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2009 AQUATIC CONFERENCE
new research and innovative
NEWS IN BRIEF
practice in ecosystems and
HEADS FOR ATLANTA
public health, healthy places
and communities, public health Doubt on swimming
and environmental exposures, lessons is raised
sustainability, and other Enrolling young children in
emerging environmental health swimming lessons doesn’t increase
issues. their risk of drowning, says a study
“These conferences will help which adds that swimming lessons
bring government, academia, could actually increase drowning
non-profits, and industry risk by making parents less vigilant
together to understand and when youngsters are in and
solve key issues,” explains around water. US Government
Thomas M. Lachocki, Chief researchers studied data on
Executive of the NSPF. drownings among those 1 to 19
“Partnering with world- year olds and compared them with
leading organisations like the a control group of youths who
Centres for Disease Control and didn’t drown. Of the 61 children
NEHA brings recreational water aged 1 to 4 who drowned, 2 (3%)
The 2009 World Aquatic Health and information in an intimate onto the world stage had received swimming lessons,
Conference, the leading global environment to anticipate recognising our role in society as compared with 35 of 134 (26%) of
aquatic research forum, is being trends, understand emerging delivering and protecting public the same age in the control group.
held from 28-30 October in issues, and contemplate long- health,” he adds. “From our calculation, we are
Atlanta, Georgia. The event is term opportunities. The National Swimming Pool confident that swimming lessons
being held in partnership with Seminars that focus on Foundation is a non-profit do not increase drowning risk in
the US National Environmental drowning, injury, and illness organisation founded in 1965, this age group and likely have a
Public Health Conference. prevention, emerging new giving back $3.5m in the past protective effect,” the study’s
Both conferences will be held technologies, aquatic health five years to fund grants to author, Dr Ruth A. Brenner, of the
at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel in benefits to mitigate chronic prevent illness, injury, and National Institute of Child Health
Atlanta, Georgia. illness and aquatic programming drowning and to demonstrate and Human Development, said.
The WAHC, hosted by the will be featured again this year. the benefits of aquatic activity.
National Swimming Pool The 2009 conference theme
Foundation, is the leading is “Healthy People in a Healthy New HSE anti-stress
global aquatic research forum. Environment” and parallels the
NSPF
help
Leaders gather and learn WAHC theme “Healthy Pools, The Health and Safety Executive
pc www.nspf.org
through an exchange of ideas Healthy Bodies. ”It will explore has unveiled a new stress website
that will help businesses prevent
work-related stress. The website
includes updated advice and
Devon pool builder had no planning permission
guidance tools to help prevent
stress at work, a self-assessment
A company director built a South Hams Council’s which is the equivalent of ‘four questionnaire for line managers,
£100,000 swimming pool in development control committee generously sized garages’. case studies and good practical
the back garden of his clifftop was told that the pool stands up And he asked planners: “Is examples of things that have
South Devon holiday home to 2.2 metres high at the cliff it reasonable to put a structure worked well for other
without planning permission. edge overlooking the sea at of this size in a garden of this organisations. Last year in Great
Stennard Harrison put in for Stoke Fleming. size?” Britain a total of 13.5 million days
retrospective planning They were told that, after talks However, David Hallmark, were lost to work-related stress.
permission for the 10 by 4 with planning officers, Mr acting as agent for Mr
metre pool he completed at Harrison had agreed to reduce Harrison, told planners that
his house in Stoke Fleming the size of the patio around the while Mr Hann had objected to New Wireless lock box
after his next door neighbour pool and to reduce the height of the pool there were many Belgium pool specialists Aqua
complained. transparent glazed panel barrier – more residents ‘in this Cover has launched Wireless, a
South Hams councillors replacing the panels with frosted exclusive area’ who have not. new wireless lock box for pool
postponed making a decision glass to stop birds from flying He said Mr Harrison had covers. The aim of the product
on the application after deciding into them and killing themselves. already received a ‘blooded which has been previewed to
they should go and have a look A planning officer’s report nose’ over the changes he had customers is to put the command
at the swimming pool at declared the changes would agreed to make to the pool unit of its automatic covers in a
Sheelan Cottage on the seaside mean the ‘design will be after its completion. convenient location, without
village’s Overseas estate. softened’ and that would And he said the pool had having to be concerned about
The swimming pool was ‘reduce the visual build/massing been built to meet ‘stringent tugging on electrical cables. The
completed in March last year of the current structure and regulations’ to match ‘the box, in PVC, uses Herzian waves,
and took around six months provide landscaping’. quality of this special area of thus avoiding cables and making
to build. But neighbour Gerry Hann, the house and the cliff edge’. placement easier. As an option,
Mr Harrison said it has cost who lives at the next door Briar The development control the in-ground pool lights can also
more than £100,000 to Cottage, said the changes were committee heard the pool had be controlled with the same
construct and he claimed he not enough and declared the already been completed before device, thus reducing the amount
had not applied for planning whole pool should be lowered planning officers received a of handling required by the
permission because most of by 1.5 metres. complaint and realised it had bathers.
his neighbours already had He claimed the pool covered been built without any See www.aquacover.com for
pools in their back gardens. an area of 294 square metres planning permission. more information.
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