Abbey's Hope Charitable Foundation applauds the Consumer Product Safety Commission who voted Wednesday to reverse its prior, and we believe, misguided interpretation of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act. The new guidance, provided to all public pool and spa operators, requires the use of a secondary anti entrapment system when the public pool or spa has only a single main...
msnbc.com news services
updated 6/20/2011 9:30:35 AM ET 2011-06-20T13:30:35
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A child dies every five days in portable pools during warm-weather months, according to a new study.
Parents need to be aware that these pools can present the same risks for drowning, especially for young children, as in-ground pools," which are typically thought of as a greater...
By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY
The incidents are rare, but horrifying.
Children — and...
Recall of pool drain covers could mean holiday pool closings
By Laurie Ure, CNNMay 26, 2011 10:53 p.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an independent government agency
The CPSC advises many public pools not to open, citing potentially faulty drain covers
The CPSC has announced a recall of about 1 million pool and spa drain covers...
Drain-cover recall may close many pools
Some Memorial Day weekend openings jeopardized
By Patricia Callahan, Tribune reporter
9:10 p.m. CDT, May 26, 2011
Thousands of public and private pools across the country will have to be retrofitted with new safety equipment following a massive recall Thursday of drain covers that can fail to protect swimmers from the risk...
Washington (CNN) -- A government agency is advising thousands of public swimming pools around the United States that they should not open this Memorial Day weekend because of concerns over potentially deadly drain covers.
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By Patricia Callahan, Tribune reporter
9:10 PM CDT, May 26, 2011
Thousands of public and...
Thursday May 26, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with several manufacturers of pool and spa drain covers, announced a recall of approximately 1 million dangerous drain covers found in the marketplace. (See the link below). The recalled drain covers were incorrectly...
The Wall Street Journal
By ASHBY JONES
David Lionetti's swimming pool company failed to install a required safety device in a Connecticut family's backyard pool. That triggered the drowning of a six-year-old boy, state prosecutors argued, and led to an unusual homicide case against Mr. Lionetti, the company's president.
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Associated Press
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CEO, pool company plead guilty in Greenwich boy's drowning
Debra Friedman, Staff Writer
Published 09:11 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, 2011
STAMFORD -- A pool company president expressed remorse Wednesday in state Superior Court as he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2007 drowning death of a 6-year-old Greenwich boy.
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