"We had a little above-ground pool," she said, "and it was the center of the neighborhood; everyone hung out there."

The plants thought to be most vulnerable are those with above-ground pools in buildings not shielded behind other structures.

New York also has the most above-ground pools in the country, with 385,770, she said, adding that there are no figures available by county.

The ordinance also applies to above-ground pools if their sides are less than four feet high.

Plans to close small above-ground pools across the city could be a political football, as they have in the past.

Their home is no longer tested for benzene, and they have added an above-ground pool to the backyard.

Never dive into an above-ground pool, since none are deep enough.

The backyard has a patio and an above-ground pool.

In the second incident, a person inside a ball suffered a fracture when it fell out of the shallow, above-ground pool onto hard ground.

"The neighborhood watering hole growing up in Queens was an above-ground pool at a friend's house," he said.