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New pools, hot tubs must have alarms to protect against children drowning

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Scott Broden
GANNETT TENNESSEE

A Tennessee law that took effect this month requires new swimming pools to include alarms, but not everyone is convinced it will prevent children from drowning.

Homeowners and pool installers face state mandates from "Katie Beth's Law," which is named for a 17-month-old who drowned

New pools, hot tubs must have alarms to protect against children drowning

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Written by Scott Broden
GANNETT TENNESSEE

A Tennessee law that took effect this month requires new swimming pools to include alarms, but not everyone is convinced it will prevent children from drowning.

Homeowners and pool installers face state mandates from "Katie Beth's Law," which is named for a 17-month-old who drowned

Pool-safety advocates decry loss of drain backup rule

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With summer in full swing, the Consumer Product Safty Commission has kicked off a pool-safety campaign.

By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Congressional backers of a law designed to prevent deaths and injuries from pool and hot tub drains say the Consumer Product Safety Commission watered down the measure by siding with the pool industry.

I-Team: Hidden Pool Drain Danger

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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 I-Team investigator Stephen Stock shows why Florida Health Officials remain powerless, unable or unwilling to enforce federal law and stop the danger from lurking under the water.

Many pools still not in compliance with new federal safety regulations

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The Capital Times, Madison WI

An entire outdoor pool season has come and gone since the deadline to comply with new federal safety standards for pool drains -- designed to cut the risk of swimmers becoming entrapped and killed by drain suction -- but many pools are still not in compliance, say state and local regulators.

A Promise to Abbey

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Star Tribune Article August 16, 2009

A PROMISE TO ABBEY

Scott Taylor made a pledge to his daughter that he intends to keep. After 6-year old Abigail, called Abbey, was critically injured in a pool drain accident in June 2007, she asked her dad to promise that "what happened to her would never happen to another child."

Some ignore law to prevent pools from being child deathtraps

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cnn.com

CNN ran a story called "Some ignore law to prevent pools from being child deathtraps"

Bill Inspired By MN Girl's Pool Injury Advances

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wcco.com

WCCO ran a story called "Bill Inspired by MN Girl's Pool Injury Advances"

MPR: Pool safety bill signed by President Bush

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minnesota.publicradio.org

MPR ran a story called "Pool safety bill signed by President Bush"

Congress Passes Pool Safety Bill after MN Injury

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wcco.com

WCCO ran a story called "Congress Passes Pool Safety Bill after MN Injury"

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