The US Consumer Produce Safety Commission has been recalling about 5 million up-land pools associated with the deaths of nine children in the last two decades.
Federal agency said in a memory Information The pools, which were manufactured in China and sold by many American vendors, have a compression lease with the outside that can allow children to reach and sink. The CPSC said that even when the ladder is removed, children are able to enter the pool.
According to the agency, the children who were drowned were between 22 months to 3 years. Death occurred between 2007 and 2002 in California, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Visconsin and Missouri. CPSC said it is also known about three different examples when children gained access to the pool remembered using compression strap.
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Pools, which are 48 inches high and taller, have been sold by outdoor recreation companies Bestway, Intex and Polygroup in retail stores since 2002, including Amazon.com, Loves, Targe and Walmart, others. More than 250,000 were also sold in Canada. According to CPSC, they are at a price of more than $ 400 to $ 1,000.
In a statement by CBS Manivatch, a spokesperson of Bestway, Intex and Polygroup said the three companies started working with CPSC in 2023 to update the security standard for the top-ground pool. The final update standard in May 2025, “its objective is to prevent unexpected children from setting up a leg on products from compression strips surrounded by pools,” the statement of the companies states.
According to the statement, CPSC and Bestway, issued jointly by Intex and Polygroup, were designed to ensure that new changes were “applied to all above ground pools, which is 48 inches or high or high in height, according to the statement.
Consumers are encouraged to contact best way, Intex And Polygamy For a free repair kit, which includes the rope used to maintain the structural integrity of the pool. The recall number is 25-393.
