Alaska groups work to replace unsafe drop-side baby cribs.

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The Fairbanks (AK) News-Miner (9/25, Smetzer) reports, "More than 400 safe baby cribs are on order with more to come via an Alaska Crib Swap effort to replace existing unsafe, drop-side baby cribs that do not meet federal safety standards at licensed child care homes and child care centers." The story notes that "a nonprofit organization, called thread, an Alaska child care referral network, is partnered with Alaska Community Foundation in the Safe Sleep for Alaska's Babies campaign to meet new U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission standards and Federal Child Care Regulation requirements in child care programs statewide." As the piece mentions, "the CPSC has recalled more than 11 million of the dangerous drop-side cribs since 2007."