Biden signs law banning baby products blamed for 200 deaths

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President Joe Biden on Monday signed into law legislation that prohibits the manufacture and sale of crib bumpers or inclined sleepers blamed for more than 200 infant deaths, the White House announced.
Parents and caregivers need to recognize the dangers of these products and get them out of their homes now," Teresa Murray, consumer watchdog with the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, said in a statement.
Consumer Product Safety Commission on YouTube A new federal rule approved by the CPSC last year and set to take effect in mid-2022 bans several types of sleep products for babies under 5 months old.
For decades, Parents and advocates have called for a ban on the products, which can lead to suffocation when infants' noses and mouths get covered by a bumper or stuck between it and a crib mattress.