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If you bought this children’s weighted blanket for your kids, you should stop using it immediately.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Target is recalling about 204,000 Pillowfort Weighted Blankets after two children reportedly became trapped in the blankets and died by suffocation in April. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC), two other children have also been trapped in the blankets.
The CPSC and Target are urging people who purchased these blankets for their children to stop using them immediately and to contact Target for a refund.
This story is being updated.
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