Drowning prevention nonprofit supports CPSC drain cover recall

The National Drowning Prevention Alliance urges public and private swimming pool and spa owners to replace recalled drain covers to prevent entrapment hazards.FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. May 27, 2011— The National Drowning Prevention Alliance  (NDPA) Board of Directors supports the Consumer Products Safety Commission’s (CPSC) recent recall of one million pool and spa drain covers which were incorrectly rated for the flow of water they could handle, and could pose a possible entrapment hazard to swimmers. “We were pleased when CPSC Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum announced that