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Thermos Recalls Over 8 Million Bottles After Reports of 'Permanent Vision Loss'

Gizmodo·Ed Cara·28 days ago
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Time to add one more thing to the list of improbable but real ways you could get severely maimed: an exploding Thermos bottle. The makers of the official product have issued a product recall of over eight million bottles and jars, following the discovery of a defect that can cause them to “forcefully eject” into people’s faces and eyes. Thermos LLC announced the recall last week, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The products are missing a key mechanism in the stopper, meaning they can abruptly fling themselves at people when opened under certain circumstances. At least two dozen injuries linked to the recalled bottles and jars have been reported, including several who suffered permanent blindness as a result. Serious injury The recall concerns two models of the Thermos Stainless King food jar (numbers SK3000 and SK30020) and one model of the Sportsman food and beverage bottle (SK3010).…

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