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Target shops are recalling greater than 200,000 weighted blankets for youngsters which have been bought by the retailer from December 2018 by September 2022.
The Pillowfort model blankets can lure kids inside in the event that they unzip them and enter the blanket, posing a danger of suffocation.
Two women, ages 4 and 6, reportedly died after changing into entrapped within the cowl of the blanket in April 2022 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Target has acquired 4 reviews of youngsters changing into entrapped in these weighted blankets, together with the 2 deaths.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Target are urging customers to cease utilizing the recalled blankets instantly and return them to shops for a refund.
The Pillowfort Weighted Blankets weigh 6 kilos and measure 60 inches lengthy and 40 inches large. They have a detachable, washable cowl. The blankets are available eight totally different prints or colours together with unicorn white, house navy, pink, blue, grey, buffalo plaid purple, blue constellation and unicorn pink.
Consumers who’ve these blankets at house ought to contact Target at 800-440-0680 to obtain a pay as you go return label to return them by mail, or they are often returned to any Target retailer.