Congress Approves Pool Safety Legislation

Congress has approved pool safety legislation in response to serious injuries sustained by a  6-year-old Minnesota girl who had part of her intestinal tract torn out by the suction of a drain at a wading pool.  The girl, Abigail Taylor, was hospitalized for weeks after the injury, which occurred when she sat over an open drain hold in a Minneapolis Golf Club wading pool.  She is expected to need a feeding tube for the remainder of her life.  The pool legislation would ban the manufacture, sale, or distribution of drain covers that do not meet the safety standards in the legislation.  AP

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