Previously, the standard applied only to dressers 30 inches tall and above. CR has reported that dressers as low as 27.5 inches tall have been linked with tip-over deaths.

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Brett Horn, whose son, Charlie, died in 2007 after a 30-inch dresser fell on him, says he could not have imagined that the low dresser in his little boy’s room could end up being so dangerous.