A silent and powerful force lurks in tens of thousands of public and backyard pools. And the CBS4 I-Team has learned that, despite a new federal law designed to prevent it, the danger remains. CBS4 ...
Equipment meant to prevent powerful drains from causing people to drown in pools and hot tubs is being used across the country even though the products underwent flawed safety evaluations, then failed ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) &#8212 Tens of thousands of public swimming pools and hot tubs could be forced to close Saturday if they do not have new anti-drowning drain covers required under a sweeping law ...
Today, the Pool Safety Council and Safe Kids USA are trying to clear up confusion over how to comply with the confounding Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (which applies to every public ...
MARK JOHNSTON/Daily Herald Jennifer Atkinson, of Springville, reintroduces her daughter Avery, 3, to swimming at the Provo City Pool Monday, Jan. 26, 2009. 2 / 2 MARK JOHNSTON/Daily Herald Blake ...
A 9-year-old girl in Brazil drowned at her grandma’s birthday party when her hair got caught into the pool drain, trapping her under water. Little Mariana dos Anjos Faria was at a resort in ...
MOUNT PLEASANT - A young boy still has all 10 fingers thanks to a marathon rescue by the Valhalla Fire Department. Using tools typically used for car entrapments, the all-volunteer department freed an ...
Add a safe hair style to your list of summer safety tips. “This was the worst day of our lives,” Darcey’s mother, Alex Morgan, posted on Facebook. “We are still suffering to come to terms with it all ...
Private pool drains are not regulated but public pools now must have drain covers Usher%27s son is expected to make a full recovery%3B nearly 40 others not so lucky since 2008 Drain covers cost less ...
Though today is the federal deadline for installing drain covers on public pools and spas, many cities, motels and organizations are still waiting for the needed parts, local pool operators say.
In water-starved California, pool repairman Kevin Wallace might be viewed as a hero in a scuba suit. The 63-year-old Wallace dives underwater in some of the best pools in Southern California to fix ...