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  • Officials: Beware of Electric Shock Drowning in Lakes and Rivers

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  • As Memorial Day weekend approaches signaling the unofficial start of summer and boating on Lake Michigan marine, harbor and United States Coast Guard officials today warned Illinois families about a little-known threat lurking in freshwater. That threat is the potential for electric shock drowning (ESD), and it can happen when electricity from a dock or boat plugged into shore power enters the water.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2014
Number or Issue: May 21

Date Created: 05-21-2014
Date Last Modified: 05-21-2014

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1. Officials: Beware of Electric Shock Drowning in Lakes and Rivers (052114ESDChicagoPressReleasesatellitecoordinates.doc).
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This is part of a series. It is part of Press releases from the Governor's agencies: 53105