Unsafe Infant Sleep Products Are Still Easy to Find Online

We contacted to Walmart, Amazon, Go Garden Store, Orbisify, and Le Caneton, where we found unsafe products for infant sleep. 

Walmart immediately removed the items from the company’s site, saying they were listed by third-party sellers and didn’t meet their policies and high standards. “Items that are identified to not meet these standards or requirements will be promptly removed from the website and remain blocked,” Walmart said. “We are adjusting our controls to help prevent similar items from being listed on our site.” We subsequently found more examples of third-party sellers on Walmart.com showing unsafe infant sleep products, and will follow up with the company.

Amazon was in the process of investigating and taking down products we cited and “taking action against bad actors,” according to a company spokesperson, who added that Amazon continuously monitors its store, “and if we discover a product was undetected by our automated checks, we address the issue immediately and refine our controls.”

Le Caneton, a company based outside of the U.S. that sells baby products globally, including in the U.S., said it was not aware of a ban on crib bumpers and would now “take all the necessary measures to prevent US customers from being able to buy the bumpers from our website.” 

Orbisify told CR it sells products in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and Australia and will stop selling products like the sleep positioners we called out when they are no longer able to be sold in the U.S. The platform still sells crib bumpers outside of the U.S. and said it would stop by the end of the year. 

Go Garden Store did not respond to a request for comment.