2.2 million bean bag chairs recalled after two children die

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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bean-bags-recalled-20140822-story.html



2.2 million bean bag chairs recalled after two children die
By Andrew Khouri
8.22.2014

Following the suffocation deaths of two children, Ace Bayou Corp. is recalling 2.2 million of its bean bag chairs.

The zippers on the chairs are not locked, allowing children to climb inside, where they can suffocate or choke on the foam beads, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.

The voluntarily recalled chairs were sold before July 2013 at Bon-Ton, Meijer, Pamida, School Specialty, Wayfair and Wal-Mart stores. The New Orleans company's chairs were also sold online at Walmart.com, Amazon.com and Meijer.com.
Beanbag chairs recalled after two kids suffocate
2.2 million beanbag chairs are being recalled from Ace Bayou Corp. after the suffocation deaths of two children.

A 3-year-old girl from Lexington, Ky., and a 13-year old boy from McKinney, Texas, died when they climbed inside the chairs and suffocated after inhaling the foam beads, the consumer agency said.

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1. How sad. Past solutions would require warning labels, maybe they are already there.

To be effective, these would have to be in multiple languages, and some populations have no written language, so that's not really a solution.

I would say sew them up, lose the zipper, why is there a zipper at all?

It's not like you need to change out the filler.