Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall to Repair Roll-Up Blinds by Chicology: Strangulations can occur if the lifting loop slides off the side of the blind and a child's neck becomes entangled on the free-standing loop or if a child places his/her neck between the lifting loop and the roll-up blind material.  http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10263.html