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Editorial: A needed retreat from a bad pool ‘safety’ rule
Editorial: A needed retreat from a bad pool ‘safety’ rule
Editorial: A needed retreat from a bad pool ‘safety’ rule

Published on: 06/07/2026

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After public outcry, Oregon Health Authority staff are proposing to downgrade a public pools requirement for an adult to accompany swimmers younger than 14 to a recommendation instead, the editorial board writes. While the proposed reversal is welcome, the rule never should have gotten as far as it did, with little data or public input to support the requirement.

Up until last Friday, the Oregon Health Authority was adamant that public pools with lifeguards should turn away children under 14 if they did not have an adult with them. But after public outcry and media inquiries, including from The Oregonian/OregonLive editorial board, agency officials appear to recognize how wrong a call they’d made.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2026/06/editorial-a-needed-retreat-from-a-bad-pool-safety-rule.html

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