Over 2000 Infants Still Injured by Baby Walkers Every Year; Call for Ban

Over 2000 Infants Still Injured by Baby Walkers Every Year; Call for Ban
Baby walkers are used to help infants walk before they can walk on their own. (Adam Jones/CC BY-SA 2.0).
Margaret Wollensak
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A team of researchers is calling for a ban on baby walkers in the United States to stop harming infants. 
According to the 2018 study “Infant Walker-Related Injuries in the United States," baby-walker injuries dropped after mandatory manufacturing standards for baby-walkers took effect in 2010. The study attributes the drop to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC’s) implementation of the standard, and a variety of factors.