Woman using baby sling
© File PhotoA model for designer Issac Mizrahi wears a red satin pleated evening gown while holding her baby in a matching baby sling.
Washington -The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings, which are popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a cuddle on the move. The concern is that infants can suffocate, and at least a few have.

The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum, said yesterday that her agency is getting ready to issue a general warning to the public, probably this week.

"We know of too many deaths in these slings, and we now know the hazard scenarios for very small babies," said Tenenbaum. "So, the time has come to alert parents and caregivers."

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