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Don't leave hand sanitizer - or clear water bottles - in your car, fire department says

UPDATE:"Brazilian fact-checker Aos Fatos and Estado Verifica found that a car would need to reach an internal temperature above 300 degrees Celsius (572 degrees Fahrenheit) to cause hand sanitizer to combust. A study by Arizona State University looking at cars parked in triple-digit summer heat found temperatures topped out around 160 F (71.11 C)," according to its report.Most hand...[ Read More... ]

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Your Christmas tree could be infested with thousands of bugs, mites, ticks, spiders

A good reason to use a "fake" plastic Christmas tree or decorate your Christmas tree that is growing outside: bugs, lots and lots of bugs. Most stores hose down the fresh cut trees, but that doesn't guarantee no bugs. In fact, according to the ABC7 article and tree experts, "odds are you will be bringing as many as 25,000 bugs in with it." That's a lot.Tree experts say most...[ Read More... ]

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