Fourteen years ago my daughter was born into our growing family. My in-laws helped out and put Joe and Tom, our 3-year-old twins, to bed. After a long day in the hospital with my wife, I went home late in the evening. I peeped in to see the twins sleeping and went down for my supper. Later on my way to bed, I checked the twins again and the little guys were still fast asleep. While in … Read More
During the month of October, chosen as National Window Covering Safety Month, Parents for Window Blind Safety joins Sunburst Shutters to raise awareness around window safety for children and at home who could be at-risk of the potential dangers that corded window treatments pose. While, earlier this year in January, after 17 years of advocacy from PFWBS, The Window Covering Manufacturing Association, (WCMA) imposed a new safety standard that removed hazardous cords on stock window coverings in the USA. It’s … Read More
Today, Canada announced that they will not harmonize their Corded Window Covering Regulation with the USA 2018 ANSI/WCMA Window Covering standard. Rather, Health Canada has published the strongest and safest regulation for corded window coverings in the world in order to help guide manufacturers in producing the safest products for the environments where our children live and visit. The Heart of the Matter Our founder, Linda Kaiser, began working on the U.S. standard development process for corded window … Read More