Window Covering Manufacturer’s Association Statement on Upcoming Revisions to Window Covering Safety Standard
The window covering industry has been working diligently to reduce strangulation risks by developing the most significant change to the window covering safety standard ever, as result of substantial work by the Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) and its members, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and safety advocates, which will require that all stock products, sold in stores and online—which accounts for more than 80 percent of all window covering products sold in the ... Read More
New National Survey Shows Family Tops Physicians When it Comes to Babyproofing Advice
Increased Role of Grandparents Cites Need for Updated Safety Awareness NEW YORK, NY (June 12, 2017)—Families are the top resource when it comes to guidance on baby proofing, according to a recent national survey conducted by the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC). This creates challenges to raising child safety awareness, as new research shows that many grandparents employ outdated health and parenting myths that could potentially and unknowingly pose serious ... Read More
National PSA Launched to Alert Parents of Potential Window Cord Dangers
October is Window Covering Safety Month NEW YORK, NY – October 1, 2017 – October is National Window Covering Safety Month, a time of heightened public awareness of a hidden danger many parents may overlook—the potential strangulation hazards to young children from window covering cords. The Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are urging consumers to check their window coverings for exposed or ... Read More
Window Covering Manufacturers Association Announce Timeline to Update Window Covering Safety Standard
Washington, DC (June 29, 2016) – Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) Executive Director Ralph Vasami issued the following statement today: WCMA is initiating the process to revise the current voluntary window covering safety standard to effectively address the strangulation risk to children from products with accessible cords. As a result of technological advances in the industry, WCMA is optimistic that there is a historic opportunity for this updated standard to further ... Read More
Window Covering Manufacturers Association Launches Process to Update Corded Window Covering Safety Standard
Washington, October 29, 2015 – The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) announced today that it has initiated the process of revising the voluntary corded window covering safety standard. The update to the standard will be done in strict accordance with the internationally-respected American National Standards Institute (ANSI) process and will be the seventh revision of the standard since 1996. “The current U.S. standard, ANSI/WCMA A100.1-2012, last updated in 2012, is already ... Read More
