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Thermostatic Mixing Valves and the Domestic Market: The Facts - ISSUE 2'.

'Thermostatic Mixing Valves and the Domestic Market: The Facts - ISSUE 1'.

Anti-scald taps law by 2006.
The Guardian, Wednesday 7 January 2004.

Measures to prevent scalding accidents caused by tap water were announced yesterday by the government.

Some 600 people every year are seriously scalded by bath water. Old people and children are particularly vulnerable because their skin is thinner.

Under rules proposed by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, from 2006, all new homes would have a safety device fitted to hand basins, showers and baths. This would regulate water temperature and ensure that it does not rise to a dangerous level.

A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents welcomed the move. "This is something that has been worrying many people, and somethingwe have been urging for some time," she said.

"We hope that builders will start to introduce these measures even before they become official, so we can stop as many children as possible being seriously hurt."