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(Reuters Health) - Infant deaths attributed to crib bumpers may be increasing despite media coverage of the risks and industry regulation, according to a new analysis. 
  
 Three times as many children died in crib bumper-related deaths between 2006 and 2012 as in the three previous seven-year time periods, researchers report in The Journal of Pediatrics. 
  
 "I don’t know if it's that people are more aware and they're reporting more, but it could be an actual increase," said senior author Dr. Bradley Thach, of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 
  
 Crib bumpers are pillow-like walls installed around the inside of cribs to protect babies from bumping into hard bars or getting limbs caught. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says there is no proof that bumpers work, but they do pose a risk of suffocation, strangulation or entrapment. 
  
 For the new study, Thach and his colleagues analyzed data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on bumper-related deaths, injuries and accidents. 
  
 They identified 48 deaths by suffocation related to crib bumpers between 1985 and 2012. On average, infants were about five months old when they died, but ages ranged from one to 22 months. 
  
 "They get their face pressed into the bumper and then they don’t get adequate oxygen," Thach said. 
  
 About 67 percent of the deaths were caused by the bumpers. The other deaths were caused by infants being wedged between bumpers and other objects, like pillows and other children. 
  
 There were an average of eight deaths for each seven year-period starting in 1985, but that increased to 23 deaths between 2006 and 2012. 
  
 The researchers can't say why deaths increased. It could be that states and doctors are reporting more of the deaths, or more infants are dying, they write. 
  
 It's possible that even more deaths are related to crib bumpers. When the researchers included crib-bumper data from the National Center for the Review and Prevention of Child Deaths covering 2008-2011, they counted a total of 77 deaths, instead of their original 48. 
  
 The researchers also found 146 injuries and accidents related to crib bumpers between 1990 and 2012, including at least 11 that were life-threatening. 
  
 Some babies could swallow the ties of the bumper, Thach said. He added that older babies can use bumpers to climb out of the crib and fall, too. 
  
 Thach and his colleagues point out that the AAP has been advising against crib bumpers since 2008, and doctors, media articles, publications for parents, and injury lawyers have also recommended against them. "Despite this nationwide publicity. . . deaths have not decreased, likely because bumpers remain widely available in the marketplace, media articles commonly show cribs with bumpers, and parents often believe bumpers are necessary for comfort and safety," they write. 
  
 In a statement to Reuters Health, the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) said traditional crib bumpers can help address parents' concerns about crib-related injuries when used according to instructions. 
  
 "In 2013 an independent research firm evaluated all available information, including incident reports and allegations and found that at no time has the crib bumper been cited as the sole cause of an infant’s death," said the statement. 
  
 The JPMA also said consumers who want bumpers for the care of their baby should buy products that comply with the guidelines set by the standards organization ASTM International. 
  
 Thach and colleagues warn that self-regulation and following safe sleeping practices won't stop children from suffocating if their faces get covered by crib bumpers. 
  
 "We recommend that CPSC ban traditional crib bumpers for sale in 
  
 the U.S. quickly," they add. 
  
 SOURCE: bit.ly/1Ie9v2u The Journal of Pediatrics, online November 24, 2015. ||||| Padded bumpers offered as safety features in baby cribs are to blame for a rising number of infant deaths, according to findings reported Tuesday in the Journal of Pediatrics. 
  
 “When a baby’s nose and mouth are covered by a bumper, they can suffocate from their airway being blocked or from breathing oxygen-depleted air,” said the report’s lead author, NJ Scheers. Now retired, Scheers is the former manager of the Infant Suffocation Project at the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC). 
  
 Various groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Canadian Pediatric Society, and the National Institutes of Health, have recommended against the use of bumpers since a 2007 study highlighted the risks. 
  
 But pediatricians’ warnings don’t appear to be diminishing the products’ usage. Scheers and colleagues analyzed bumper-related deaths in CPSC databases and found that from 2006-2012, crib bumpers were responsible for 23 deaths, nearly as many as were seen over the two decades prior to 2006. 
  
 Scheers said she hopes the research will lead to a CPSC ban. Currently the action is voluntary: Some Ikea and Target stores have stopped selling the bumpers in recent years. The city of Chicago and the state of Maryland have also banned the sale of crib bumpers. But, said Nancy Cowles, executive director of consumer advocacy group Kids in Danger, “until we get them off of all the store shelves, we’re going to keep seeing these deaths.” 
  
 Leah Samuel can be reached at leah.samuel@statnews.com 
  
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Despite warnings from groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institute of Health, infant deaths related to padded crib bumpers may have tripled in recent years, Stat reports. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of Pediatrics used data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission to identify 23 bumper-related deaths between 2006 and 2012. That's up from an average of eight during every previous seven-year period starting in 1985, according to Reuters. And it could still be a massive underreporting. "Despite this nationwide publicity…deaths have not decreased, likely because bumpers remain widely available in the marketplace, media articles commonly show cribs with bumpers, and parents often believe bumpers are necessary for comfort and safety," Reuters quotes the study. Stat reports the padded crib bumpers intended to keep babies safe can actually cover their noses and mouths, leading to suffocation. And Reuters notes the American Academy of Pediatrics has found no proof they actually work. According to the study, it's not clear whether bumper-related deaths are actually increasing or just being reported more. Regardless, the study's authors hope their research will lead to a bumper ban. “Until we get them off of all the store shelves, we’re going to keep seeing these deaths," a child-safety advocate tells Stat. Bumpers are currently banned in Maryland and Chicago, and some Target and Ikea stores have stopped selling them. Bumper manufacturers maintain their product is safe as long as instructions are followed.