Feds recall 5 million swimming pools linked to drowning deaths of 9 kids

The U.S. Client Product Security Fee is recalling roughly 5 million above-ground swimming pools linked to the deaths of 9 kids over the past twenty years. 

The federal company mentioned in a recall discover that the swimming pools, which have been manufactured in China and offered by a number of U.S. distributors, have a compression strap alongside the skin that may permit kids to realize entry and drown. Kids are capable of enter the pool even when the ladder is eliminated, the CPSC mentioned.

The youngsters who drowned have been between 22 months and three years previous, in accordance with the company. The deaths passed off between 2007 and 2002 in California, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri. The CPSC mentioned it’s additionally conscious of three separate cases when kids gained entry to the recalled swimming pools utilizing the compression strap. 

Baby standing on a compression strap of one of many swimming pools recalled by the Client Product Security Fee on July 21, 2025.

Client Product Security Fee

The swimming pools, that are 48 inches excessive and taller, have been offered by outside recreation corporations Bestway, Intex and Polygroup since 2002 at retail shops throughout the U.S., together with, Amazon.com, Lowe’s, Goal and Walmart, amongst others. Over 250,000 have been additionally offered in Canada. They vary in value between $400 to over $1,000, in accordance with the CPSC.

In an announcement to CBS MoneyWatch, a spokesperson for Bestway, Intex and Polygroup mentioned the three corporations began working with the CPSC in 2023 to replace the security normal for above-ground swimming pools. The up to date normal, finalized in Could 2025, “aims to prevent unsupervised children from gaining a foothold on the products from compression straps that surround the outside of the pool legs,” the businesses’ assertion mentioned.

The recall, issued collectively by the CPSC and Bestway, Intex and Polygroup, was made to make sure that the brand new adjustments be utilized to “all above-ground pools sold since 2002 that are 48 inches or taller in height,” in accordance with the assertion.

Customers are contact inspired to contact Bestway, Intex and Polygroup for a free restore equipment, which features a rope used to keep up the structural integrity of the pool. The recall quantity is 25-393.

Extra from CBS Information