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Back to Article List Children and Pool Safety Release Date: May 29, 2009   Last August alone, six children drowned in swimming pools across New Jersey. Already this year, four children have drowned. Drowning is one of the leading causes of child deaths, and tragedies like these are a sad reminder that accidents can happen in a matter of moments. A child can drown in just a few inches of water within seconds – often without any splashing or screaming. Please consider posting the picture above on your web site, along with a link to http://www.nj.gov/dcf/safety/campaigns/water.html   DCF also stands ready to send campaign materials to every municipality and these materials can be ordered directly at http://www.nj.gov/dcf/news/publications/safety.html                                                                http://www.njslom.org/pool-safety.html