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Originally Posted by mrsD
I put this in the same category as the exploding Pyrex recently.
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CHINESE
Chinese glass (a Chinese company bought the Pyrex trademark recently and changed the recipe too) recently exploding when no one was touching it!
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I think the above bears some factchecking (which is somewhat problematical, but there is agreement on the following):
- A Chinese company does not own the Pyrex trademark.
- Pyrex products are manufactured in the U.S. - in Charleroi, Pennsylvania
- The "recipe" change is not recent, and was required by U.S. environmental law.
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/pyrex.asp
http://stats.org/stories/2009/explod..._oct14_09.html
http://www.pyrexware.com/index.asp?pageId=30&TruthId=2
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/m...ware/index.htm
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/vall.../s_766181.html
The link above in
BOLD (including all internal links) is, IMO, the most informative (detailed) and thoroughly researched (credible).
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