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"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.
Hours after the Inquirer first reported the news Monday afternoon, Ikea USA president Lars Petersson confirmed the recall in an interview with NBC News, saying consumers who own the affected dressers should "please take them out" of any rooms accessible to children."
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...adly_dressers__offer_refunds_to_millions.html
I thought I would post this story as many people have these chest of drawers in their home including me. The recall also applies in the U.K according to the Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ikea-recall-killer-drawers-after-8298777
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.
Hours after the Inquirer first reported the news Monday afternoon, Ikea USA president Lars Petersson confirmed the recall in an interview with NBC News, saying consumers who own the affected dressers should "please take them out" of any rooms accessible to children."
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/2...adly_dressers__offer_refunds_to_millions.html
I thought I would post this story as many people have these chest of drawers in their home including me. The recall also applies in the U.K according to the Daily Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ikea-recall-killer-drawers-after-8298777