Gag Order

Doomed

A total of 14 companies are being penalized over $1 million for failing to report safety hazards promptly.

According to the NY Times:

The companies were penalized for failing to promptly report sales of children's clothing with drawstrings through the hood or neck, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
These drawstrings can get caught in nearby objects and cause children to get trapped or strangled.

Personally I had no idea that in May of 2006 the CPSC determined that children's garments with hood and neck drawstrings would be considered defective.

Now no one wants to keep kids safe more than I do, but somehow I have a hard time thinking of drawstrings as defective because children could be strangled with them. Are we going a little bit off the deep end with all this? If the drawstrings aren't 6 feet long is there really a problem? Theoretically making little boys wear ties is the same thing, right?

I long for the days when the only clothing problem little girls had was wearing patent leather shoes so the boys could look up your dress.