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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Io Dodds

Target urgently recalls weighted blankets for children after two girls suffocate to death

Target via CPSC

The American retail giant Target has issued an urgent recall of more than 200,000 weighted blankets after two children reportedly died from being trapped inside them.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday that it was working with Target to recall about 204,000 Pillowfort children's weighted blankets sold between December 2018 and the end of September 2022.

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