Urgent recall for garden item after child deaths
The recall affects 48-inch or taller pools sold since 2007 by brands including Bestway, Coleman, Intex, and Polygroup, available at major retailers and online.
The hazard arises from a compression strap that wraps around the pool, which can be used by young children as a foothold to climb into the pool, even when the ladder is removed.
Nine children, aged between 22 months and three years old, died from drowning between 2007 and 2022 after accessing the pools in this manner.
Consumers with recalled pools can contact the manufacturers for a free repair kit, which involves securing a rope around the pool's support poles and then removing the original compression strap.
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