Members of Congress urge Ikea dresser recall

Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) joined two other members of Congress Tuesday urging a full recall of Ikea's Malm dressers and a deeper probe of the company's full dresser line.

"The actions taken by Ikea are clearly insufficient," Casey, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, (D., Minn.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D., Ill.) wrote in a letter to Consumer Products Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye.

The trio cited the February death of Ted McGee, an Apple Valley, Minn., toddler who died when his Ikea dresser toppled onto him, as well as testing commissioned by the Inquirer last fall that showed the model does not meet the industry's own stability standard. "If the Malm dresser does indeed fail to meet the voluntary standard, the CPSC should declare them defective," their letter said.

The three also said the agency should force Ikea to stop selling the line until the company makes safety improvements and offer full refunds to Malm buyers. They also urged the agency to consider if similar steps are needed for other Ikea dressers.

-Tricia L. Nadolny