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- From: glen@slate.cs.wisc.edu (Glen Ecklund)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Teflon Danger (was: Leaving kids alone)
- Message-ID: <glen.727987451@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 18:44:11 GMT
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- cindy@solan10.solan.unit.no (Cynthia Kandolf) writes:
-
- >A story that happened in Kristiansund, a small city not far from here:
- >Yesterday (Wednesday) a 2 year 3 month old girl died of burns she
- >received in a house fire on Monday. Her father (no mention was made
- >in the paper of her mother) left her alone in the house for a
- >half-hour. The fire fighters believe she turned on one of the burners
- >on the stove, on which was a pot with some food still in it, and this
- >started the fire. She was unconscious when they got her out of the
- >house, and never woke up.
-
- >To me, 2 years is clearly far too young to be left alone at all... i
- >wonder why the father did that 8-(
-
- >-Cindy Kandolf
- > cindy@solan.unit.no
- > Trondheim, Norway
-
- This reminds me: Teflon (Silverstone, TFal, etc) is normally pretty inert,
- but can generate toxic fumes when severely overheated, like in the case of
- a dry pan on a very hot stove. I wonder if this is what killed her.
- I don't recommend against it's use, but it is probably best never to leave
- it unattended on the stove.
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- Every child shall be treated with complete respect.
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- Department of Computer Sciences 1210 W. Dayton St., Room 3355
- University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, Wis. 53706 U.S.A.
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