Under Water: Experts concerned some flotation devices for children may pose a drowning risk

HOUSTON (InvestigateTV) — In the decade since her son drown in an apartment pool, Christi Brown has been sounding alarms about the potential culprit – a wearable arm/chest floatie.But 3-year-old Judah wasn’t wearing the device when he slipped out of mother’s view. She had just removed it moments earlier. An uncounted number of families share in the Brown family’s tragedy – their toddlers, too, who were accustomed to wearing the floaties, wandered away supervision and drowned without protection.These devices, critics say, make young children think that they can float or swim even when not wearing one.Advocates say that it’s long past time for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to weigh in on these devices, saying that they lack needed safety warnings.“There’s a warning about everything. And there’s not a warning about this. I mean — we’re talking about the number one cause of death in children” said Genevieve Blasius, a swim school owner who also holds a PhD in neuroscience and