Seventh attempt to update safety standard, WCMA eliminates cords on stock


Child opening window shade with long hazardous loop.

WCMA publishes new standard segregating stock products from custom-made products, eliminating deadly cords on stock products.
Hazardous cords continue to be sold on all custom-made products in the USA. WCMA promises to reopen standards within six months to address hazards on custom products.  The next standard doesn’t open
until 2022.