Bill promotes low-cost safety gear to prevent childhood drownings
Submitted on July 24, 2006 - 12:00am.
A.N. Hernández - Summer 2006
WASHINGTON – Requiring drain covers that cost as little as $30 and other simple swimming pool and spa safety measures are part of new legislation that could cut childhood drownings, its bipartisan sponsors said Monday.
Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1 to 14.
“Childhood drowning is an entirely preventable tragedy that we can and must take action to prevent. We cannot stand by as young victims tragically lose their lives in pool and spa drownings through no fault of their own,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said.
Drowning is the second leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1 to 14.
“Childhood drowning is an entirely preventable tragedy that we can and must take action to prevent. We cannot stand by as young victims tragically lose their lives in pool and spa drownings through no fault of their own,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., said.
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