pool safetyFederal Pool-Drain Safety Law Goes Into Effect

Hundreds of thousands of public swimming pools and hot tubs must now comply with a new federal law requiring drain covers and other devices intended to prevent accidental drowning of children. In the past 20 years, at least 36 children have died and 147 others have been injured after becoming trapped underwater in pool and hot tub drains. In most cases, a child swimming underwater got a hand, foot, or other body part trapped or sucked into the drain and …

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