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Updated October 04, 2006

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CPSC Warns Drowning Dangers Do Not End with Pool Season
Swimming Pool with Snow in the Winter

Swimming Pool with Snow in the Winter

Paige Foster
Just because summer has ended, that doesn't mean that you can let down you guard or that your child is any less at risk for drowning. Remember that a swimming pool that is not in use could still be a big hazard if your younger children have access to it.

The CPSC also warns that in addition to the average of 280 children under age 5 who drown in swimming pools, 'an average of about 150 additional children also drown at home in bathtubs, hot tubs and spas, buckets, toilets, trash cans, landscape or fish ponds and decorative fountains.'

For more information and home drowning prevention tips, see this CPSC Safety Alert...

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