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Target Issues Major Product Recall After Multiple Children Die

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December 24, 2022

Photo Caption: (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/49969498@N02">Robert T Bell</a> from Oshawa

Target is recalling around 204,000 Pillowfort Weighted Blankets after two kids died after reportedly “became entrapped” in the blanket's cover, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A recall information page on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's website states that a 4-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina reportedly “became entrapped in the cover of the weighted blanket” and died after suffocating in April 2022.

In total, Target has received “four reports of children becoming entrapped in these weighted blankets,” including the two deaths, according to the commission.

The commission states that children can become “entrapped by unzipping and entering the blanket.”

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