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Article: OUTDOOR INJURY PREVENTION STARTS IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD; SAFE KIDS KANSAS OFFERS YARD SAFETY TIPS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 6, 2007
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued the following news release:
Each of five major child injury hazards - motor vehicles, drowning, burns, falls and poison -- can be found in the back yard during the summer. Riding mowers, inflatable pools, home playground equipment and even natural vegetation and sunlight require a few simple precautions.
"All of the safety guidelines you apply to sports, playgrounds and swimming apply to those activities in your own back yard," says Jan Stegelman, Safe Kids Kansas coordinator. "An inflatable pool needs to be surrounded by a fence, just like any other pool. A home playground needs to be anchored on an appropriate surface just like ...