Crib Deaths Prompt Drop-Side Crib Hazard Warning by CPSC

At least 32 infants have suffocated or strangled in drop-side cribs in the past nine years, prompting the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a warning about the "deadly hazards with drop-side cribs."

One Crib recall after another in recent years has been due to hardware or assembly problems with the once-standard drop-side cribs. Just in the past five years, more than seven million of these cribs have been the subject of 11 recaIls.

Three of the recalls were issued in the past week: Graco and Simplicity brands on the same day, and then C&T and Sorelle a few days later.