Study: Child Dies In Portable Pool Every 5 Days

Study: Child dies in portable pool every 5 days

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A child dies in a portable pool every five days during warm-weather months, according to the first U.S. study on child drownings in such pools, a statistic that the study's senior author says demonstrates the need for consumer education and affordable protection devices....

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