Persuade laundry appliance manufacturers to install safety sensor to save lives

Closed 749 signatures

What the petition asks

Research shows many children and pets have died or been injured in laundry machines. This is easily preventable in this day and age if manufacturers would invent and install a safety sensor to detect C02 or a heartbeat which immediately shuts down the machine or emits an alarm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297804/Boy-4-dies-tumble-dryer-hide-seek-game-goes-tragically-wrong.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4446656.stm
https://www.whitegoodshelp.co.uk/children-pets-dying-in-washing-machines-and-tumble-dryers/
http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Accidentally-Killed-My-Pet/1459836
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008786
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/boy-3-suffocated-while-trapped-in-tumble-dryer-1237160.html

Timeline

8 Feb 2017	Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 749

Status Closed

Opened 8 Feb 2017

Closed 2 May 2017

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