Limit hazards of pool drains
Miami Herald
Article Launched: August 3, 2008
Many children, particularly in Florida, have died, lost limbs or been disemboweled when they were trapped by the powerful suction of a pool's or spa's drain.
Florida used to lead the nation in pool safety but its rules have fallen behind; they don't meet federal standards signed into law by President Bush in December.
Until the political wrangling is over, it falls to parents and homeowners to make sure their pools are safe. The Pool Safety Consortium, poolsafetyconsortium.org, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, cpsc.gov, offer advice and information on products that reduce the risk of entrapment.
More ARTICLES:
Top Story: New pool rules: A $29 million pain in the drain?
Top Story: A Dangerous Gap in Pool Safety
Pool Safety Means Common Sense - Not Nonsense
Basin girl dies in a pool in Mexico
Family
warns of pool dangers after girl dies
She
Died in My Arms, A Mother's Mission
for Safe Pools
Minimum
State Requirements
for Grant Program
Pool
Safety Act to go in effect in December
Pool
arrest highlights drain dangers
Investigations
expose pool dangers
