presents independent testing results for furniture tip-overs, revealing significant risks to children from dressers and chests in the home and dangerous inadequacies in current safety standards and testing. KID’s testing illustrates the instability of furniture commonly found in children’s rooms and offers recommendations to improve furniture stability.
KID analyzed incident data on tip-overs involving dressers and chests from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC . . .