[Eurosafe: European Child Safety] Alliance launches statement on hot water scalds. [Webpage including: media release, backgrounder, position paper].

In this webpage, which includes: a 'media release', 'backgrounder' and 'position statement' on child hot tap burns (scalds), Eurosafe calls for European-wide rules that require that water exits the hot water tap at a temperature of no greater than 50 degrees Celsius: "Alliance launches statement on tap water scalds. The European Child Safety Alliance has released a position statement and backgrounder on the danger of tap water scalds. The statement is supported by several international organisations and national partners from more than 20 European countries. Severe and life-threatening tap water scalds happen in a few seconds." It advocates for the use of thermostatic/ tempering valves at the water heater or the hot tap and other mechanisms to achieve this. This material includes good references to relevant recent research, standards etc. See: http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/csi/eurosafe2006.nsf/wwwVwContent/l2europeanchildsafetyalliance.htm