Help needed on hot water burns

To the Editor.— Tap water scald burns present a serious, yet highly preventable, injury to children. They can be most easily prevented by reduction of home water heater temperature to safe levels. In order to protect a maximum number of children, efforts have been made to convince the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to modify water heater industry policy. In February 1981, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission rejected a petition requesting a maximum setting of 130°F on new water heaters for home use.