Help protect kids from these lurking dangers

[Consumer Reports]   Dear Friend: Tomorrow there are critical votes on whether to protect our children from dangers lurking in the marketplace -- and we need your voice right now to make a difference. The House of Representatives votes Tuesday on a package of bills that would ban the sale of inclined sleepers and crib bumper pads that have been linked to dozens of infant deaths, and require new safety standards to prevent dresser tip-overs that claim a child’s life every two weeks in our country. These votes are so important because companies and the nation’s product safety agency have been painfully slow to carry out recalls and make needed safety fixes to protect our children. Now, it’s up to our lawmakers to act. [Ask your House member to vote YES and protect children from unsafe products!](  [Take Action »](  At least 53 infant deaths have been linked to inclined infant sleepers made by Fisher-Price and other companies, but the products weren’t recalled until after Consumer Reports published our investigation in April revealing a high death toll. Despite the dangers, the Consumer Product Safety Commission still has not banned this category of sleepers from the market, and several manufacturers are still selling similar product that pose the same risks! To make sure no more children are hurt by these dangerous products, we need Congress to act now. That includes banning this type of sleeper, as well as crib bumper pads that have been linked to dozens of infant deaths from suffocation, entrapment and strangulation. And we want safety standards for dressers and other clothing storage units to reduce tip-overs that have killed at least 206 people since 2000, with most of those victims younger than age 6. [Ask your Representative to vote YES on these important children’s safety bills. It will take all of us speaking out together to get real action to save lives!](  [Take Action »](  The more people who speak out, the better chance we have of putting pressure on lawmakers and regulators to take action. Please share this email with friends and family, and ask them to join you in taking action! Thank you, Meg Bohne Consumer Reports [Unsubscribe from Consumer Reports action alerts.]( © 2018 Consumer Reports, 101 Truman Avenue, Yonkers, NY, 10703 [Contact Consumer Reports](