Federal regulators, medical experts and safe-sleep advocates have warned of the potential danger of weighted infant sleepwear, but manufacturers say their products have helped millions of families.
Amazon and Target are among the latest big retailers to stop selling weighted infant sleepwear due to concerns about safety. Here, a woman pushes a stroller as the New York skyline is seen from Weehawken, New Jersey.
"We're a small business, and at this point it's the United States government against Dreamland Baby and Nested Bean," said Williams."This is not a new product category. It's been out for over 10 years. There's over 3.5 million sold with no pattern of hazard." Williams said Dreamland Baby is currently conducting a safety study involving its products with researchers from Indiana University.he wrote letters to several retailers alerting them to"multiple infant deaths" from weighted sleep products. CPSC spokesperson Patty Davis said the commission was aware of one death from a weighted infant sleep product.
"The death of a child is an unfathomable tragedy, yet such an incident does not give public officials license to spread unsupported claims, particularly when they result in endangering a small, minority female-owned business," Gangan said.Amazon, Target, Walmart and the website Babylist have all confirmed to NPR that they no longer sell weighted infant sleep products.
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