Urgent warning for parents as experts find dozens of baby sleeping bags sold online ‘pose suffocation risk’
An investigation found that dozens of sleeping bags found in online markets such as Amazon and Ebay had a risk of drowning.
Which? The said online markets allowed the sale of similar or same baby sleeping bags with products that were officially recalled by the Product Safety and Standards Office (OPS) for the risks of drowning.
Which is a common feature of the products in the product? The guard was hoods that could cover a baby’s head and face and cause drowning.
The inclusion of hoods does not comply with the safety standards of the British standards institution.
More than 30 baby sleeping bags were investigated. In the Amazon market, despite the sleeping bags that need to meet the security standard, the Amazon Market includes a teddy bear -style blanket without arm holes.
Those who are unarmed can cause a baby to slide into the sleeping bag, covering their faces and faced with the risk of drowning.
Which? He also found a list of sack -style sleeping bags, which shows that a baby was “positively sunk” by the item on Ebay.
The consumer group also found five list of “concern ında in ETSY, the same and the other three, two of them recalled products, were listed in a similar style and as sleeping bags.
Which? Shopers call on hoods such as large springs or other innovation additions, or baby with excessive ingredients to avoid sleeping bags, which carries the risk of a baby’s head and face in his sleep.
It is best to use a sleeve -performed sleeping bag because it helps to stop babies from slipping into the bag.
Other products to be avoided are products sold as multi -purpose products such as arson, baby car cover and baby cocoon to ensure that individual items are in line with the safety standards.
Which? Earlier this year, despite the market surveillance undertaken by OPSS, it is worried that the products continue to be sold.
The regulator has purchased tests for a range of products sold online, including baby sleep products and worked with online markets to remove lists.
But which one? Only four months later, he said that 35 deadly 35 sleeping bags were sold.
Sue Davies, which? The Head of Consumer Protection Policy said, “It is ugly to sell dangerous baby sleeping bags in online markets.
“Our previous research has shown that this is part of a wider model: insecure products are only re -emerge. The only way to break this cycle is to legally responsible for online markets, with challenging penalties for failures.”
An Amazon spokesman said: uz We want all products presented in our store to comply with valid laws, regulations and Amazon policies.
“The marked products are not in the scope of shared security warnings?.
“If there are concerns about a product they buy, we recommend that they will directly contact our customer service so that we can research and solve their problems.”
A EBAY spokesman said: uz Consumer security is the most important priority for ebay. We are working carefully to keep our site safe and to avoid lists prohibited by AI -supported monitoring of seller compatibility controls, block filter algorithms for non -secure lists and AI -supported monitoring by our team.
“These proactive measures have prevented the listing of millions of insecure products every year. The lists that violate the ebay policy, including those defined in this investigation, have been rapidly removed.”
Etsy was approached for a comment.
