I posted a reply in the thread as well.
After reading the article it makes perfect sense that they would/could be unsafe. I never planned to use a sling so I never did any research on if they were safe or not. I put "planned" in italics because after reading the article I realized I couldn't give them the sling as a gift. I would never give anyone something I thought was unsafe and I emailed my friend the consumer reports article as soon as I read it.
Re: just to clarify re: Infantino slings