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MALM DAY 4, JUNE 6/30 COVERAGE

Thursday, June 30

Ikea importers say Malm drawers safe if attached to wall
Jun 30, 2016 | Stuff - Business Day
By MARIKA HILL
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad just had a hellish week - here's why
Jun 30, 2016 | Business Insider Nordic
RECALL: IKEA Canada recalls IKEA Chests of Drawers
Jun 30, 2016 | The Laval News
By Alexandra Sevapsidis
IKEA Malm drawers warning to UK parents after child deaths in America
Jun 30, 2016 | Liverpool Echo
By Amy Browne
Massive Consumer Product Safety Commission IKEA Recall Leaked to Press by “CPSC Source” Prior to Official Agency Announcement
Jun 30, 2016 | National Law Review
By Matthew R. Howsare and Charles A. Samuels
Ikea to recall chests of drawers after child deaths
| The Comment
By Faith Castro
Kiwis caught up in Ikea funiture recall after six children crushed
Jun 30, 2016 | Leader Call
Here’s How to Get Your Money Back If You Own a Recalled IKEA Dresser or Chest
Jun 30, 2016 | Life Hacker
By Stephanie Lee

Syndicated coverage: Intrendi - http://intrendio.com/heres-how-to-get-your-money-back-if-you-own-a-recalled-ikea-dresser-or-chest The Internet - http://theinternet.co.in/heres-how-to-get-your-money-back-if-you-own-a-recalled-ikea-dresser-or-chest/
Report: Bellmore boy hurt by recalled Ikea dresser
Jun 30, 2016 | News 12 Long Island
No recall in Ireland for Ikea dressers that tipped on top of US children
Jun 30, 2016 | The Journal
By Michelle Hennessy
4 Things You Should Never Buy at Ikea
Jun 30, 2016 | Money & Career Cheat Sheet
By Megan Elliott
IKEA recall: Don't blame the parents who didn't install the wall anchors, it's fundamentally bad design
Jun 30, 2016 | Tree Hugger
By Lloyd Alter

Syndicated: NY News 7 - http://www.newyorknews7.com/business/ikea-recall-dont-blame-the-parents-who-didnt-install-the-wall-anchors-its-fundamentally-bad-design-h152259.html
Ikea recalls dressers linked to three child deaths
Jun 30, 2016 | Pallonate
Ikea recalls dressers linked to three child deaths
Jun 30, 2016 | News Today
By Henrietta Brewer
IKEA Recalls 29 Million Dressers After Children Crushed to Death
Jun 30, 2016 | sb news online
By Abel Hampton
A Farewell to Malms
Jun 30, 2016 | City Lab
By Adam Sneed
IKEA Issues Major Furniture Recall Following Child Deaths
Jun 30, 2016 | News Today
By Carla Harmon
Child deaths triggers Ikea chest recall
Jun 30, 2016 | Farandu Life
By Fabio De Leon
IKEA recalls 29 million dressers and chests
Jun 30, 2016 | Sinema Blaze
By Vicki McLaughlin
Ikea Recalls 29 Million Pieces Of Furniture After Six Children Die
Jun 30, 2016 | The Daily Croton
Ikea furniture recalled but not in Australia
Jun 30, 2016 | You Don't Know Football
IKEA Malm drawers warning to United Kingdom parents after child deaths in America
Jun 30, 2016 | Bilbaoya
Ikea recalls 36 mln chests, dressers after six deaths
Jun 30, 2016 | Tribu Magazine
By Carmen Sotomayor
Watch horrifying demonstration showing how recalled IKEA drawers could 'crush a child'
Jun 30, 2016 | Junior College
By Jason Haig
IKEA Issues Major Furniture Recall Following Child Deaths
Jun 30, 2016 | Fredonia Leader
By Sammy Stanley
Ikea recalling dressers after deaths of children
Jun 30, 2016 | Equilibrio Informativo
IKEA recalls 29 million dressers and chests
Jun 30, 2016 | Blog Notizie
By Alberto Lambruschi
Ikea not recalling furniture pieces sold here as 'they are safe'
Jun 30, 2016 | WWNT Radio
By Janice Sanchez
Recalled Ikea dressers show up for sale on Craigslist, Facebook
Jun 30, 2016 | Chicago Tribune
By Corilyn Shropshire
IKEA's U.S. recall not extended to Australia
Jun 30, 2016 | Fayette Advocate
By Elbert Graham
This Is The Largest Recall In Ikea's History
Jun 30, 2016 | Lucena Informacion
Ikea issues voluntary recall of 29 mn chests and dressers
Jun 30, 2016 | Spoleto City
By Pamela Guccione
Ikea Is Recalling Dressers Deemed Safe Enough to Sell in Europe
Jun 30, 2016 | Reason.com
By Lenore Skenazy
Massive Consumer Product Safety Commission IKEA Recall Leaked to Press by “CPSC Source” Prior to Official Agency Announcement
Jun 30, 2016 | The National Law Forum
By Matthew R. Howsare and Charles A. Samuels
Ikea recalls one of its most popular items after fatal accidents
Jun 30, 2016 | Brick Underground
By Virginia K. Smith
Madigan Warns Consumers to Recalled Products on Second-Hand Markets
Jun 30, 2016 | Effingham's News Leader
By Greg Sapp
IKEA recalls chests, dressers over tip-over hazard
Jun 30, 2016 | Christian News Today
Ireland not affected by IKEA dresser recall
Jun 30, 2016 | News Talk
Ikea Will Not Recall Dangerous Chests in China
Jun 30, 2016 | Sixth Tone
By Colum Murphy
Ikea Will Not Recall Dangerous Chests in China
Jun 30, 2016 | Sixth Tone
By Colum Murphy

Wednesday, June 29

Ikea's 29M Dresser Recall Shows CPSC Repair Push Failed
Jun 29, 2016 | Law360
By Emily Field
Ikea Dresser Recalls: 29 Million Furniture Sets Caused 6 Kid’s Death
Jun 29, 2016 | Jobs & Hire
By Jane Reed
Ikea Recalls Popular Dresser After It Kills 3 Children
Jun 29, 2016 | Jumble Joy
By Kelly Larsen
IKEA recall won't extend to Australia
Jun 29, 2016 | Sky News
Ikea has recalled 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled on to them
Jun 29, 2016 | Southern Daily Echo
Danish government demands to know why IKEA isn’t pulling dangerous dressers
Jun 29, 2016 | CPH Post
By Shifa Rahaman
Ikea Recalls 29M Dressers After 6 Kids, Including MN boy, Killed
Jun 29, 2016 | Lakeland Public Television
By Brenda Mak
Ikea Recalls 29 Million Dressers Following Third Child Fatality
Jun 29, 2016 | New Brunswick Today
By Dave Schatz
Ikea Recalls Dressers after Child Deaths
Jun 29, 2016 | The Rappaport Law Firm
By Jessie Schoonover
If you shop at Ikea, you should read this
Jun 29, 2016 | Kamloops This Week
Of killer dressers and a dressing down
Jun 29, 2016 | The Hindu
By Jinoy Jose P
IKEA’s recall not extended to Australia
Jun 29, 2016 | Domain
By Petrina Berry
Deaths and Injuires Prompt Ikea to Recall 29 Million Chests and Dressers
Jun 29, 2016 | Big Class Action
IKEA to Recall Popular Dresser
Jun 29, 2016 | Ecommerce-Journal
Ikea offers free replacement fixing kits to UK customers after US safety fears over chests of drawers
Jun 29, 2016 | News Shopper
IKEA dresser that prompted Casey bill subject of safety recall
Jun 29, 2016 | The Times
By J.D. Prose
Family of Child Injured by Falling Furniture Speaks Out After Ikea Recall
Jun 29, 2016 | Tribune
7 Fab Alternatives to Ikea’s Recalled Malm Dressers
Jun 29, 2016 | Curbed.com
By Jenny Xie
Ikea needs to recall chests of drawers in Australia: consumer group
Jun 29, 2016 | Xinhua

Tuesday, June 28

Ikea Recalls 29 Million Chests & Dressers Due to Tip-Over Hazard
Jun 28, 2016 | Regan Zambri Long
By Salvatore J, Zambri
IKEA recalls 6.6 MILLION dressers and chests!
Jun 28, 2016 | K-Lite 102.9
By Aiko Iwashita

Thursday, June 30

Ikea importers say Malm drawers safe if attached to wall

Jun 30, 2016 | Stuff - Business Day

By MARIKA HILL

An Ikea Malm dresser is placed by a New York road following the recall of nearly 36 million chests and dressers in the United States and Canada.
Kiwi shoppers can still buy Ikea Malm drawers, despite a large-scale recall of the product following the deaths of six children.
Swedish retailer Ikea is offering refunds or wall attachments to the buyers of nearly 36 million chests of drawers in the US and Canada, after the children were crushed by the falling dressers.
A handful of New Zealand importers continue to sell the range of drawers, which were imported from countries outside the recall zone.
Ikea has refused to recall the dangerous drawers outside of the US and Canada, sparking outrage from safety advocates in countries like Australia and the United Kingdom.
READ MORE:
* The Warehouse offers refunds to customers who bought IKEA drawers
* Ikea safety warning after third child killed by topping drawers
* Malm drawers sold in NZ at risk of tipping
Auckland Ikea importer Zoomly will continue to sell the drawers after receiving safety reassurances from their Chinese-based supplier.
Lily Li, from Zoomly, said the company had double-checked with its importer and the Malm drawers it sells were not affected by the recall.
The shop would stop selling the drawers if the company thought they were unsafe, she said.
The drawers come with clear safety warnings and a wall anchoring device to attach the dresser to the wall.
However, she said some customers ignored the safety message because they don't want holes in the wall.Ad Feedback
Auckland-based Urban Sales also plan to continue selling the Ikea Malm drawers.
Manager Kuffy Fan said the drawers were safe to use if secured correctly to the wall.
"Unfortunately any un-anchored furniture can tip over. It is not brand specific, or just the Malm design."
Most lighter-weight chest of drawers sold at major stores would be more likely to tip over, he said.
"We wish to avoid tragedies of this type, which is why Ikea also specifically mentions the safety fixings in the assembly instructions."
Malm dressers, constructed of particleboard and fibreboard, retail for $100 to $500 at Ikea importers in New Zealand.
About five units were also listed for sale on auction website Trade Me on Thursday.
Trade Me spokesman Logan Mudge said the company investigates all product recalls and work with sellers to remove the listings if appropriate.
The company did not see the need to take action against sellers after speaking with Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Ikea said the drawers were safe if secured to a wall.
The recall covers six models of Malm chests or dressers made between 2002 and 2016, as well 100 other types of Ikea chests or dressers.
The Warehouse announced on Wednesday it would contact customers who bought parallel imported Ikea Malm drawers and offer a wall anchoring unit or full refund.
Two US toddlers died in separate 2014 incidents when Malm chests fell over on them.
A 22-month-old boy was killed last year in a similar incident, after Ikea had announced a repair programme included a free wall-anchoring kit.

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Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad just had a hellish week - here's why

Jun 30, 2016 | Business Insider Nordic

Many people lost a lot of money in the historic stock market crash following the result of the Brexit referendum. One of them was the famously frugal IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad.
According to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, Ingvar Kamprad lost 4.5 percent, or 1.9 billion dollars, of his massive fortune, in the crash.
However, Kamprad was actually hit by a double whammy this week.
In 2013, famously frugal Ingvar Kamprad returned to Sweden after living 40 years in Switzerland for tax purposes.
In February a 22-month-old in Minnesota tragically died when 'Malm' drawers toppled over on him.
On Monday it was reported that Ikea had to recall millions of their popular dresser in the US and Canada. In addition to refunds, Ikea is also offering customers free anchoring kits to secure the dressers to a wall.
According to Swedish business press, recalling at least 29 million dressers will cost Ikea approximately 1.8 billion dollars.
To put this in perspective, Ikea made a profit of 3.5 billion euros, or approximately 3.9 billion dollars, for 2015.
So to sum it up, in one week Kamprad lost 1.9 billion dollars of his personal fortune according to Bloomberg, and his company will have to pay 1.8 billion dollars for the recalling misfortune.

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RECALL: IKEA Canada recalls IKEA Chests of Drawers

Jun 30, 2016 | The Laval News

By Alexandra Sevapsidis

IKEA children’s chests of drawers taller than 60 cm (23 ½ inches) and IKEA adult chests of drawers taller than 75 cm (29 ½ inches)
Product description:
This notice involves all IKEA children’s chests of drawers taller than 60 cm (23 ½ inches) and adult chest of drawers taller than 75 cm (29 ½ inches) sold to June 2016. The affected IKEA chests of drawers will have a label affixed to the product with the company name “IKEA”, the model name, and the manufacturing date. The affected IKEA chests of drawers model names are:
Alesund, Alleby, Alvesta, Aneboda, Angus, Ånes, Arup, Askedal, Askvoll, Aspelund, Balstar, Bankeryd, Bergsmo, Bialitt, Birkeland, Blimp, Boj, Brett, Brimnes, Boksta, BJÖRN, BÖRKVALLA, Brusali, Busunge, Diktad, Edland, Elis, Engan, Eksil, Fjell, Fjord, Flaten, Fridolin, Granås, Gute, Haddal, Hajdeby, Hemnes, Hensvik, Herrestad, Holleby, Hovdal, Hopen, Hosteland, Hurdal, IKEA PS, Kabin, Kirkenes, Knot, Koppang, Kusk, Kurs, Kullen, Kviby, Leksvik, Lo, Lomen, Mac, Malm, Mast, Mammut, Mandal, Meråker, Midsund, Natura, Narvik, Nordli, Nordnes, Nornas, Nyvoll, Ottenby, Rakke, Ramberg, Ranvik, Rodd, Robin, Rustik, Sala, Skarnes, Sandefjord, Stranda, Sveio, Stavanger, Stockholm, Stuva, Sundvik, Tarva, Tassa, Tovik, Trandum, Trogen, Trondheim, Trysil, Tyssedal, Undredal, Varde, Vajer, Vallvik, Vestby, Vinstra, Visdalen, Vollen.
Hazard identified:
The recalled chests of drawers can tip-over if not securely anchored to the wall, posing a tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or serious injuries to children.
Health Canada has received 1 report of a tip-over incident with a minor injury in Canada related to the use of IKEA chests of drawers.
IKEA Canada has received 3 reports of tip-over incidents with 2 minor injuries in Canada related to the use of the IKEA chests of drawers.
IKEA US has received 78 reports of tip-over incidents involving IKEA chests of drawers in the United States, resulting in 6 deaths and 31 injuries to children between the ages of 19 months and 10 years old.

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IKEA Malm drawers warning to UK parents after child deaths in America

Jun 30, 2016 | Liverpool Echo

By Amy Browne

Parents who have bought a chest of drawers from IKEA are being urged to take safety precautions after the deaths of three children in America.
This week it was announced that the Swedish retailer, which has a store in Warrington, is recalling 29 million of its Malm chests of drawers in North America, after the incidents in which they toppled over and crushed the children.
The drawers are no longer sold in the US and Canada, but have not been recalled in the UK and remain on sale.
IKEA maintains that the drawers are safe to use, when securely fitted to a wall with the fixtures provided with the product.
Donna Moore, Country Customer Relations Manager said, “At IKEA, we believe children are the most important people in the world and the safety of our products is our highest priority. Customers should always feel confident that products bought at IKEA are safe to use.
“IKEA chests of drawers are safe when anchored to the wall per the assembly instructions, using the tip over restraint provided with the product. We have no information of any tip over incidents with a properly anchored chest of drawers. This is why we are committed to raising awareness among consumers of the tip over risks and how to prevent them. We are convinced that we can make a difference by sharing knowledge about safety in the home through our “Secure it!” awareness campaign.”
The retailer said anyone who hasn’t attached their chest of drawers to a wall, should contact them to request a free restraint kit to make it safe. Alternatively, they can request a refund, in line with the store’s returns policy.
Customers can contact IKEA on 0203 645 0010 or 01 5413302 (ROI).
Ms Moore added: “The local recall in North America is the outcome of a dialogue between IKEA in North America and their local consumer authorities. The recall is based on the local ASTM standard, which is a voluntary standard for the sale of chests of drawers in North America. IKEA chests of drawers meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets.”

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Massive Consumer Product Safety Commission IKEA Recall Leaked to Press by “CPSC Source” Prior to Official Agency Announcement

Jun 30, 2016 | National Law Review

By Matthew R. Howsare and Charles A. Samuels

Today the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and Health Canada announced a massive joint recall with IKEA involving over 35 million pieces of furniture that can pose a tip over hazard to small children. While we would normally write about the recall itself, a troubling development has caught our attention. A CPSC employee prematurely leaked the recall to staff reporter Tricia Nadolny at the Philadelphia Enquirer.
The CPSC and IKEA officially announced the recall this morning, but the Philadelphia Enquirer prematurely broke the story yesterday afternoon. The reporter confirmed in the story that her source works for the CPSC and did not have clearance to discuss the recall publicly. Additionally, the story included quotes from consumer advocates and other interested parties reacting to the recall—indicating that the reporter had the information for a decent amount of time prior to publishing the story.
After the Enquirer article was published, multiple other media outlets began reporting the recall. This likely put IKEA (and the CPSC) in an incredibly difficult situation of having to quickly make decisions about the release of information about the recall. For companies and legal counsel negotiating a recall—especially one of this magnitude—this is a nightmare scenario.
Even if a company has a contingency plan in the event a recall is leaked early (something we usually recommend for higher profile recalls), the carefully negotiated messaging and CPSC agreed rollout of the recall will have been thrown out the window and replaced by the leaked information. The company will be forced to scramble to respond to media questions while also not spoiling the originally planned announcement.
Additionally, and even more problematic, consumers who may have recalled units will start calling and emailing the company before they know the company’s official 800 number to call and before the company has sufficient staff to start fielding those calls. With over 29 million units involved in this specific recall, that could add up to quite a lot of phone calls and emails.
There are many compelling reasons why the CPSC and companies agree to not only the content of a recall, but also its timing. For a recall of this magnitude to be leaked to the media is a very troublesome precedent and cause for concern to companies negotiating higher profile recalls with the CPSC. Companies have not historically had much to fear in terms of recall information leaking from the agency, but this development potentially calls that into question.
Not only is it a violation of CPSC’s own statutes and regulations for recall information to be prematurely leaked to the press (and potentially could lead to employee sanctions), but it is also potentially disruptive to the effectiveness of the recall itself. The CPSC should take steps to ensure such leaks do not occur in the future.

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Ikea to recall chests of drawers after child deaths

| The Comment

By Faith Castro

The recall covers six models of MALM chests or dressers manufactured from 2002 to 2016, as well as about 100 other families of chests or dressers, it said.
"Please immediately stop using any recalled chest or dresser that is not properly anchored to the wall and place in an area not accessible to children", the statement said.
The dressers and chests can tip over onto children, injuring or killing them.
The recalled children's chests and dressers are taller than 23.5 inches while the adult chests and dressers are taller than 29.5 inches. The company is offering free kits to attach the chests and dressers to a wall.
An image of one of the recalled Ikea dressers, called the MALM 4-drawer dresser.
Ted McGee was crushed to death when an Ikea chest of drawers fell on top of him in February 2015.
Ikea US president Lars Petersson said the units were sold with instructions saying that they had to be mounted to walls. The company has listed the recalled furniture on its website. "We have had no other issues with that in any other country", said Kajsa Johansson, a spokeswoman for IKEA in Sweden.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has met with IKEA, and the consumer watchdog says U.S. regulators have not identified a safety defect in the furniture.
In 2014, two children, both around 2 years old, died in tip-over accidents involving Ikea's Malm dressers.
On average, one child dies every two weeks from falling TVs or furniture. For dressers purchased after 2002, Ikea will either refund the dresser or send a free wall anchor. He went on to say that it is risky to continue storing the recalled furniture in residents' homes if they are unanchored and if they have young children in the home. "I really want to stress that they really do need to be fixed to the wall to avoid something like this happening".
In addition to the deaths, Ikea received reports of 41 tip-over incidents from the United States involving chests and dressers.
The announcement from Ikea Australia comes after the store giant revealed it was recalling 29 million chests and dressers overseas.

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Kiwis caught up in Ikea funiture recall after six children crushed

Jun 30, 2016 | Leader Call

IKEA will continue to sell a series of popular chests of drawers in Australia despite a recall in north America following toppling incidents that caused the deaths of six toddlers.
Furniture giant Ikea is recalling millions of its chests and dressers, which have been blamed for the deaths of three children.
The company says that all chests and dressers should be attached to a wall to prevent them from toppling over.
Ikea has issued a recall for over 35 million chests and dressers in the United States on reports that a defect is causing them to trip over.
Last year, instead of recalling, Ikea rolled out a fix program where it offered free kits to anchor dressers to walls.
"Worryingly, although IKEA's instructions mention the foothold hazard and provide a bracket to attach the furniture to the wall, the screws/fixing devices are not supplied", Mr Godfrey said.
In February 2014, a 2-year-old boy from West Chester, Pa. died after a 6-drawer Malm chest tipped over and fatally pinned him against his bed.
"Ikea chests of drawers are tested for compliance to European Safety Standard, and meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets where it is sold and it also recognises that some chests of drawers are meant to be attached to the wall", the spokesman said.
A full list of affected furniture can be found on the Ikea-USA.com website.
"It is clear that there are still unsecured products in customers' homes", IKEA said in a statement.
Consumer Product Safety Commission chairman Elliot Kaye said, "Consumers need to act immediately because it's a very present hazard, especially if you have kids in your home".
The chests and dressers are unstable if they are not secured to a wall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.
"Furniture tip-over kills about one child every two weeks".
Today he said any chest of drawers not secured to the wall could pose the same threat.
Alan Feldman, who is representing both the Ellis and Collas families, blamed IKEA for not recalling the product then. You can see the complete list of non-Malm dressers that have been recalled here. This also prompted the launch of a fix program, in which consumers were issued fix kits to help attach the dressers to the wall.
In addition to these tip over deaths, Ikea has received reports of more than 40 tip-over incidents involving Malm chests and dressers.

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Here’s How to Get Your Money Back If You Own a Recalled IKEA Dresser or Chest

Jun 30, 2016 | Life Hacker

By Stephanie Lee

IKEA has voluntarily recalled multiple product lines of their chests and dressers, including MALM, due to tip-over safety hazards that have beenlinked to the deaths of three children. You may be eligible for a full or partial refund if you bought your dresser or chest any time through June 2016. Here’s how.
If you bought a dresser or chest from this list of affected products pretty much at any point up to the date of the recall (June 28, 2016), you can contact IKEA via email at secureit@ikea.com or their toll free number at (866) 856-4532; or head to your nearest IKEA store in person.
We will provide you with 1) a full refund if the chest or dresser was manufactured between January 1, 2002 and June 28, 2016; 2) a store credit for 50% of the original purchase price if the product was manufactured before January 2002; or 3) a $50 store credit if the date stamp is unidentifiable.
Products affected by the recall include 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-drawer models of chests and dressers, between 23.5 inches and 29.5 inches tall, that were manufactured or sold through June 2016. You can request to have IKEA come to your home and remove the chest or dresser, free of charge. You can also request a free wall-anchoring repair kit here.
If you bought their dresser second-hand from someone else other than IKEA, you’re still eligible to participate. IKEA will send you a free wall anchor repair kit or a refund of your purchase price for the chest or dresser. Unfortunately, IKEA doesn’t seem to be offering refunds to customers who bought the drawer after the recall announcement, though they’re still eligible for a free wall anchor repair kit.
For more information, check IKEA’s FAQ for the recall here.

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Report: Bellmore boy hurt by recalled Ikea dresser

Jun 30, 2016 | News 12 Long Island

News 12 Long Island has learned a little boy in Nassau County has reportedly been hurt by a falling Ikea dresser that was involved in a massive recall.
Jaime Sumersille, of Bellmore, tells Newsday the Malm dresser fell on her 5-year-old son last month, hit him on the head and knocked him against a wall.
Sumersille says he was not seriously hurt.
In a report, six other children have been killed by these falling dressers.
The furniture maker is now offering a refund or a free wall-anchoring repair kit.

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No recall in Ireland for Ikea dressers that tipped on top of US children

Jun 30, 2016 | The Journal

By Michelle Hennessy

IKEA HAS REFUSED to recall a brand of dressers despite a recall in the US and Canada after six children were killed when the chests of drawers tipped on top of them.
The company said yesterday that the furniture is “unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children”.
It said it was voluntarily recalling the Malm chests and dressers that do not meet performance requirements in the US.
However Ikea in Ireland has said they are not recalling any chests of drawers in the UK and Ireland.
“IKEA chests of drawers are safe when anchored to the wall per the assembly instructions, using the tip over restraint provided with the product. We have no information of any tip over incidents with a properly anchored chest of drawer,” country customer relations manager Donna Moore said.This is why we are committed to raising awareness among consumers of the tip over risks and how to prevent them. We are convinced that we can make a difference by sharing knowledge about safety in the home through our “Secure it!” awareness campaign.
She said Ikea believes “children are the most important people in the world” and the safety of its products is the highest priority.The local recall in North America is the outcome of a dialogue between IKEA in North America and their local consumer authorities. The recall is based on the local ASTM standard, which is a voluntary standard for the sale of chests of drawers in North America.
The company has said these chests of drawers meet all mandatory stability requirements in the EU and other parts of the world including Ireland.
All customers are being urged, however, to check these products are securely anchored to the wall. They can request a free replacement restraint kit if they haven’t already fixed their chest of drawers to the wall.
“Alternatively, should any customer be unhappy with their Ikea furniture they can return the product to their local Ikea store in line with our generous returns policy,” Moore said.

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4 Things You Should Never Buy at Ikea

Jun 30, 2016 | Money & Career Cheat Sheet

By Megan Elliott

Furnishing a new home or apartment is expensive. Once you add up the cost of a few basics – a dresser, bed, couch, and dining table, for example – you could easily find yourself out a few thousand dollars. Unless you shop at Ikea, that is. The massive Swedish home furnishings retailer offers stylish, budget-friendly furniture and housewares to anyone willing to brave one of their labyrinthine stores. The crowds might be maddening and assembling items might be difficult, but when you’re able to outfit your entire apartment without breaking the bank (and pick up some fresh-baked cinnamon rolls while you’re at it), who’s going to complain?
Ikea’s flat-packing method helps keep prices low, as does tricks like not using solid wood in much of its furniture (the popular Lack side table is actually filled with cardboard and air). The catch, of course, is that quality is sometimes commensurate with price. Furniture that looks great in the store doesn’t always wear well. A lack of durability or other quality issues may not be a huge problem if your Ikea purchases are a short-term solution, but it can be frustrating to haul home (and put together) an item that quickly falls apart, no matter how much you paid for it.
Does that mean you need to eliminate Ikea from your shopping routine? Hardly. Old standbys like the Ribba picture frames and the Docksta table (a knockoff of the iconic Saarinen tulip table) are popular for a reason – they’re cheap, versatile, and attractive. But you do want to be smart about how you shop at Ikea so you can get your money’s worth. Here are four Ikea products you might want to avoid during your next trip to the big blue box.1. Dressers and chests of drawers
Elliot Kaye, chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and CPSC employees watch as a 28-pound dummy falls over and under IKEA’s Malm model chest of drawers. | CARLOS HAMANN/AFP/Getty Images
Ikea is recalling 29 million dressers and chests of drawers after at least three children died when furniture that was not anchored to the wall tipped over. The recall covers six models of Malm dressers sold between 2002 and 2016, as well as 21 million other dressers. Customers can either order a free wall-anchoring kit to safely secure their furniture or return it to the store for a full or partial refund. More information about the recall is available on the Ikea website.
New models of Ikea dressers currently sold in stores meet Consumer Products Safety Commission guidelines, Ikea U.S. President Lars Petersson told NPR, but even redesigned dressers should be anchored to the wall. If you come across an older-model Ikea dresser for sale somewhere, don’t buy it, and if you purchase a new one, make sure you can attach it to the wall, especially if you have young children in your home.
Safety issues combined with sub-par particleboard construction means dressers and similar items are not a great Ikea buy. If you do buy buy one of these pieces, they’re best for “areas where they won’t get a ton of everyday use, like a guest room,” said designer Jillian Grant Lavoie of J. Bean & Co.2. Soft furniture
“When it comes to Ikea, you get what you paid for,” Victoria Stepanov, the founder of and lead designer for Sense of Space, an interior design firm based in Queens, New York, said. Though the chain’s couches, armchairs, and other soft furnishings are affordable, the quality matches the price point.
“Those pieces are very poorly made and are overpriced for the quality you get,” Stepanov said. The one exception is the Söderhamn line of sectionals and chairs, which won’t “sag and squeak” like other Ikea products, she said. “That’s the only line of soft seating I’d recommend buying there.”
Another item to skip at Ikea, according to Stepanov? Upholstered dining chairs. “An absolute no-no,” she said. “They’ll fall apart before your first dinner party!”3. Sheets and towels
A woman sleeps on a bed in the showroom of the IKEA store in Beijing. | Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Ikea isn’t the best place to buy linens. Queen-size sheet sets may be a steal at under $50, but they won’t last long, warned Lavoie, and the towels aren’t much better.
“In general, the textures are scratchy and the quality is subpar,” she said. “The sheets do soften up after a few washes, but at that point, they often start to look dingy and frayed.”
If you’re trying to save money on sheets and towels, you’ll do better with products from Target’s Threshold Line, Lavoie said. For a splurge, she suggests opting for Parachute Home’s percale or linen sheet sets. “You spend about one-third of your life in bed, so I say go for the best bedding you can afford,” she added.
Curtains are one fabric item at Ikea that is a good buy, Lavoie said, particularly the Ritva and Aina lines. “They’re surprisingly heavyweight, look far more expensive than they are, and are sold in pairs, which is not the case with most retail curtains,” she said.4. Algot closet system
Custom closets aren’t cheap, so it’s tempting to turn to a more budget-friendly solution for organizing your clothes and shoes. But Ikea’s Algot system may not be your best bet. Though it’s fairly inexpensive and contains different components to adapt to your space, assembling it is a headache, Consumer Reports discovered when it tested the product in 2014. Putting together the unit took nearly three hours, compared to the hour or so it took to assemble other closet systems.
“The directions are wrong, and it’s hard to achieve the correct spacing,” noted the magazine. “Screws aren’t included. Neither are wall anchors; we had to stop work and buy them. Drawers didn’t fit properly. A call to Ikea proved unhelpful. The upright width was listed wrong, and we had to re-drill. And the baskets didn’t roll back and forth smoothly.”

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IKEA recall: Don't blame the parents who didn't install the wall anchors, it's fundamentally bad design

Jun 30, 2016 | Tree Hugger

By Lloyd Alter

IKEA has just issued a recall of 29 million MALM chests and dressers, which have toppled over and killed at least four children since 1989. Over on sister site MNN.com,Matt Hickman notes that the problem is easily solved:
However saddening the deaths, the recall helps to draw much-needed attention to a crucial aspect of furniture installation that doesn’t seem to be all that widely practiced in the United States: wall anchoring. None of the pieces of furniture — pieces of furniture IKEA has claimed were never meant to be freestanding — responsible for the three most recent deaths were securely affixed to a wall.
The problem is that the reason wall anchoring is not widely practiced in the United States is that if the furniture is properly designed and tested, it’s not necessary. But for the MALM it is. Matt notes:
Speaking to the New York Times, Lars Peterson, president of IKEA US, refers to wall anchoring as “an integral part of the assembly instructions.” He notes: “If you are assembling correctly, the product is actually a very safe product.”
But very few people want to make holes in their walls for the anchors, and very few people even think about the issue of it toppling over. This is not intuitive.
When you look back to earlier this year when this issue was first in the news, when the Consumers Union started complaining to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, most commenters are blaming parents for letting their kids climb on the furniture, for lack of supervision, for not reading the instructions and if this happened they have nobody to blame but themselves for being lousy parents and not following IKEA’s instructions. But let's look at the instructions, this is the entirety of the message in the IKEA assembly manual for the MALM. Tell me you wouldn't just whizz right by this step:
But the issue is far more complicated than whether people followed instructions. As my mantra goes, it’s all about design. Because this is and has been a known problem for years, and not just with IKEA furniture. That’s why there is an established (but voluntary) testing standard from ASTM, F2057 Standard Safety Specification for Chests, Door Chests, and Dressers where they describe the issue:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates that there were 8100 emergency room treated injuries associated with the tipover of furniture in 1994. In addition, the CPSC received reports of about six deaths each year associated with furniture tipover. Approximately two thirds of the deaths were said to have involved items with drawers, such as dressers, bureaus, and chests of drawers. Approximately 80 % were to children under the age of five.
The standard describes a testing procedure where a fifty pound weight is fastened to the open drawer. If the dresser topples, then it fails to meet the standard. But that is putting a lot of weight on the end of a cantilever, and the dresser has to have substantial weight and depth to resist tipping. ASTM also designed a sticker to be put on every dresser, whether it passed the tests or not.
IKEA made a design choice based on their market. The MALM series is shallower than dressers used to be, because people are living in smaller spaces with smaller bedrooms, and don’t want to give up so much space. They are lighter because more weight costs more money in materials, shipping and more work for the customer who has to schlep the thing home and up the stairs. They don’t have the fancy drawer interlocks that you get in file cabinets because their customers don’t want to spend the money.
IKEA knew full well that it was unstable, so they sold it with the wall anchor. But this is not intuitive, people don’t want to make holes in their walls, so they don’t do it. When I bought it for my daughter I didn’t do it. (Although she was a teenager at the time.)
In the end, this is a design decision: whether to sell something shallow and cheap or heavy and deep. It is likely that IKEA will now adopt the voluntary standard, or that the government will make it mandatory, which will be the end of MALM, and that is the way it should be.
Good design should be intuitive to use. It should be designed for safety first, not safety after you tie it to the wall. This was not good design.

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Ikea recalls dressers linked to three child deaths

Jun 30, 2016 | Pallonate

He said: "Furniture tip-over is a serious safety risk in the home, however Ikea chests of drawers and dressers are safe to use when assembled according to the assembly instruction and attached to the wall using the restraints provided in the packaging of these products".
This week it was announced that the Swedish retailer, which has a store in Warrington, is recalling 29 million of its Malm chests of drawers in North America, after the incidents in which they toppled over and crushed the children.
USA victims include a two-year-old boy killed when a six-drawer chest tipped over on him in February 2014, a 23-month-old boy who died when he was trapped under a three-drawer chest in June 2014, and a 22-month-old boy crushed to death by a six-drawer chest in February this year, the CPSC said.
Details about the third child's death were not released.
"Consumers need to act immediately because it's a very present hazard, especially if you have kids in your home", CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye said in an interview. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016.
Products affected by the recall include 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-drawer models of chests and dressers, between 23.5 inches and 29.5 inches tall, that were manufactured or sold through June 2016. The CPSC said it received 36 reports of children who were injured. Ikea said it will give a full refund to owners of recalled chests and dressers made between 2002 and 2016.
The recalled units were sold at Ikea stores "at various times through June 2016", the company said. Ikea is offering free kits to attach the chests and dressers to a wall. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
At company headquarters in Stockholm, Ikea group spokeswoman Kajsa Johansson told AFP that the drawers "meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets where sold", adding that the bureaus were "safe when anchored to the wall" as instructed.
Ikea said that anyone who owns one of those chests and dressers and has not attached them to a wall should remove it out of reach from children.
"I expect the rest of the furniture industry to do the same", said Kaye.

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Ikea recalls dressers linked to three child deaths

Jun 30, 2016 | News Today

By Henrietta Brewer

Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers that can easily tip over and trap children underneath.
IKEA and the U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission are taking action over chests and dressers that have tipped over and killed small children.
IKEA had received reports of 41 tip-over incidents involving non-MALM chests that caused 19 injuries and the deaths of three children from 1989 to 2007.
But the company says it opted to issue a full recall after the death of a third child.
"Consumers need to act immediately because it's a very present hazard, especially if you have kids in your home", CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye said in an interview.
The recall, which only applies to customers in the USA and Canada, is for several types of Ikea chests and dressers, including the Malm line.
The recalled units were sold at Ikea stores for years.
All of the children killed were 3 years old or younger, the CPSC said.
Tipped-over furniture or television sets kill a U.S. child every two weeks, he added. IKEA will send you a free wall anchor fix kit or a refund of your purchase price for the chest or dresser.
The Swedish company is offering customers a refund on returned furniture or accessories to anchor the furniture to a wall, with the work being done either by the buyer or by an IKEA employee at no charge.
Customers who don't want to keep the recalled furniture can ask for a refund. You may be eligible for a full or partial refund if you bought your dresser or chest any time through June 2016. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
In the United Kingdom, all Ikea Malm products come with a fixing kit to attach it to the wall, and the assembly instructions and website make it clear that they should be fixed to ensure they are safe. A 22-month-old boy was killed a year ago in a similar incident, which occurred after IKEA had announced a fix programme including a free wall-anchoring kit.
Ms Moore added: "The local recall in North America is the outcome of a dialogue between IKEA in North America and their local consumer authorities".

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IKEA Recalls 29 Million Dressers After Children Crushed to Death

Jun 30, 2016 | sb news online

By Abel Hampton

In one of the most comprehensive safety recalls in American history, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Tuesday a recall of 29 million IKEA chests and dressers from the MALM series that can tip over.
In February 2016, another child-a 22-month-old boy-died after a MALM dresser fell on top of him, which prompted an investigation by IKEA and CPSC into the child's death. If consumers do not want to return the dresser, the company will provide an anchor kit to secure the item.
"Chests of drawers which are not attached to the wall are not completely safe. the only completely safe thing is actually to have them attached to the wall", he says.
In the past 13 years, six children have been crushed to death after an Ikea dresser tipped over.
Ikea is expected to release more details on how customers with these Malm dressers can get their refunds.
What is the full scope of the recall?
The recall impacts Malm and other Ikea brand chests and drawers, some 29 million units.
In all, Ikea is recalling more than 100 models of dressers and chests, including those in its Hemnes and Kullen lines. Customers can also order the free wall-anchoring kit, with complimentary in-home installation upon request.
Participating consumers can receive a full or partial refund or afree wall-anchoring fix kit. The company says the dressers are risky if they are not installed correctly. Ikea is providing full refunds for dressers purchased after 2002, and partial store credit for older furniture.
You can order an anchor kit through Ikea and install it yourself. The recalled MALM chests were sold from 2002 through June 2016 for between $70 and $200.
"It is simply too unsafe to have the recalled furniture in your home unanchored, especially if you have young children", CPSC Chairman Elliott Kaye said in a statement.
Why are these dressers and chests risky?
The CPSC says there are over 25,000 furniture, TV and appliance tip-overs every year.
In 2015, Ikea launched a campaign in the U.S. and Canada to encourage owners of the Malm chests of drawers to anchor them to the wall.
In a statement, IKEA's USA commercial manager Patty Lobell said they are "deeply saddened" by the deaths and hope "our efforts prevent further tragedies".

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A Farewell to Malms

Jun 30, 2016 | City Lab

By Adam Sneed

For any young American moving to a new city, it’s practically a rite of passage: The first weekend after finding an apartment, you trek to the nearest Ikea and get as many decent-looking, modernish furniture essentials as your meager budget will allow. Chances are good that those items will include something from the Malm line. At the very least, you’ll see that chest of drawers at a friend’s place, recognize it in bit parts on your favorite shows, and, when its glory days are through, you’ll bump into it on the sidewalk, slumped under a white banner declaring to passersby: “FREE.”
In their several forms, Malm dressers found success by being cheap, accessible, and ubiquitous—but as of Tuesday, they might also be a thing of the past. The dressers have been blamed in the deaths of three children since 2014. Now,facing pressure from consumer safety advocates, Ikea has issued a massive recall on 29 million dressers and discontinued the sale of all but its smallest nightstand version of the Malm line.
This follows a long campaign by consumer safety advocates to raise awareness of how unstable the dressers are. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a 2-year-old and a 23-month-old were killed in separate incidents in 2014 when Malm units toppled over on them. In response, Ikea began telling customers to anchor their dressers to the wall to prevent them from falling—still, another toddler was killed in February. Ikea received 41 other reports of the dressers falling over, injuring 17 children up to 10 years old,according to federal regulators.Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye watches a demonstration of how an Ikea dresser can tip and fall on a child. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Consumer advocates threatened legal action, claiming the message wasn’t getting out to the public, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. They also pointed out that many renters might not be allowed to fasten furniture to the wall. As pressure started mounting from some members of Congress, Ikea relented and issued a recall.
If you own one of these dressers—even if you don’t have kids around—Ikea now wants you to do one of two things. You can contact the company to request a free toolkit to anchor your dresser to the wall, or you can request a refund. (There’s a sizeable list of other non-Malm furniture also being recalled, so even if you went with another kind of Ikea dresser, it’s worth checking to see if what you have in your home is considered unsafe.)
Given just how popular this line-up was, a lot of people stand to get their money back if they want to haul their products back to the store, according to the Wall Street Journal. Full refunds are available for units sold as early as 2002, and purchases before that are eligible for partial store credit.
Ikea is fertile ground for finding a cheap dresser or coffee table that can easily be tossed to the curb when it’s time to move again, or when something more desireable comes around. Anyone who lives in an expensive city surely knows that cost vs. quality debate well. Ikea has thrived by existing at that sweet spot. But if a good price comes at the cost of safety, maybe it’s time to reassess.

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IKEA Issues Major Furniture Recall Following Child Deaths

Jun 30, 2016 | News Today

By Carla Harmon

IKEA Canada is recalling millions of chests and dressers because of a tip-over hazard that has resulted in 78 incidents resulting in dozens of injuries including the deaths of six children in the U.S.
Both the CPSC and Ikea, however, received reports of 41 other incidents of MALM furniture toppling, leaving at least four more children dead and 19 others injured.
The furniture giant said: "With the Secure it! campaign, launched globally in stores and on Ikea's website, Ikea urges customers to inspect their chests of drawers and dressers to ensure that they are securely anchored to the wall according to assembly instructions".
"Consumers need to act immediately because it's a very present hazard, especially if you have kids in your home", the commission's chairman Elliot Kaye said in an interview.
IKEA and CPSC announced in July 2015 what they called a "recall", but was more of a fix program that offered free wall anchoring kits.
A child is killed every two weeks in the USA due to furniture or TVs that topple over, the CPSC said.
In all, Ikea is recalling more than 100 models of dressers and chests, including those in its Hemnes and Kullen lines.
"It is clear that there are still unsecured products in customers' homes", the statement says.
As part of the recall, IKEA is offering refunds or a free wall-anchoring kit.
Two U.S. toddlers died in separate 2014 incidents when chests fell over on them.
Ikea will no longer sell the now-recalled dressers in their current design; it will sell only products that meet CPSC guidelines for stability, Petersson says.
The full and partial refunds will be issued once customers return the furniture.
The ACCC advises parents to buy low-set furniture with stable bases, and to anchor furniture to a wall.
The Swedish retailer said that anyone who owns one of those chests and dressers, and have not attached them to a wall, should remove it out of reach from children. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that an IKEA Australia spokesperson stated that the recall "is based on the local [American] standard, which is a voluntary standard for the sale of chests of drawers in North America".

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Child deaths triggers Ikea chest recall

Jun 30, 2016 | Farandu Life

By Fabio De Leon

Furniture giant Ikea is recalling millions of its dressers, which have been blamed for the deaths of three children.
The Swedish retailer is offering refunds or wall attachments to buyers of nearly 36 million chest of drawers in the United States of America and Canada, after they were linked to the deaths. Nineteen more children were injured, the CPSC said. One of the children was killed about 27 years ago.
Both the CPSC and Ikea, however, received reports of 41 other incidents of MALM furniture toppling, leaving at least four more children dead and 19 others injured.
"It is simply too risky to have the recalled furniture in your home unanchored, especially if you have young children", CPSC Chairman Elliott Kaye said in a statement on Tuesday.
The recall, which only applies to customers in the USA and Canada, includes several types of Ikea chests and dressers.
IKEA said that the recall was based on a standard applicable in North America for free-standing clothing storage units and that the products meet all mandatory stability requirements in Europe and other parts of the world. You may be eligible for a full or partial refund if you bought your dresser or chest any time through June 2016.
Ikea is offering a free wall-fixing kit to customers who bought dressers or drawers and threw their kits away. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
"The recalled chests and dressers are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or serious injuries to children", the CPSC said in a statement.
In the United Kingdom, all Ikea Malm products come with a fixing kit to attach it to the wall, and the assembly instructions and website make it clear that they should be fixed to ensure they are safe.
Ms Moore added: "The local recall in North America is the outcome of a dialogue between IKEA in North America and their local consumer authorities".
Ikea launched a fix program previous year for the dressers after the deaths of two children.
"I expect the rest of the furniture industry to do the same", said Kaye.

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IKEA recalls 29 million dressers and chests

Jun 30, 2016 | Sinema Blaze

By Vicki McLaughlin

"Consumers in Australia are already able to request tip over restraints and wall anchoring instructions for all IKEA chests and dressers as part of IKEA's "Secure it" campaign launched globally in July 2015", the ACCC said in a statement. About 6.6 million are being recalled in Canada.
The 13-kilo dresser was not mounted to the wall in any of the cases that led to fatalities, Ikea said.
But falling-furniture hazards aren't limited to the current recall.
"The furniture is inherently more unstable than it needs to be", said Elliot Kaye, the chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Under the fix programme, new kits to attach the dressers to the wall were provided to customers who had not used the original hardware to secure the dressers.
Two U.S. toddlers died in separate 2014 incidents when MALM chests fell on them.
The dressers and chests are being blamed for the deaths of three kids in two years.
Ikea Singapore is not recalling the furniture pieces as they meet safety standards here and are safe when attached to the wall, a spokesman said yesterday. If you own one of the products mentioned above, you are also eligible for a full or partial refund, which you can apply for here.
The New York Times says CSPS numbers show that in an average year 38,000 people visit emergency rooms because of tip-over accidents, with a majority of those people younger than five.
Since Ted McGee's death in February, consumer groups stepped up their calls for IKEA to stop selling the dressers.
The recalled dressers are from its Malm line and other furniture lines.
At least six children, all under the age of four, have been killed by a specific IKEA product since 1989.
An image of one of the recalled Ikea dressers, called the MALM 4-drawer dresser. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016.
"IKEA needs to not just say put an anchor on the wall, but say it actually has an issue", said Klobuchar.

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Ikea Recalls 29 Million Pieces Of Furniture After Six Children Die

Jun 30, 2016 | The Daily Croton

Ikea has urged millions of North American customers to "act immediately" on its advice over chest of drawers models that are potentially hazardous to children.
The company is offering consumers a full or partial refund on chests and dressers sold from 2002 through June 2016 for between 70 and 200 US dollars.
Ikea has recalled 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled on to them.
The problem was seen in several styles of dressers, but the Malm chests and dressers were the most affected and had been linked to at least two of the deaths over the past two years.
The recall by the Swedish company, which is the world's largest furniture seller, affects 29 million units sold in the United States and 6.6 million units sold in Canada, according to Ikea and safety regulators in the two countries.
In a statement, the commission, which made the film, revealed the furnishings can topple over if they are not anchored securely to walls, posing a threat to children.
Ikea said anyone who owns one of the chests or dressers and has not attached it to a wall should remove it from the reach of children.
All of the children killed were aged three or younger.
Last year, IKEA launched an ad campaign warning customers of the dangers of falling furniture.
Ikea Australia said the Malm chest of drawers would not be recalled, despite the company doing so in the U.S. and Canada.
"We spread awareness of the importance of securing furniture on our products and product instructions, on the website and in-stores".
According to the spokesman, there was just one reported case of a dresser tipping over in Singapore, which occurred more than 10 years ago.
Charlie's House gives away tip-resistant furniture brackets much like the ones Ikea offers to customers free of charge.
If you are unable or unwilling to return the product or anchor it, IKEA will come and remove it or anchor it for you.

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Ikea furniture recalled but not in Australia

Jun 30, 2016 | You Don't Know Football

Swedish furniture retailer IKEA Group is recalling nearly 36 million chests and dressers in the United States and Canada that have been linked to the deaths of six children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
IKEA Canada is recalling millions of chests and dressers because of a tip-over hazard that has resulted in 78 incidents resulting in dozens of injuries including the deaths of six children in the U.S.
Elliot Kaye (left) chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commissionand CPSC employees watch as a 13 kilo dummy falls over and under Ikea's Malm model chest of drawers.
Considering it is the same product, do you think that IKEA Australia needs to recall the Malm chest of drawers too?
A new recall of topple-prone Ikea dressers highlights the hazards that everyday furniture can hold for children, but there are a number of things parents can do to make their homes safer.
A child is killed every two weeks in the USA due to furniture or TVs that topple over, the CPSC said.
The dressers become unstable and can easily tip over if they haven't been properly secured to the wall and the drawers are open.
The UK have not made a move to recall the products, causing fury among customers.
Customers who can not secure the furniture to a wall are advised to bring the pieces back to any Ikealocation for a refund.
"Ikea chests of drawers are tested for compliance to European Safety Standard, and meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets where it is sold and it also recognises that some chests of drawers are meant to be attached to the wall", the spokesman said. In addition, it received 41 complaints about other models of chests and drawers that also claimed the lives of three children and injured 19 others.
If a consumer is unable or unwilling to return the product to a store or anchor it, Ikea will come free of charge and remove the product from the home or anchor it for you.
In 2015, Ikea started offering anchoring kits to customers who purchased the dressers.

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IKEA Malm drawers warning to United Kingdom parents after child deaths in America

Jun 30, 2016 | Bilbaoya

He said: "Furniture tip-over is a serious safety risk in the home, however Ikea chests of drawers and dressers are safe to use when assembled according to the assembly instruction and attached to the wall using the restraints provided in the packaging of these products".
Eight million of the recalled items in the United States are Malm model chests and dressers, and 21 million additional children's and adult chests and dressers.
The Swedish retailer announced the recall Tuesday, saying the furniture can pose "a tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children" if it is not properly anchored to a wall.
"I am calling on the furniture industry to accelerate bringing safer designs to market", CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye said in a statement Tuesday.
Both the CPSC and Ikea, however, received reports of 41 other incidents of MALM furniture toppling, leaving at least four more children dead and 19 others injured.
Products affected by the recall include 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-drawer models of chests and dressers, between 23.5 inches and 29.5 inches tall, that were manufactured or sold through June 2016.
"We are announcing this USA recall today given the recent tragic death of a third child", Ikea said in a statement Tuesday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Ikea will provide full refunds to customers under terms of the recall. You may be eligible for a full or partial refund if you bought your dresser or chest any time through June 2016.
IKEA said that the recall was based on a standard applicable in North America for free-standing clothing storage units and that the products meet all mandatory stability requirements in Europe and other parts of the world. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
Ikea said that anyone who owns one of those chests and dressers and has not attached them to a wall should remove it out of reach from children. IKEA said it had no details on potential costs stemming from the recall.
Ikea launched a fix program past year for the dressers after the deaths of two children.

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Ikea recalls 36 mln chests, dressers after six deaths

Jun 30, 2016 | Tribu Magazine

By Carmen Sotomayor

Furniture giant Ikea is recalling 29 million units of its dressers and chests, which have been blamed for the deaths of six children.
In addition to the three deaths, Ikea also received reports of 41 tip-over incidents and 19 injuries.
"Consumers, especially parents with young children, need stable furniture in their homes", CPSC chairman Elliot F. Kaye said in a statement.
"It needs to be recalled", said Pamela Gilbert, the former director of the CPSC, "And I think Ikea needs to spend a lot of money making sure everybody knows about it".
Customers in the United States can get full refund or pick up wall anchoring units from nearby stores or have Ikea personnel come attach wall anchors at no charge, the company said.
A child is killed every two weeks in the US due to furniture or TVs that topple over, the CPSC said. If consumers do not want to return the dresser, the company will provide an anchor kit to secure the item.
Now, after the third death in two years, Ikea and the CPSC have announced that Malm - and other models of tall dressers - are now being recalled. "It is clear that there are still unsecured products in customers' homes, and we believe that taking further action is the right thing to do", the company said in a statement.
IKEA will continue to sell a series of popular chests of drawers in Australia despite a recall in north America following toppling incidents that caused the deaths of six toddlers. The dressers affected by Tuesday's recall have been under criticism for a while, and in fact were the subject of a less stringent recall previous year that called for "repairs" and also recommended anchoring kits.
However IKEA Australia says it will not recall the same products.
"IKEA needs to not just say put an anchor on the wall, but say it actually has an issue", said Klobuchar. In 2015 Ikea provided free wall anchoring for the Malm furniture, but there was another incident this year.
Ikea would not confirm to CNNMoney what customers will receive under the recall, though the Philadelphia Inquirer reported full refunds will be offered.

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Watch horrifying demonstration showing how recalled IKEA drawers could 'crush a child'

Jun 30, 2016 | Junior College

By Jason Haig

Ikea and the CPSC tell ABC that at least 36 children have been injured by Ikea chests and dressers, which are prone to tip over when they aren't anchored to the wall.
The recall by its United States and Canada counterparts was based on a local voluntary standard which applies to free-standing clothing storage units in North America.
However Ikea Australia said it was not undertaking the recall insisting the safety of its products was "our highest priority".
Any recalled unit that is not properly attached to the wall should not be used and immediately moved into an area where it can't be reached by children.
Consumer Product Safety Commission Chair Elliot Kaye and CPSC employees watch as a falls under an Ikea dresser during a live demonstration at in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Charlie's House gives away tip-resistant furniture brackets much like the ones Ikea offers to customers free of charge.
The trouble first started for Ikea in 2014, when a toddler was crushed to death by a toppled Malm dresser.
"It's very shocking to know this has actually toppled and led to the deaths of children", she said.
In an official statement released by IKEA: "It is clear that there are still unsecured products in customers' homes".
The recalled furniture are Malm model chests and drawers along iwth 21 million children's and adult chests and dressers manufactured between 2002 and June 2016.
Housewife Janice Lee, 35, who has a 77.5cm-tall Malm dresser, said: "It's not a tall dresser and my maids use it to store their clothes, so I don't think anchoring it is required".
All of the children killed were three years old or younger, the CPSC said.
As part of the recall, IKEA is offering refunds or a free wall-anchoring kit. One was killed about 27 years ago, but the other deaths occurred more recently in 2002 and 2016.
"IKEA needs to not just say put an anchor on the wall, but say it actually has an issue", said Klobuchar.

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IKEA Issues Major Furniture Recall Following Child Deaths

Jun 30, 2016 | Fredonia Leader

By Sammy Stanley

"Every two weeks a child in the U.S.is killed in a tip-over related incident involving furniture or TVs", Elliot Kay, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said in a statement.
According to the spokesman, there was one case in Singapore of a chest of drawers that tipped over partially more than 10 years ago.
The units being withdrawn are children's chests of drawers higher than 23.5 inches (60 cm) and adult chests of drawers and dressers above 29.5 inches. The firm is offering free kits to attach the units to a wall.
If you own any of these products, you can take them back to IKEA for a full refund or store credit.
Now many of those customers are returning to the store with their purchase following a voluntary recall.
IKEA says those affected by the recall call received a free wall-anchoring fix kit, or a full or partial refund.
However IKEA Australia says it will not recall the same products.
If this news sounds familiar, it's because just previous year, IKEA recalled their popular MALM dresser after two children died in similar incidents.
Ikea said it had been in "close contact" with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which would help to carry out the recalls, about how to remedy the hazard. Ikea says the furniture is meant to be secured to a wall and that it is safe when properly installed, according to the New York Times.
"Consumers should immediately stop using any recalled chest and dresser that is not properly anchored to the wall and place it into an area that children can not access", Ikea said in a statement. "I have seen first-hand that innovative furniture designs with enhanced stability are functional, attractive, and possible".
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IKEA has agreed to recall 29 million chests and dressers in the US following a raft of injuries and three deaths caused by them tipping over.
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Ikea recalling dressers after deaths of children

Jun 30, 2016 | Equilibrio Informativo

The furniture giant has chose to recall one of its most popular chest of drawers - the Malm chest model - after six children were crushed to death when the chests tipped over.
Furthermore, Ikea said it had received 41 reports of tip-overs involving non-Malm chests and dressers, which resulted in the deaths of three children and 19 injuries.
However, a third child was killed by the product, which prompted IKEA to issue a full and total recall of the MALM and similar products, which adds up to over 29 million pieces of furniture.
The recalled units were sold at Ikea stores "at various times through June 2016", the company said.
Order a free wall-anchoring fix kit to properly affix the dresser to the wall.
She also said the company wanted to remind customers that anchoring all of their furniture was an important safety factor they should strongly consider.
Ikea Australia said the Malm chest of drawers would not be recalled, despite the company doing so in the USA and Canada. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
"Ikea chests of drawers are tested for compliance to European Safety Standard, and meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets where it is sold and it also recognises that some chests of drawers are meant to be attached to the wall", the spokesman said.
Ikea is offering customers who purchased dressers or chests from the "Malm" line of furniture and the other recalled dressers a wall-anchoring kit or the option of a full or partial refund.
The newspaper, which broke the news of the Ikea recall, has reported extensively on the hazard of tip-over accidents.
Owners were urged to immediately discontinue use of the affected products if not anchored to walls, and to move them to rooms not accessible by children.
A child is killed every two weeks in the US due to furniture or TVs that topple over, the CPSC said.
Stay on topic - This helps keep the thread focused on the discussion at hand. But it's not just the Malm, as we originally heard.

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IKEA recalls 29 million dressers and chests

Jun 30, 2016 | Blog Notizie

By Alberto Lambruschi

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission(CPSC) estimates that a child dies every two weeks from furniture tipping over, which is enough to give any parent nightmares.
At least six children, all under the age of four, have been killed by a specific IKEA product since 1989.
There have been no fatalities in Canada, but Health Canada said it received one report of a tip-over incident with minor injuries.
The recalls include children's chests and dressers taller than 23.5 inches, and adult chests and dressers taller than 29.5 inches. Other IKEA chests and dressers in this recall were sold at various times through June 2016.
An additional 36 children have been injured by Ikea chests and dressers, which are prone to tip over when they are not secured to a wall. In July, 2015, the retailer launched a public safety campaign about tip-overs, the unsafe moment when a piece of furniture topples to the ground and provided free anchoring kits to customers.
Customers that don't want to keep the recalled furniture can ask for a refund.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar joined state representatives and other senators to make sure the malm dresser from IKEA was recalled and with their efforts it now is. Customers who own an affected dresser from before 2002 will receive partial store credit.
"Please take them out of the room", said IKEA USA President Lars Petersen to NBC News.
The newspaper, which broke the news of the Ikea recall, has reported extensively on the hazard of tip-over accidents. A 22-month-old boy was killed previous year in a similar incident, which occurred after IKEA had announced a fix programme including a free wall-anchoring kit.
Considering it is the same product, do you think that IKEA Australia needs to recall the Malm chest of drawers too?
"I have seen first-hand that innovative furniture designs with enhanced stability are functional, attractive, and possible". But it's not just the Malm, as we originally heard.
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Ikea not recalling furniture pieces sold here as 'they are safe'

Jun 30, 2016 | WWNT Radio

By Janice Sanchez

Ikea said the units under the recall are children's chests and drawers taller than 60cm and adult chests and dressers taller than 75cm.
"If you have, or think you have, one of these drawers... please act immediately", said Elliot Kaye, head of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The recall covers six models of chests or dressers manufactured from 2002 to 2016, as well as about 100 other families of chests and dressers.
Furniture giant Ikea is recalling millions of its chests and dressers, which have been blamed for the deaths of three children.
Pressure on the Swedish furniture retailer mounted this year following the death of a Minnesota toddler who was crushed when a dresser tipped over onto him this February.
At the company headquarters in Stockholm, Ikea group spokeswoman Kajsa Johansson told AFP that the drawers "meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets where sold", adding that the bureaus were "safe when anchored to the wall" as instructed.
Ikea Australia said the Malm chest of drawers would not be recalled, despite the company doing so in the United States and Canada.
After attending to her son, Sumersille contacted Ikea, which she said picked up the two Malm dressers in her bedroom and offered her $388 in store credit.
Ikea says the dressers can fall over if not fastened to the wall.
"Consumers in Australia are already able to request tip over restraints and wall anchoring instructions for all IKEA chests and dressers as part of IKEA's "Secure it" campaign launched globally in July 2015", the ACCC said in a statement.
All of the children killed were three years old or younger, the CPSC said.
But falling-furniture hazards aren't limited to the current recall. One was killed about 27 years ago, but the other deaths occurred more recently in 2002 and 2016.
Consumers can also call IKEA for a free anchoring kit. The firm is offering free kits to attach the units to a wall.
If you are unable or unwilling to return the product or anchor it, IKEA will come and remove it or anchor it for you.

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Recalled Ikea dressers show up for sale on Craigslist, Facebook

Jun 30, 2016 | Chicago Tribune

By Corilyn Shropshire

A string of Ikea dressers have been put up for sale on online selling platforms such as Craigslist in the days since the company recalled them because of safety hazards.
Earlier this month, the Swedish furniture superstore recalled over 100 models of dressers and chests because of a "serious tip-over hazard," including its MALM dresser that was cited in the death of a child earlier this year.
Since the recall was announced Tuesday, more than 15 dressers have popped up for resale on local Craigslist and Facebook pages, despite the fact that it is illegal to resell recalled items.
Reselling recalled items — even in yard sales or thrift shops — is illegal, according the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.
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"We have an aggressive policy with online platforms," said Patty Davis, spokeswoman for the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. "We are looking over the shoulder of these online sellers to make sure recalled products are not slipping through."ADVERTISING
As of Thursday morning, several sale posts for recalled Ikea dressers remained on the Craigslist Chicago website.
Davis said the Consumer Products Safety Commission is working with online selling platforms to monitor and take down sale posts for recalled products. "This is a brand-new recall, so we'll be working closely with online resale platforms," she said. "We encourage sellers to check our website, www.cpsc.gov to see if a product has been recalled. If it has been recalled, you're not allowed to sell it without the repair kit," she said.
Davis also urged buyers to make sure an item they are considering buying has not been recalled. "If eBay and Craigslist don't catch something that's recalled for sale on their sites, we will," she said.

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IKEA's U.S. recall not extended to Australia

Jun 30, 2016 | Fayette Advocate

By Elbert Graham

"We were just lucky he wasn't trapped underneath", said Sumersille, adding that she was shaking this week after learning of the 29 million chests and dressers recalled by Ikea.
A SET of Ikea drawers which have caused the death of six children overseas has been withdrawn from sale, but will continue be sold here.
The dressers become unstable and can easily tip over if they haven't been properly secured to the wall and the drawers are open.
Ikea, which has a location in Red Hook at 1 Beard Street, announced on June 28 that it is recalling over 29 million of its "Malm" series of chests and dressers due to fears that the furniture can injure or kill children.
As part of the recall, IKEA is offering refunds or a free wall-anchoring kit.
Ikea Singapore is not recalling the furniture pieces as they meet safety standards here and are safe when attached to the wall, a spokesman said yesterday.
However IKEA Australia says it will not recall the same products.
The company said it has received three reports of tip-over incidents in Canada with two minor injuries.
The recalled dressers are from its Malm line and other furniture lines. If you own one of the products mentioned above, you are also eligible for a full or partial refund, which you can apply for here.
Eight million of the recalled items in the United States are Malm model chests and dressers, and 21 million additional children's and adult chests and dressers.
In the past 13 years, six children have been crushed to death after an Ikea dresser tipped over.
All of the children killed were three years old or younger, the CPSC said.
The deaths all children under the age of 4 dated back to 1989, with the most recent one in February, according to the CPSC. Issuing a warning to anchor the product to the wall is not a sufficient safeguard as buyers may not be able to follow the assembly instructions given, he said.
"Please take them out of the room", said IKEA USA President Lars Petersen to NBC News.

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This Is The Largest Recall In Ikea's History

Jun 30, 2016 | Lucena Informacion

Six children aged three years old or younger were crushed to death by Ikea furniture and 36 others were injured, according to the CPSC. The Wall Street Journal reports that IKEA is aware of 41 incidents where unanchored dressers tipped over. The deaths - all children under the age of 4 - date back to 1989 and are as recent as this February, the CPSC said.Permanently "Eliminate" The Ringing In Your Ears?"Fix" Your ED by Doing This Once Daily - Better Than Viagra31 History's Biggest Sex Addicts1 Food That "Destroys" High Blood Pressure?
The notice is for all of IKEA's children's chests of drawers taller than 60 cm (24 inches) and its adult chests of drawers taller than 75 cm (30 inches) sold until June 2016.
IKEA said that the recall was based on a standard applicable in North America for free-standing clothing storage units and that the products meet all mandatory stability requirements in Europe and other parts of the world.
The Ikea recall applies to at least 29 million chests and dresser products.
IKEA will also provide full refunds to customers under terms of the recall.
Ikea Australia said the Malm chest of drawers would not be recalled, despite the company doing so in the United States and Canada. Furniture made before 2002 may be eligible for a partial store credit.
The Swedish company is offering customers a refund on returned furniture or accessories to anchor the furniture to a wall, with the work being done either by the buyer or by an IKEA employee at no charge.
"Ikea Singapore follows this global European standard (one of two global safety standards that Singapore authorities require furniture retailers to comply to), and hence, we will not be conducting any recalls here as we are in compliance with safety regulations".
Last year, IKEA launched an ad campaign warning customers of the dangers of falling furniture.
However Ikea Australia said it was not undertaking the recall insisting the safety of its products was "our highest priority".
"IKEA needs to not just say put an anchor on the wall, but say it actually has an issue", said Klobuchar.
"I am calling on the furniture industry to accelerate bringing safer designs to market", CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye said in a statement Tuesday.

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Ikea issues voluntary recall of 29 mn chests and dressers

Jun 30, 2016 | Spoleto City

By Pamela Guccione

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says tipped-over furniture or television sets kill one U.S. child every two weeks.
At least six children, all under the age of four, have been killed by a specific IKEA product since 1989. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016. The CPSC said it has received 36 reports of children who were injured by the furniture.
The units being withdrawn are children's chests of drawers higher than 23.5 inches (60 cm) and adult chests of drawers and dressers above 29.5 inches.
IKEA is recalling millions of dressers in North American after the deaths of three toddlers in the United States from a falling Malm IKEA dresser.
IKEA has recalled 29 million dressers and chests after the company and federal government learned of a third tip-over death involving a child.
Customers that do not want to keep the recalled furniture can ask for a refund.
Now, in an unprecedented move, Ikea is recalling the Malm line of dressers, as well as other models of dressers that tip over too easily, going back a decade.
Store credit for 50% of original price: If the item was manufactured before January 2002.
IKEA said its chest of drawers are safe when attached to a wall as directed in the assembly instructions, and safety tips are also available in-store and on its website.
Ikea said that starting previous year it distributed 300,000 attachments to consumers, but not many seem to use them to affix the chests to the wall.
Ikea launched a fix program a year ago for the dressers after the deaths of two children.
"IKEA needs to not just say put an anchor on the wall, but say it actually has an issue", said Klobuchar.
The CPSC warned furniture makers Tuesday that it will go after any company whose products pose a tip-over risk.
Millions of customers who bought chests and dressers sold by the popular Swedish furniture retailer could receive a refund after Ikea said Monday that it would immediately stop selling the wobbly products.
Ikea says the dressers can fall over if not fastened to the wall.

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Ikea Is Recalling Dressers Deemed Safe Enough to Sell in Europe

Jun 30, 2016 | Reason.com

By Lenore Skenazy

This week, Ikea made a sweeping recall of its 29,000,000 dressers sold in America and Canada:
After the deaths of three toddlers, Ikea has agreed to immediately stop selling dressers that too easily tip over, and to offer full refunds to millions of customers who bought them.
The recall applies to 29 million dressers, some sold more than a decade ago, including the company's popular, low-cost Malm line. By Monday, Ikea's website no longer carried the Malm models blamed in the deaths, which fail industry stability tests.
Details of the agreement, which a federal agency source briefed on the matter called "unprecedented," are scheduled to be made public Tuesday.
The accompanying photo of the bureau with all of its drawers pulled out was scary—it looked like it could easily tip over. And I vividly recall me making my husband bracket our bookshelves to the wall when our kids were young—it was just too easy for me to imagine them being crushed. And Ikea did tell consumers to secure its dressers to the wall—as should every furniture and TV manufacturer, I guess. The units were sold with bracket kits and instructions. (Though whether Ikea instructions help or hurt consumers is up for debate.)
All that being said, I also wonder if any item not nailed down is ever safe enough. The pictures of the kids who died after the chests fell on them are heartbreaking, as are the quotes from their parents. And yet, 3 out of 29,000,000 is about 1 in 10,000,000. Is one death per ten million a truly reckless safety record?
I ask not out of any knee-jerk distrust of recalls, but out of real interest. An anonymous source from the Consumer Products Safety Commission was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday saying:
"It's truly remarkable," said the commission source. "A scope that we haven't seen from the agency. It's total capitulation by Ikea."
"Total capitulation" strikes me as an odd phrase. As if Ikea believed in its product but had to capitulate to our particular culture.
And now Reuters is reporting that Ikea will actually recall 36,000,000 dressers, responsible for a total of six children's deaths since 1989—that is, in the past 27 years.
Six deaths in 27 years. That's about one every four years from an item that is incredibly popular. In Europe and the U.K., Ikea will not recall its dressers, saying that, "The recall in North America is an outcome of a dialogue between IKEA in US and Canada and the local consumer authorities."
In other words, our country's regulators insist on recalling millions of units that other countries consider safe enough.
I've heard from readers saying that the Ikea dressers were particularly "tippy," and those saying they were not. Either way, obviously no one is in favor of any child ever getting hurt, especially due to a shoddy product. But the question remains of whether we must react to any and every child's death—including one every four years—with a massive recall.

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Massive Consumer Product Safety Commission IKEA Recall Leaked to Press by “CPSC Source” Prior to Official Agency Announcement

Jun 30, 2016 | The National Law Forum

By Matthew R. Howsare and Charles A. Samuels

Today the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and Health Canada announced a massive joint recallwith IKEA involving over 35 million pieces of furniture that can pose a tip over hazard to small children. While we would normally write about the recall itself, a troubling development has caught our attention. A CPSC employee prematurely leaked the recall to staff reporter Tricia Nadolny at the Philadelphia Enquirer.
The CPSC and IKEA officially announced the recall this morning, but the Philadelphia Enquirer prematurely broke the story yesterday afternoon. The reporter confirmed in the story that her source works for the CPSC and did not have clearance to discuss the recall publicly. Additionally, the story included quotes from consumer advocates and other interested parties reacting to the recall—indicating that the reporter had the information for a decent amount of time prior to publishing the story.
After the Enquirer article was published, multiple other media outlets began reporting the recall. This likely put IKEA (and the CPSC) in an incredibly difficult situation of having to quickly make decisions about the release of information about the recall. For companies and legal counsel negotiating a recall—especially one of this magnitude—this is a nightmare scenario.
Even if a company has a contingency plan in the event a recall is leaked early (something we usually recommend for higher profile recalls), the carefully negotiated messaging and CPSC agreed rollout of the recall will have been thrown out the window and replaced by the leaked information. The company will be forced to scramble to respond to media questions while also not spoiling the originally planned announcement.
Additionally, and even more problematic, consumers who may have recalled units will start calling and emailing the company before they know the company’s official 800 number to call and before the company has sufficient staff to start fielding those calls. With over 29 million units involved in this specific recall, that could add up to quite a lot of phone calls and emails.
There are many compelling reasons why the CPSC and companies agree to not only the content of a recall, but also its timing. For a recall of this magnitude to be leaked to the media is a very troublesome precedent and cause for concern to companies negotiating higher profile recalls with the CPSC. Companies have not historically had much to fear in terms of recall information leaking from the agency, but this development potentially calls that into question.
Not only is it a violation of CPSC’s own statutes and regulations for recall information to be prematurely leaked to the press (and potentially could lead to employee sanctions), but it is also potentially disruptive to the effectiveness of the recall itself. The CPSC should take steps to ensure such leaks do not occur in the future.

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Ikea recalls one of its most popular items after fatal accidents

Jun 30, 2016 | Brick Underground

By Virginia K. Smith

Sary news if you've bought a dresser from IKEA anytime over the last 14 years: after six children were fatallly injured, the home-goods mega-store has recalled 29 million MALM chests and dressers sold between 2002 and 2016, ABC News reports.
The problem, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is that the dressers are "unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children." (And in the anecdotal experience of one Brick editor who's owned a MALM, the dressers are extremely prone to tipping.) Below is a chart of the dressers that are included in the recall, via the CPSC, and IKEA has a list as well.
IKEA has issued a warning to customers to "please immediately stop using any recalled chest or dresser that is not properly anchored to the wall and place in an area that is not accessible to children." To that end, they're offering customers two options: either a refund, or a free wall-anchoring repair kit so that they can safely secure the dressers to their walls. If you opt for the latter option, the company has tips on safe installation here, as well as a pair of (occasionally disturbing) safety videos.
For more information, IKEA has set up an FAQ page about the recall, and encourages customers with further questions to reach out via email at secureit@ikea.com, or via phone at (866) 856-4532.

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Madigan Warns Consumers to Recalled Products on Second-Hand Markets

Jun 30, 2016 | Effingham's News Leader

By Greg Sapp

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined with Kids in Danger today to urge Illinois consumers shopping on second-hand markets to be aware of recalled products that may be sold without warning.
Madigan and Nancy Cowles, executive director of KID, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children’s product safety, urged any consumers who may be shopping on sites like Craigslist, eBay or other second-hand markets to check if the product or item may have been recalled. Consumers can view information about recalls on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission website and KID’s website.
This week IKEA voluntarily recalled 29 million dressers and chests after the deaths of six toddlers from tip-over accidents. Consumers – especially consumers with young children – who own the dressers that are not anchored to the wall should stop using the dressers until they can be anchored. IKEA has advised consumers that they can receive a refund or store credit for their dresser or received a free repair kit to anchor the dresser to the wall to prevent a tip-over accident.
For more information about the IKEA recall, contact its customer service at (866) 856-4532 or visit its website.
“Consumers shopping for used products should know that recalled products may be sold online without warning,” Madigan said. “It’s critical to check if an item has been recalled before making any second-hand purchase and learn what information or repairs may need to be made in order to ensure the item is safe in your home. Consumers can also contact my Recall Hotline for information on recalled products."
“While it’s illegal to sell recalled products, online sellers may be unaware their product has been recalled,” Cowles said. “Online sites should do what they can to keep recalled products off their sites, and buyers should check as well at CPSC.gov or by searching at kidsindanger.org on a mobile device.”
Madigan and KID also warned families and caregivers to the risk of tip-over accidents for unsecured furniture that has led to increased reports of injury and deaths across the country.
Madigan and KID urged families to follow CPSC guidelines to secure furniture in their homes:
--Anchor furniture to the wall or floor;
--Place televisions on sturdy, low-base stands or furniture, or anchor the furniture and the television on its base, and push the television as far back to the wall as possible;
--Keep remote controls, toys and other items of interest to children off of television stands or furniture; Keep television and cable cords out of reach;
--and Ensure that freestanding kitchen ranges and stoves are installed with anti-tip brackets.
For more information, including information about the IKEA recall, contact Madigan’s Recall Hotline at 1-888-414-7678.

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IKEA recalls chests, dressers over tip-over hazard

Jun 30, 2016 | Christian News Today

Ikea will provide a free fix kit to anchor the furniture to a wall or a full refund to customers under the terms of the recall.
IKEA has recalled 29 million dressers and chests after the company and federal government learned of a third tip-over death involving a child.
The trouble first started for Ikea in 2014, when a toddler was crushed to death by a toppled Malm dresser.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has met with IKEA, and the consumer watchdog says U.S. regulators have not identified a safety defect in the furniture.
The list of other dressers affected by this recall is extensive, including everything from the ALESUND four-drawer model to the VOLLEN three-door model.
IKEA is urging Canadian and US customers to make sure their IKEA dressers are properly secured to the wall and to immediately stop using them if they’re not.
“It is clear that there are still unsecured products in customers’ homes”, Ikea said in a statement.
Ikea has announced a voluntary recall of 29 million chests and drawers, after three children died in the past two years after dresser tip-over accidents.
Ikea said it’s been in “close contact” with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which helps carry out recalls, about how to remedy the hazard.
“Ikea chest of drawers are safe when attached to the wall as directed in the assembly instructions”, he said.
You may be surprised to learn that tipped-over furniture and TVs kill a US child every two weeks. In 2015 Ikea provided free wall anchoring for the Malm furniture, but there was another incident this year.
The chairman of the CPSC Elliot Kaye added: “Today’s announcement is not the end of our work on this hazard, nor should it be for the furniture industry”. Falling chests, dressers and bureaus cause about 20 percent of deaths, and falling appliances (such as stoves) cause about 7 percent of deaths. Design the biggest recall in the company’s history is meant to prevent more deaths, but the company also wants to raise awareness of how important it is to secure any home furniture that can tip over.

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Ireland not affected by IKEA dresser recall

Jun 30, 2016 | News Talk

Furniture giant IKEA has said they will not be recalling any chest of drawers in the UK and Ireland.
Yesterday the North American side of the company announced a recall of 29 million dressers in the US and Canada, following the deaths of six children, however a spokesperson for IKEA Ireland told Newstalk.com that it does not apply here.
"IKEA chests of drawers are safe when anchored to the wall per the assembly instructions, using the tip over restraint provided with the product," said Customer Relations Manager Donna Moore.
"We have no information of any tip over incidents with a properly anchored chest of drawer. This is why we are committed to raising awareness among consumers of the tip over risks and how to prevent them.
"We are convinced that we can make a difference by sharing knowledge about safety in the home through our “Secure it!” awareness campaign."
Moore said the recall in North America was the outcome of dialogue between IKEA US and their local consumer authorities and is "based on the local ASTM standard, which is a voluntary standard for the sale of chests of drawers in North America".
She added: "IKEA chests of drawers meet all mandatory stability requirements on all markets."
The company is urging people to check that their chests of drawers are securely anchored to the wall, and customers can request a free replacement restraint kit if they haven’t already fixed their chest of drawers to the wall by calling 01 5413302.

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Ikea Will Not Recall Dangerous Chests in China

Jun 30, 2016 | Sixth Tone

By Colum Murphy

Swedish furniture brand Ikea said it has no plans to recall a model of drawers that have been linked to at least six deaths among young children and deemed dangerous by North American authorities, saying the furniture meets Chinese standards.
“So far in China there are no complaints and no accidents reported,” Xu Lide, a spokeswoman for Ikea in China told Sixth Tone.
By contrast, in the United States and Canada, Ikea will recall around 29 million chests and dressers.
A mother and her son look at Malm chests in an Ikea mall in Shanghai, June 29, 2016. Zhou Yinan for Sixth Tone
The chests did not meet U.S. voluntary industry standard established by the American Society for Testing and Materials, according to a statement posted to the website of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a government consumer safety watchdog.
CSPC said the chests — marketed mainly under the Malm brand — were linked to the deaths of at least six young children and injured scores more.
There is no such recall on the cards in China. Referring to the brand of Malm chests, spokeswoman Xu said: “They are safe as long as they are fixed to a wall.”
Ikea reportedly will also not recall the chests in other countries such as Australia.
In the past, Chinese media have pointed their finger at consumer electronics giant Apple, accusing it of having double standards when it comes to its repair policies. Ikea’s decision not to recall its defective furniture could see a similar reaction from Chinese consumers.
Each year, on March 15, China’s state broadcaster CCTV airs a special program that coincides with World Consumer Rights Day that highlights what the TV station considers serious violations of Chinese consumers’ rights. Targeted brands have included several leading international ones including McDonald’s and BMW.
Chinese net users were swift to react to Ikea’s decision not to recall the chests. On microblogging platform Weibo, user baoxiaobi said that if the Ikea chests in question met with Chinese standards, then it was time to revise those standards.
“Anyway, Ikea’s attitude in dealing with this issue reflects its irresponsibility,” the net user wrote. “I’m disappointed with Ikea.”
China represents a sizable market for Ikea and is one of its fastest growing. In the financial year ending Aug. 31, 2015, the company had global sales totaling 31.9 billion euro (around $35.3 billion), yielding a profit of 3.5 billion euro. China sales during the same period were around 1.4 billion euro.
Ikea has recalled products in China before. According to a report by Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper, Ikea earlier this year called back three types of ceiling lamps — more than 35,000 in total — that posed the risk of falling down.

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Ikea Will Not Recall Dangerous Chests in China

Jun 30, 2016 | Sixth Tone

By Colum Murphy

Swedish furniture brand Ikea said it has no plans to recall a model of drawers that have been linked to at least six deaths among young children and deemed dangerous by North American authorities, saying the furniture meets Chinese standards.
“So far in China there are no complaints and no accidents reported,” Xu Lide, a spokeswoman for Ikea in China told Sixth Tone.
By contrast, in the United States and Canada, Ikea will recall around 29 million chests and dressers.
The chests did not meet U.S. voluntary industry standard established by the American Society for Testing and Materials, according to a statement posted to the website of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a government consumer safety watchdog.
CSPC said the chests — marketed mainly under the Malm brand — were linked to the deaths of at least six young children and injured scores more.
There is no such recall on the cards in China. Referring to the brand of Malm chests, spokeswoman Xu said: “They are safe as long as they are fixed to a wall.”
Ikea reportedly will also not recall the chests in other countries such as Australia.
In the past, Chinese media have pointed their finger at consumer electronics giant Apple, accusing it of having double standards when it comes to its repair policies. Ikea’s decision not to recall its defective furniture could see a similar reaction from Chinese consumers.
Each year, on March 15, China’s state broadcaster CCTV airs a special program that coincides with World Consumer Rights Day that highlights what the TV station considers serious violations of Chinese consumers’ rights. Targeted brands have included several leading international ones including McDonald’s and BMW.
Chinese net users were swift to react to Ikea’s decision not to recall the chests. On microblogging platform Weibo, user baoxiaobi said that if the Ikea chests in question met with Chinese standards, then it was time to revise those standards.
“Anyway, Ikea’s attitude in dealing with this issue reflects its irresponsibility,” the net user wrote. “I’m disappointed with Ikea.”
China represents a sizable market for Ikea and is one of its fastest growing. In the financial year ending Aug. 31, 2015, the company had global sales totaling 31.9 billion euro (around $35.3 billion), yielding a profit of 3.5 billion euro. China sales during the same period were around 1.4 billion euro.
Ikea has recalled products in China before. According to a report by Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper, Ikea earlier this year called back three types of ceiling lamps — more than 35,000 in total — that posed the risk of falling down.
Additional reporting by Dong Heng. With contributions from Shi Yi and Shen Zhefan.

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Ikea's 29M Dresser Recall Shows CPSC Repair Push Failed

Jun 29, 2016 | Law360

By Emily Field

Ikea’s announcement that it is recalling 29 million dressers prone to toppling over and crushing children comes nearly a year after aConsumer Product Safety Commission campaign to repair the dressers, but the agency’s puzzling decision to not call that initiative a recall muffled its initial impact, attorneys say.

The scope of the recall of Ikea chests and dressers — including 8 million Malm units — almost eclipses the total number of consumer products recalled last year by the CPSC, which was about 30.7 million. Last summer, the CPSC announced a repair program to provide consumers with free wall-anchoring kits to secure chests and dressers, including the Malm units — but not calling that initiative a recall was a departure from its usual practice, attorneys said.

“When it was announced in July 2015 calling it a campaign and not a recall, it was the first time I can remember that the CPSC didn’t use the word ‘recall’ in the press release,” said Jenifer Keenan of Alston & Bird LLP.

The July 2015 repair program — which affected 27 million products — followed the deaths of two children, both under the age of 3, who died after Malm units fell on them. Neither unit had been secured to the wall.

Then in February, a 22-month-old boy was killed in Minnesota when a six-drawer Malm unit tipped over on him. Again, the unit hadn’t been anchored to a wall.

“You just question whether there would have been more awareness of original campaign if it had been called a recall, as the CPSC has done for other repair campaigns,” Keenan said.

Although the CPSC has been firm in requesting that just about any voluntary action by a company be called a recall, the 2015 repair campaign was a deviation from that practice, Cary Silverman of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP said.

The CPSC said on Tuesday that Ikea had received reports of 41 incidents where Malm dressers tipped over, causing 17 injuries to children between the ages of 19 months and 10 years.

And there were another 41 reports of tip-overs involving dressers other than Malms that pinned children underneath, resulting in another three deaths and 19 injuries since 1989, the agency said.

One reason the CPSC opted last year for a repair program instead of a recall campaign is that there may have been debate over whether an unsecured dresser counted as a defective product that would necessitate a recall, even if both the agency and Ikea both felt that some action should be taken to alert consumers, attorneys said.

“One can surmise that Ikea took the position that the product was sold with an anchoring kit to begin with and it was not a defective product, and so they didn’t want to call it a recall,” Gary Glass of Thompson Hine LLP said. “And one can surmise that maybe the CPSC agreed with them.”

Additionally, Silverman noted, just about anything can fall over on someone, and little kids are especially prone to climbing on furniture and pulling things down.

“The CPSC would have a difficult time if it required every TV set not to to fall over,” Silverman said.

And for years, it’s been a point a contention between the regulated community and the CPSC that a recall is not a really an appropriate word for certain things that manufacturers do, such as repairs, Lee Bishop of Lee L. Bishop Law Office said.

The word “recall” also makes manufacturers leery because of fears of future litigation and brand damage, some attorneys said.

Last year, Ikea sent out 300,000 anchor kits to consumers as part of its repair program, which at the time affected 27 million products.

The Swedish retailer said on Tuesday that following the February death it was clear that there were still unsecured dressers in customers’ homes and that it believed that taking more action was the right thing to do.

It’s hard to tell in hindsight whether the low rate of participation in the 2015 repair program was due to the lower publicity it received compared to the most recent iteration, but the figure reflects the difficulties manufacturers face in getting consumers to comply with recall notices, attorneys noted.

One of the concerns that manufacturers have with potentially unsafe products is the difficulty in putting the fix in the hands of the consumers, Glass said.

“Recall programs sometimes have a limited effect … and when people have to do things themselves, it’s even more difficult,” Glass said.

In this iteration, consumers can still ask for a free anchoring kit — and request that Ikea send someone to install it — or take the dresser back for a full or partial refund, depending on when they bought it.

The current recall affects products “that do not meet the performance requirements of the U.S. voluntary industry standard,” according to the Ikea website. Those products include children’s furniture items that are are taller than 23.5 inches and adult dressers that are taller than 29.5 inches, and the models range from three to six drawers.

Ikea’s furniture is intended to be used by apartment dwellers — and as such, tends to be on the thin side and lightweight, attorneys noted.

“It really is a question of, is there a point at which where you can’t have a dresser that is skinnier than some dimension,” Bishop said. “I don’t know how you regulate that sort of thing but this clearly is something [the CPSC] felt strongly about.”

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Ikea Dresser Recalls: 29 Million Furniture Sets Caused 6 Kid’s Death

Jun 29, 2016 | Jobs & Hire

By Jane Reed

Furniture Giant Ikea has initiated a massive recall of over 29 million chests and drawers after reports have surfaced that 6 kids have died after being crushed to death.
The recall was prompted after a deal with federal regulators. There were six toddlers crushed to death in the United States alone after experiencing tip-over accidents.
The world's largest furniture company, based in Sweden, has been holding the accountability for a growing death toll of young children since 1989. According to the NY Times, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a stark warning to owners of furniture included in the recall.
Elliot F. Kaye, the commission chairman of US CPSC said, "If you have or think you have one of these products, act immediately." He went on to say that it is dangerous to continue storing the recalled furniture in residents' homes if they are unanchored and if they have young children in the home.
Lawsuits have already been filed against Ikea and the representatives of these cases have welcomed the prompted recall. However, they wished it has been issued sooner. In 2005, there were seven recorded deaths stemming from Ikea furniture, including 70 injuries from Ikea furniture at that time.
That may be the case but Lars Petersson, the president and chief executive of Ikea USA, explained that the recalled furniture was never meant to be standing un-anchored. It should be secured to walls with provided straps. He stresses that it was an "integral part of the assembly instructions." "If you are assembling correctly, the product is actually a very safe product," he said in an interview on Tuesday.
The United States Consumer Product and Safety Commission has tweeted out that Ikea USA kid and adult chest and dresser furnitures are to be refunded. Consumers are advised to visit AnchorIt for more details.

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Ikea Recalls Popular Dresser After It Kills 3 Children

Jun 29, 2016 | Jumble Joy

By Kelly Larsen

Products get recalled all the time, typically because a risk of harm is discovered, or something bad nearly happens. Sadly, recalls also happen because products cause death, and it’s enough to terrify any owner of that item. IKEA recently recalled a collection of its dressers only after 3 children were killed in separate incidents because the dressers tipped over and pinned them down!
IKEA sells a series of dressers known as the Malm collection, which includes 6 styles of the piece of furniture. Back in July 2015, the company issued a recall of a whopping 27 million dressers in response to 2 deaths in 2014.
A 2-year-old in Pennsylvania and a 23-month-old boy in Washington were both unable to get out from underneath their Malm dressers when the units fell down on top of them. Both young boys ended up dying.
It’s a tragic story, and yet IKEA’s response was to simply offer owners of the dressers free wall-anchoring repair kits.
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A third death occurred this past February when a 22-month-old in Minnesota was pinned while his parents thought he was napping. Over 2 months after that incident, IKEA finally issued an official recall of the Malm dressers. The voluntary recall allows owners of any of the Malm dressers to receive a free wall-anchoring kit or to receive a full or partial refund.
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As stated on their website, the refund is issued “if you are unable or unwilling to attach your chest or dresser to the wall.”
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IKEA has argued that owners of the dresser must attach their dresser to the wall, as per the dressers’ assembly instructions. It’s certainly important to read all the instructions when you buy a new product, but with 3 deaths caused by the dressers, it’s hard to believe IKEA hasn’t been more sensitive.
IMAGE SOURCE: IKEA
Many of us love IKEA’s low prices, but with risks like these, is it really worth it? What do you think?

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IKEA recall won't extend to Australia

Jun 29, 2016 | Sky News

IKEA will keep selling a series of popular chests of drawers in Australia despite recalling them in North America after they were linked to the death of six toddlers.
The Swedish retail giant recalled 29 million chests and dressers - including its popular Malm product - in the US and Canada after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said at least six children under the age of four have been crushed to death by a toppling IKEA chest or dresser.
But IKEA Australia says it will not recall the products locally, prompting calls by consumer advocacy group Choice for a change to Australian law.
'The fact that IKEA is yet to announce a recall here says a great deal about the inadequate product safety laws we have down under,' Choice spokesman Tom Godfrey said.
'Consumers might be surprised to learn that currently there is no mandatory requirement for IKEA to sell safe products or notify the public when one of their products has resulted in a child being injured or hospitalised.'
Choice said the issue highlighted the need for major changes to Australian consumer law.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has met with IKEA and said US regulators have not identified a safety defect in the furniture.
The consumer watchdog and IKEA point out consumers can anchor the drawers to walls as per the products' assembly instructions, but Choice is adamant the retailer doesn't go far enough.
'Worryingly, although IKEA's instructions mention the foothold hazard and provide a bracket to attach the furniture to the wall, the screws/fixing devices are not supplied,' Mr Godfrey said.
'Consumers shouldn't assume the company has provided them with everything they need to keep their kids safe when using this product.'
The ACCC's Product Safety Australia website says at least 14 children under nine years old have died in Australia between 2000 and 2015 in incidents where domestic furniture fell on them.
The Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit at Monash University recorded 909 emergency department visits in Victoria between 2006 to 2014 for injuries related to furniture tip-overs.
Of these injuries, half were experienced by children four years old and under, and the majority of accidents happened at home.
The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit at the Mater Hospital also found toppling furniture to be a major hazard, with 1,032 cases recorded between 1999 and 2013 involving children under five years of age.
The ACCC advises parents to buy low-set furniture with stable bases, and to anchor furniture to a wall.

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Ikea has recalled 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled on to them

Jun 29, 2016 | Southern Daily Echo

Ikea has recalled 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled on to them.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said the units are unstable if they are not secured to a wall.
All of the children killed were aged three or younger. One was killed about 27 years ago, but the other deaths occurred more recently in 2002 and 2016. The CPSC said it received 36 reports of children who were injured.
The recall, which only applies to customers in the US and Canada, is for several types of Ikea chests and dressers.
The Swedish firm, which has a firm in Southampton, said the units under the recall are children's chests and drawers taller than 23.5in and adult units taller than 29.5in.
The recalled units were sold at Ikea stores for years.
Ikea said anyone who owns one of the chests or dressers and has not attached it to a wall should remove it from the reach of children. The firm is offering free kits to attach the units to a wall.
Customers that do not want to keep the recalled furniture can ask for a refund. Ikea said it will give a full refund to owners of recalled chests and dressers made between 2002 and 2016. For recalled units made before 2002, customers can receive a store credit for half the original price.
Ikea US president Lars Petersson said the units were sold with instructions saying that they had to be mounted to walls.
Last year, the company offered free wall-mounting kits to owners of its Malm chests and dressers after reports of child deaths.

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Danish government demands to know why IKEA isn’t pulling dangerous dressers

Jun 29, 2016 | CPH Post

By Shifa Rahaman

IKEA recently announced it would be pulling at least 27 million dressers from the North American market after it was reported that three toddlers had died as a result of them falling over. The furniture giant also announced that it would be offering refunds to the millions of people who had purchased a unit.
However, while the recall in North America is unprecedented in terms of the sheer volume of units being recalled, IKEA has announced it will not be making any recalls or offering any refunds in Denmark and other European markets.
We want answers
The government is now demanding answers as to why.
“We have asked IKEA for an explanation about what has happened in the US market, and also about whether the dressers being recalled meet European safety standards,” Mette Cramon, the communications head at the Danish Safety Technology Authority, told DR.
In response, IKEA Denmark has refused to pull the dressers and has insisted that they meet national safety requirements.

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Ikea Recalls 29M Dressers After 6 Kids, Including MN boy, Killed

Jun 29, 2016 | Lakeland Public Television

By Brenda Mak

Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers after six children were killed when the furniture toppled over and fell on them.
The company says that all chests and dressers should be attached to a wall to prevent them from toppling over. Ikea says anyone who owns a chest or dresser that is not mounted to a wall should remove them out of reach from children.
All six children were 3 years old or younger, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says. The CPSC said it also received 36 reports of children who were injured.
One child was killed about 27 years ago. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016. In February, a 22-month-old boy from Apple Valley died when a Malm six-drawer chest fell on top of him.
The recalled MALM chests were sold from 2002 through June 2016 for between $70 and $200.
Ikea is offering free kits to attach the chests and dressers to a wall. Customers can also ask Ikea for a refund.

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Ikea Recalls 29 Million Dressers Following Third Child Fatality

Jun 29, 2016 | New Brunswick Today

By Dave Schatz

Three years ago, Sally Lewis, purchased a pair of IKEA 6-drawer "MALM" dressers for a guest room in her home, but due to Ikea’s latest recallconcerning a tip-over hazard, she says she’ll request a refund from the Netherlands-based company.
“I’m not handy and don’t want to mess with someone making holes in my walls to screw in a [free wall-anchor] so, I think I’ll just replace the dressers and not purchase anymore furniture at the [Elizabeth] Ikea in the future,” said Lewis.
Lewis said she was not interested in getting involved with Ikea’s other recall option: “A one-time, free in-home installation service," will provide the fix.
Ikea, which designs and sells ready-to-assemble beds, desks, chairs, and other furniture and accessories is recalling some 29 million chests and dressers from its MALM furniture line.
Why now? Five months ago, a 22-month old boy “died when a MALM 6-drawer chest fell on top of him,” according to the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).
The accident could have been prevented if the dresser had simply been anchored to a wall with so-called "restraint hardware" and Ikea has been providing it in the form of a free repair kit, for nearly a year.
The kit contains parts and instructions to secure the unstable chests to a wall.
Only now, Ikea North America, based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, will send a service person to your home to install the anchoring hardware at no charge, whereas, originally the repair program didn't offer consumers the in-home installation.
Nor did the repair program offer a refund for returning the product.
“Consumers are entitled to a full refund for chests and dressers manufactured between January 2002 and June 2016. Consumers with chests and dressers manufactured prior to January 2002 will be eligible for a partial store credit,” reads a CPSC news release.
Yet “two tragic fatalities involving MALM chests and dressers occurred prior to [the July 2015] repair program,” according to the CPSC.In February 2014, a 2-year-old boy from West Chester, Pa. died after a 6-drawer MALM chest tipped over and fatally pinned him against his bed.In June 2014, a 23-month-old boy from Snohomish, Wash. died after he became trapped beneath a 3-drawer MALM chest that tipped over.
“None of the chests or dressers in [any of the] incidents had been anchored to the wall. In addition to the three deaths, IKEA received reports of 41 tip-over incidents involving the MALM chests and dressers, resulting in 17 injuries to children between the ages of 19 months and 10 years old,” according to a CPSC news release.
The recalled children’s and adult dressers are unstable if they are not properly attached to the wall and can tip-over, “posing a serious entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children,” says the CPSC.
The recalled MALM chests have been sold to consumers since 2002 for $70 to $200. The children’s chests and dressers are taller than 23.5 inches while the adult chests and dressers are taller than 29.5 inches.
According to the CPSC, Ikea also received 41 reports of tip-overs involving chests and dressers other than MALM's, resulting in the deaths of three children and nineteen injuries to children:In July 1989, a 20-month-old girl from Mt. Vernon, Va. died after an unanchored GUTE 4-drawer chest tipped over and pinned her against the footboard of a youth bed.In March 2002, a 2½-year-old boy from Cranford, N.J. died after an unanchored RAKKE 5-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned him to the floor.In October 2007, a 3-year-old girl from Chula Vista, Calif. died after a KURS 3-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned her to the floor. It is unknown as to whether the dresser was anchored or not.
As for Lewis, she said she would have Ikea pick up her two recalled dressers because she often has young children over to visit who use the spare bedroom to play in.
"It's good that Ikea will come and get the dressers for me, because I don't own a truck to haul them in."
“A child dies every two weeks and a child is injured every 24 minutes in the U.S. from furniture or TVs tipping over,” notes the CPSC, citing its own data.
To receive a refund or free wall-anchoring kit, and to arrange to have the kit installed at no charge, contact IKEA anytime at (866)-856-4532.
Customers can also visit an IKEA retail store to make arrangements, or go to www.IKEA-USA.com/recallchestsanddressers.

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Ikea Recalls Dressers after Child Deaths

Jun 29, 2016 | The Rappaport Law Firm

By Jessie Schoonover

One Pennsylvania mother was horrified to find her two-year old crushed beneath an Ikea dresser. He was pronounced dead a few hours after the incident occurred.
Ikea has announced that it will recall more than 29 million dressers after the death of at least three toddlers since 1989, reports say.
The world’s leading furniture manufacturer, Ikea, announced the involuntary recall alongside the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) this June. It is the MALM series dresser, sources say, that is the prime target of this consumer safety recall.
“I didn’t know to anchor my furniture and, in my mind, I feel that we really shouldn’t have to,” Collas said. “Get rid of it, it’s dangerous, it’s a really dangerous product,” Jaquelyn Collas told ABC news.
According to Collas, the manufacturers of this product are not ensuring its safety; nor are they providing consumers with a comprehensive warning, as to tip-over risks.
According to reports, the company will offer refunds for recalled Ikea dressers; or a safety update/repair for existing furniture.
“…a child in the U.S. is killed every two weeks in a tip-over related incident involving furniture or TVs, and hundreds more are injured. In addition to agreeing to the recall, Ikea, the world’s largest furniture retailer, made a commitment to sell in the U.S. only dressers that comply with the most up-to-date performance standards for furniture stability,” writes Consumer Reports.Which Ikea Dresser Models are Being Recalled?
Several Ikea models of dressers and drawers are being recalled, including any children’s model that is more than 23.5 inches tall. This Ikea Dresser recall also includes adult models which are taller than 29 inches.
The following Ikea Dresser models are also being recalled: MALM 3-DRAWERMALM 4-DRAWERMALM 5-DRAWERTHREE 6-DRAWER MODELSHow to Report a Recalled Ikea Dresser as a “Tip-Over” Risk
Those who believe they have one of the above-mentioned Ikea Dreser MALM models, are encouraged to call 1-866-856-4532 or email: secureit@ikea.com, for customer support and more information regarding the Ikea Dresser Recall.

Additional Sources:
http://info.ikea-usa.com/SecureItKits
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/IKEA-Recalls-29-Million-MALM-and-Other-Models-of-Chests-and-Dressers/
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/about_ikea/newsitem/062816-recall-chest-and-dressers
http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00091961-defective-products-lawsuits-claimed-against-ikea-for-deaths-to-children.html
http://www.consumerreports.org/safety-recalls/ikea-dresser-recall/

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If you shop at Ikea, you should read this

Jun 29, 2016 | Kamloops This Week

Ikea has issued a Canadian recall notice for millions of chests of drawers that can tip over — a safety hazard that has been linked to the deaths of six children in the United States over several years as well as dozens of injuries.
The Swedish furniture multinational said it will repair or pay a refund for chests of drawers that don’t meet North American safety standards.
It also urged customers to stop using the affected chests of drawers and put them out of the reach of children until the furniture can be secured to a wall.
Customers who cannot secure the furniture to a wall are advised to bring the pieces back to any Ikea location for a refund. Ikea has stores in Coquitlam and Richmond.
Ikea Canada’s move is part of a recall of about 29-million chests and dressers sold across the United States and approximately 6.6-million sold in Canada.
The company said it has received three reports of tip-over incidents in Canada with two minor injuries.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said all six of the children killed by tipped furniture were three years old or younger.
One of the children was killed about 27 years ago. The other deaths were more recent, between 2002 and 2016. The Commission said it has received 36 reports of children who were injured by the furniture.
Chests and dressers manufactured between January 2002 and June 2016 qualify for a full refund. Furniture made before 2002 may be eligible for a partial store credit.
The Canadian recall includes several versions of Malm chests, one of nearly 20 furniture brands listed by the company.
More information is online at ikea.com.

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Of killer dressers and a dressing down

Jun 29, 2016 | The Hindu

By Jinoy Jose P

June 29, 2016:
Seems you still have a Conjuring hangover...
Well, I agree the paranormal scare lingers in me; but this is about something plain physical and as mundane as...
...an armchair?
Ha! You’re closer. We’re talking about drawers that play villain in the lives of children and how Ikea, the furniture giant, is being pulled up in the US to admit its design and production faux pas.
I’m curious!
Ikea is recalling 29 million chests and dressers that can easily overturn and trap children under. The Swedish retailer has put out a nicely-worded press release saying the furniture could pose “a tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or injuries to children” if it is not properly fitted to a wall.
Oops! 29 million units of furniture?
Yeah, looks like this is going to be the big daddy of all consumer product recalls. And this has not been an easy move; it comes after a long spell of disputes, cases and public outrage. Reports say these faulty products killed six and injured nearly 40 children in the past 27 years. The recall applies to nearly half the population of chests and dressers Ikea sells in the US. And, interestingly, the line-up includes eight million chests and dressers belonging to the retailer’s immensely popular Malm line. Ikea reportedly got reports of 41 tip-over incidents involving this brand of chests and dressers. The most recent death came in February when a 22-month-old boy died in Minneapolis when a drawer fell on him.
Shocking!
You bet! The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent regulator that scans risks from consumer products, has been saying the Ikea furniture didn’t meet the country’s voluntary performance standards. The CPSC is really worried about consumer products companies flouting guidelines, leading to fatal accidents. It says at least one child dies every two weeks in a tip-over-related incident involving furniture or television sets. To be fair, Ikea joined hands with the CPSC in July 2015 and started a campaign asking customers to secure their chests and dressers. The retailer has been giving wall anchors in its stores. Yet, more accidents, some fatal, have been reported. Ikea has so far distributed some 300,000 wall anchors. But that covers just 1 per cent of the total units sold.
But what’s Ikea’s take on this defect?
Well, the company says the chests and dressers are not meant for free-standing. They must be hooked to the wall. Ikea’s US president Lars Petersson feels we should create a culture of attaching chests of drawers — which he calls a tempting playground for kids — to the wall. The company has asked consumers to return their products. They will refund them or will fix the dressers to the wall.
But is this limited to the US?
It appears not. Ikea’s Canada unit has recalled similar risky chests. The CPSC says Ikea sells nearly seven million dressers and chests in Canada.
Experts say consumers in other markets where Ikea sells might also come up with similar requests, in the wake of the US developments. Ikea has not yet commented on how much this mammoth exercise will cost it.
Okay, will this affect its prospects in India?
Well, as you know, consumer safety is often taken for a ride in this market and lax rules make matters worse. Ikea might not face any legal issues here, but might face some consumer distrust.
In 2013 Ikea received the government’s nod for its ₹10,500-crore plan to open retail stores. So, its potential consumers will surely be watching closely how it is going to deal with the tip-over worries in the US. Because nobody wants an Ikea to change life the wrong way!

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IKEA’s recall not extended to Australia

Jun 29, 2016 | Domain

By Petrina Berry

IKEA will continue to sell a series of popular chests of drawers in Australia despite a recall in north America following toppling incidents that caused the deaths of six toddlers.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said at least six children, all of whom were three years old or younger, have been killed when an IKEA chest or dresser toppled over and crushed them.
The Swedish retail giant has recalled 29 million chests and dressers, including its popular Malm product, in the US.
However IKEA Australia says it will not recall the same products.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has met with IKEA, and the consumer watchdog says US regulators have not identified a safety defect in the furniture.
“Consumers in Australia are already able to request tip over restraints and wall anchoring instructions for all IKEA chests and dressers as part of IKEA’s `Secure it’ campaign launched globally in July 2015,” the ACCC said in a statement.
IKEA said its chest of drawers are safe when attached to a wall as directed in the assembly instructions, and safety tips are also available in-store and on its website.
“IKEA provides anti-tip restraints and instructions for wall anchoring with all chest of drawers,” it said.
The ACCC’s Product Safety Australia website says at least 14 children under nine years old have died in Australia between 2000 and 2015 in incidents where domestic furniture fell on them.
The Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit at Monash University recorded 909 emergency department visits in Victoria between 2006 to 2014 for injuries related to furniture tip-overs.
Of these injuries, half were experienced by children four years old and under, and the majority of accidents happened at home.
The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit at the Mater Hospital also found toppling furniture to be a major hazard, with 1,032 cases recorded between 1999 and 2013 involving children under five years of age.
The ACCC advises parents to buy low-set furniture with stable bases, and to anchor furniture to a wall.

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Deaths and Injuires Prompt Ikea to Recall 29 Million Chests and Dressers

Jun 29, 2016 | Big Class Action

Following reports of children’s deaths and injuries, Ikea is recalling about 8 million MALM chests and dressers and 21 million additional children’s and adult chests and dressers in the US, and about 6.6 million that were sold in Canada.

On July 22, 2015, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and IKEA announced a repair program for the chests and dressers that included a free wall-anchoring repair kit for the MALM chests and dressers and other IKEA chests and dressers.

Two tragic fatalities involving MALM chests and dressers occurred prior to the announcement of the repair program:

In February 2014, a 2-year-old boy from West Chester, PA, died after a 6-drawer MALM chest tipped over and fatally pinned him against his bed.

In June 2014, a 23-month-old boy from Snohomish, WA, died after he became trapped beneath a 3-drawer MALM chest that tipped over.

Subsequent to a July 2015 announcement, the CPSC and IKEA learned of additional tip-over incidents, including a February 2016 incident in which a 22-month-old boy from Apple Valley, MN, died when a MALM 6-drawer chest fell on top of him.

None of the chests or dressers in the above-listed incidents had been anchored to the wall. In addition to the three deaths, IKEA received reports of 41 tip-over incidents involving the MALM chests and dressers, resulting in 17 injuries to children between the ages of 19 months and 10 years old.

The recalled children’s chests and dressers are taller than 23.5 inches and adult chests and dressers are taller than 29.5 inches. The 29 million units of recalled chests and dressers include: MALM 3-drawer, 4-drawer, 5-drawer and three 6-drawer models and other children’s and adult chests and dressers. The recalled chests and dressers are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard that can result in death or serious injuries to children.

The MALM chests and dressers are constructed of particleboard or fiberboard and are white, birch (veneer), medium brown, black-brown, white stained oak (veneer), oak (veneer), pink, turquoise, grey, grey-turquoise, lilac, green, brown stained ash (veneer), and black. A 5-digit supplier number, 4-digit date stamp, IKEA logo, country of origin and “MALM” are printed on the underside of the top panel or inside the side panel.

The recalled MALM chests were sold from 2002 through June 2016 for between$70 and $200.

IKEA also received 41 reports of tip-overs involving chests and dressers other than MALMs, resulting in the deaths of three children and 19 injuries to children:

• In July 1989, a 20-month-old girl from Mt. Vernon, Va. died after an unanchored GUTE 4-drawer chest tipped over and pinned her against the footboard of a youth bed.

• In March 2002, a 2½-year-old boy from Cranford, N.J. died after an unanchored RAKKE 5-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned him to the floor.

• In October 2007, a 3-year-old girl from Chula Vista, Calif. died after a KURS 3-drawer chest tipped over and fatally pinned her to the floor. It is unknown as to whether the dresser was anchored or not.

Most of the non-MALM chests and dressers included in this recall are listed on the IKEA website at www.IKEA-USA.com/recallchestsanddressers.

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IKEA to Recall Popular Dresser

Jun 29, 2016 | Ecommerce-Journal

Furniture giant Ikea said Tuesday it was recallingmore than 35 million chests and dressers in North America after six children died in the United States when they tipped over. The chests and dressers can pose a tip-over hazard if not securely anchored to the wall. The company is offering refunds or a free wall-anchoring kit for customers who own the products, and advising moving unattached dressers to a room inaccessible to children.
That's not all - IKEA has received reports of 41 non-fatal tip-over incidents involving MALMchests and dressers which resulted in 17 injuries to children between 19 months and 10 years old. Seventy percent of injuries and deaths from falling furniture and appliances are attributed to improperly secured TV's.
Kudos to IKEA for getting the information out there, and for a voluntary recall that is bad PR for them, but will hopefully spread awareness about just how unsafe it is to have unsecured furniture and appliances around kids.
The recalls include children's chests and dressers taller than 23.5 inches, and adult chests and dressers taller than 29.5 inches.
IKEA now offers a full refund for the price of the dressers, a plan not available when the companyannounced a fix program last summer.
ABC News reports that six children have died from IKEA furniture that tipped over, with at least two lawsuits filed by parents whose children were killed.
On Monday, Ikea issued a statement explaining that it was recalling the furniture "given the recent, tragic death" of a 2-year-old boy from Pennsylvania.
After a string of both deaths and consumer complaints about the risk of its dressers tipping over and causing injury, Ikea is recalling 29 million dressers.
"We believe that taking further action is the right thing to do", the Ikea statement said.
"If you have or think you have one of these products, act immediately", said Elliot Kaye, chairman of Ikea. Those who purchased a recalled item manufactured before January 2002 are eligible for a partial store credit.
Ikea USA president Lars Petersson said the chests and dressers were sold with instructions saying they must be mounted to walls.
- Ikea is recalling millions of its popular MALM dressers now linked to the death of a third child.

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Ikea offers free replacement fixing kits to UK customers after US safety fears over chests of drawers

Jun 29, 2016 | News Shopper

Ikea is offering a free wall-fixing kit to customers who bought dressers or drawers and threw their kits away.
Ikea in the US has issued a "corrective recall" of 27 million chests of drawers after two toddlers were killed when unsecured Malm chests tipped over and fell on them, offering a free fixing kit to avoid further accidents.
In the UK, all Ikea Malm products come with a fixing kit to attach it to the wall, and the assembly instructions and website make it clear that they should be fixed to ensure they are safe.
But today Gerard Bos, Ikea UK customer relations manager, said any customers who were concerned or who had thrown away their fixing kit could contact the store for a replacement.
He said: "Furniture tip-over is a serious safety risk in the home, however Ikea chests of drawers and dressers are safe to use when assembled according to the assembly instruction and attached to the wall using the restraints provided in the packaging of these products.
"Ikea is committed to raising awareness of the hazard of furniture tip-over. We are running a safety awareness campaign called Safer Homes Together - Secure it! in order to raise awareness of this issue.
"As part of the ongoing campaign, Ikea US, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, yesterday announced a free wall-anchoring kit program.
“Ikea already provides tip-over restraints and instructions with all floor standing units that are purchased which are required to be fastened to the wall.
"Ikea urges customers to inspect their Ikea chests of drawers and dressers to ensure that they are securely anchored to the wall.
"Should any customer be concerned about their furniture, they are welcome to contact us on 0203 645 0010 to request a free restraint kit if the original one was disposed of."
Ikea and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission say they have received 14 reports of Malm chests tipping over in the US, resulting in four injuries.
A two-year-old boy in Pennsylvania was fatally pinned against his bed in February 2014 after a Malm six-drawer chest fell on him, and a 23-month old boy from Washington died after being trapped beneath a three-drawer Malm chest when it tipped over.

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IKEA dresser that prompted Casey bill subject of safety recall

Jun 29, 2016 | The Times

By J.D. Prose

Furniture chain IKEA and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced the recall of a dresser involved in children’s deaths and which prompted recent legislation backed by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey to curb tip-over accidents.
IKEA’s Malm dresser has been involved in six fatal tip-over accidents, including a 22-month-old in Minnesota in February and a Chester County, Pa., 2-year-old in 2014. All of the children killed in Malm tip-overs were under 3, the Associated Press reported, and the earliest accident dates to 1989.
Earlier this month, Casey, D-Scranton, and other Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House introduced the Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act.
The bill would have the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ensure mandatory stability standards for “clothing storage units,” such as chests, bureaus and dressers, either by new rules published by the industry’s standards organization within 180 days of the bill’s passage or on its own within 540 days if it determines the industry’s rules are inadequate.
On Tuesday, the CPSC and IKEA announced the recall of Malm dressers, which were subject to a previous repair program featuring wall anchor kits. The Swedish company is recalling 29 million Malm dressers and other furniture items susceptible to tip-overs.
In a letter to the CPSC last month, Casey and his colleagues called on the agency to take “additional action” to address the risk of tip-over accidents. They specifically called for a recall of Malm dressers, which they charged present “an unreasonable risk of harm to children” of unsuspecting parents.
“I am thankful that IKEA and the CPSC heard the message of our letter and are taking actions that will make kids across the country safer,” Casey said in a statement. “While this is a positive development this battle is by no means over.”
Casey went on to say that “far too many children” are in danger from furniture that easily tips over. “We must continue to push for passage of our legislation to put clear, mandatory safety standards in place,” he said.

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Family of Child Injured by Falling Furniture Speaks Out After Ikea Recall

Jun 29, 2016 | Tribune

A Missouri family who nearly lost their young son when a table toppled onto him are now working to encourage others to be proactive when it comes to childproofing.
Follow link to see video: https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-child-injured-falling-furniture-143029864.html

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7 Fab Alternatives to Ikea’s Recalled Malm Dressers

Jun 29, 2016 | Curbed.com

By Jenny Xie

Though easy on the eyes and wallet, Ikea’s popular Malm dressers and chests have unfortunately also caused a number of injuries and three deaths over the years, as they easily tip over if not anchored to the wall. In response, the Swedish retailer finally announced this week an unprecedented recall of nearly 30 million dressers and chests in the U.S. and has already pulled the three-, four-, and six-drawer Malm models from its website.
If you’re in the market for an affordable, modern dresser, there are, believe it or not, options besides Ikea. Check out these sleek alternatives, all coming in under $500. If dirt-cheap is what you’re going after, Ikea still offers the super DIY-friendly Rast 3-drawer chest for a low $34.99—just make sure you use the enclosed wall-anchoring kit.
No matter what you choose, remember that there are currently only voluntary stability standards in the industry, so caution around upright furniture is advisable, especially if children will be involved.
1. Latitude Mint Low Dresser, $479, CB2
2. Babyletto Lolly 3-Drawer Dresser Changer with Removable Changing Tray (and anti-tip kit), $399, 2modern
3. Alegria 6-Drawer Double Dresser, Maple, $199, Walmart
4. 6-Drawer Dresser by Zipcode™ Design, $309.99, Wayfair
5. Austin 8-Drawer Double Dresser, $216.91, Hayneedle
6. Furniture of America Modern 4-Drawer Wood/Metal Chest, $190.79, Overstock
7. Gravity 6-Drawer Double Dresser by South Shore, $227.99, AllModern

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Ikea needs to recall chests of drawers in Australia: consumer group

Jun 29, 2016 | Xinhua

An Australian consumer group is calling on Swedish furniture giant Ikea to extend the recall of its chest of drawers to Australia, after 29 million were recalled in the U.S. and Canada following the death of several children.

"With 29 million products being recalled in the United States and Canada, there is no good reason why Ikea shouldn't recall these products in Australia," CHOICE spokesperson Tom Godfrey said on Wednesday.

"The fact that Ikea is yet to announce a recall here says a great deal about the inadequate product safety laws we have down under."

Godrey noted that consumers might be surprised to know that currently there is no mandatory requirement for Ikea to sell safe products or notify the public when one of their products has resulted in a child being injured or hospitalized.

"Ikea needs to recall these products immediately and alert consumers to the very real risk they present," he said.

Ikea issued a statement stating: "Australia is not undertaking a recall."

They recommended consumers who own the 'Malm' drawers to read instructions regarding anti tip constraints.

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Tuesday, June 28

Ikea Recalls 29 Million Chests & Dressers Due to Tip-Over Hazard

Jun 28, 2016 | Regan Zambri Long

By Salvatore J, Zambri

On June 28, 2016, Ikea and the CPSC ( US Consumer Product Safety Commission) announced a voluntary recall of all models of MALM and other tall dressers due to tip-over dangers. Ikea has agreed to immediately stop selling the dressers and offer refunds to customers. The recent death of a twenty-two month old child prompted the new recall. Numerous accidents that did not result in deaths were also reported.
In 2015, after tip-over accidents caused the deaths of two children, Ikea launched a free wall-mounting kit program for consumers. However, the 2016 death caused Ikea to relent to pressure from safety advocates to do something more than offer an anchoring kit and issue the recall. The current recall of over 29 million dressers allows consumers to either request the free wall anchoring kit or opt for a full refund for furniture purchased after 2002 or partial store credit for older furniture.
According to the CPSC chairman, "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 current safety standards to make dressers more stable are voluntary, but some lawmakers are pressing for legislation to force dresser manufactureres to meet a mandatory stability standard.
You can contact IKEA at 1-866-856-4532 or email: securit@ikea.com to discuss how to participate in the recall.
Do you have any questions about this post? If so, please email Mr. Zambri: szambri@reganfirm.com.
About the author:
Mr. Zambri is a board-certified civil trial attorney by the National Board of Trial Advocates and a Past-President of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. The association recently named him "Trial Lawyer of the Year". Super Lawyers recently named him among the "Top Ten" lawyers in the Metro Area (out of more than 80,000 attorneys) (2014 and 2015). He has been rated by Washingtonian magazine as a "Big Gun" and among the "top 100″ lawyers in the entire metropolitan area. The magazine also describes him as "one of Washington's best - most honest and effective lawyers" who specializes in personal injury matters, including automobile accident claims, premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice, and work-accident claims. He has successfully litigated multiple cases against truck and bus companies, the Washington Metropolitan Area transit Authority, and other automobile owners. His law firm, in fact, has obtained the largest settlement ever in a personal injury case involving WMATA. Mr. Zambri has also been acknowledged as one of "The Best Lawyers in America" by Best Lawyers (2016 edition) and has been repeatedly named a "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyer magazine - national publications that honor the top lawyers in America.

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IKEA recalls 6.6 MILLION dressers and chests!

Jun 28, 2016 | K-Lite 102.9

By Aiko Iwashita

Do you have an IKEA drawer or chest in your home, office or elsewhere? If you answered YES .... PLEASE be AWARE of this RECALL!
IKEA has recalled 29 million chests and dressers in the United States and 6.6 million dressers and chests in Canada. The recall was made after many injuries were reported and tragically 6 toddlers died due to the IKEA furniture tipping over.
IKEA will refund customers for chests and dressers made between January 2002 and June 2016. If you have a chest or dresser made before January 2002 you are still eligible for a partial store credit.

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