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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving toward forbidding companies that sell, make or import children's clothing from offering outerwear with drawstrings after a sweep by the agency found numerous violations of its 14-year-old guidelines regarding the products, WalletPop.com has...

Macy's is recalling 33,000 children's sweaters and sweatshirts sold nationwide between last August and March because they have drawstrings, which have been effectively prohibited since 1996 on kid's clothes because they pose a risk of strangulation.The strings at issue in this case are actually...

Five times this week and once more earlier this month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued notices to the public that hooded sweatshirts were being recalled because they had drawstrings. Drawstrings, the CPSC, has said, is a leading cause of strangulation among children. Of 38...