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"  At the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, we&amp;#039;re thrilled to hear that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted last week to approve a proposal to create a federal safety standard for strollers. In November 2010, we urged the stroller industry to address hazards we found when evaluating full-size strollers. When we conducted this test over two years ago, we were dismayed to discover that more than a quarter of those we inspected posted a potential risk to young children\u2039even though they met industry standards. We pointed out that there is a serious oversight in those standards. They don&amp;#039;t include a test for pinch points\u2039places where children&amp;#039;s fingers can get caught when the stroller canopy is open and closed. Ten of the 36 strollers we tested had places in which a child&amp;#039;s finger might get caught.  The engineers at GHRI developed a simple pencil test so that if you are shopping for a stroller you can quickly tell if there is a hinge hazard. Just check that there&amp;#039;s enough space for a pencil (the approximate size of a toddler&amp;#039;s finger) to move freely between hinge parts at all points where the stroller hood adjusts. Once the new standard is in place this may not be necessary but, for now, you should certainly take this precaution. And, of course, if you plan on using any hand-me-down strollers from friends and relatives, do the same. The new proposed standard will also be addressing car seat attachments, handlebar failures, parking breaks, wheel breakage and detachment, and more. All good news for children&amp;#039;s safety! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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