Earlier this week, one of our nearby NHW groups sent out a notice warning about a possible danger involving plastic bottles.
With explosives in the news at the moment, the warning is quite
timely even if the method involved may be different.
The warning pointed out that people (often kids) have been known
to put drain cleaner such as Drano along with water and some other readily
available household items in plastic drink bottles, putting the cap back on, then
leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on driveways etc.
Just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the
rubbish, but you'll never make it!
According to the warning,
if the bottle is picked up, and the bottle is shaken even just a little - in
about 30 seconds, or less, it builds up enough gas which then explodes with
enough force to remove some of your extremities. The liquid that comes out is
boiling hot as well.
Don't pick up any plastic bottles that may be lying in your
yards or in the gutter, etc.
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