Mermaid tails are a dream come true for kids, but are they worth the risk at public pools?

Following a story about mermaid tail safety, CBC's Danielle Nerman found out just how fast the trend has been propelled into the spotlight — and it's not just kids looking to become a little ...

It’s been cultivated, in part, by the flurry of companies that create fish tails for children and adults to wear when they go swimming, allowing them to live out their dream of being a mermaid.

CHILDREN who wear mermaid tails and single-fin pool toys are at greater risk of drowning because their ability to swim is reduced by up to 70 per cent, a study has found. The Perth-based review ...

A group of children were part of the study by Royal Life Saving WA, which showed the tails reduce a child's ability to swim or float by up to 70 per cent.

Horry County, SC Mermaid Adventure Swim gives children summer day activity, boys, girls, dress up shark fins, mermaid tails, learn to swim, fancy mermaid tails ...

A water toy that allows young girls to swim like mermaids is a growing trend — and safety concern — at pools in Calgary and Edmonton.

A supplied image obtained Saturday, Dec.19, 2015 of A "mermaid tail" pool toy. Parents are being warned of the dangers of a "mermaid tail" pool toy that binds a child's legs and acts like a ...

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