After at least six children were crushed by their dressers, Ikea has agreed to a recall.
“If you have or think you have one of these products, act immediately. It is simply too dangerous to have the recalled furniture in your home unanchored, especially if you have young children,” the Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement.
[pullquote]If you have or think you have one of these products, act immediately. [/pullquote]”We have worked with IKEA to make this recall as simple as possible. There are two options: (1) take the chest or dresser back to any IKEA store for up to a full refund or store credit, depending on the age of the product; or (2) call IKEA for a free anchoring kit and anchor it yourself. If you are unable or unwilling to take your chest or dresser to a store, call IKEA and ask them to come remove the product to obtain your refund or store credit—they will do this for free as part of the agreement with CPSC. In addition, if you would prefer to keep your chest or dresser and are unable or unwilling to anchor it yourself, you can call IKEA and arrange for a free in-home installation of the anchor. Do it now and you may save the life of a child. If you have an IKEA chest or dresser, please respond to the recall immediately.”
We have at least two of the recalled dressers. My kids are older now, but I think I’m going to return them on principle.
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