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Plastic bottles found outside, like on playgrounds, in the gutter, etc, could explode when picked up or even touched. They could contain an extremely volatile combination of Drano, water, and tinfoil. When these are added to a bottle and then the cap is put on tightly and the bottle is shaken, even a little bit, the mixture can explode with terrific force--enough that people have lost fingers and had severe damage to faces, etc. The causticness of the mixture can also cause 2nd and 3rd degree chemical burns.
Please, please, warn kids off picking up any plastic bottles they may find. You shouldn't either. If you do find one and it looks melted or swollen, DO NOT TOUCH--this is a matter for 911.
I don't post this kind of thing often, but this one seems relevant and very scary. Someone on here mentioned just a couple days ago a little girl that picked up a bottle and it exploded--it was probably one of these, not meth like they were surmising.
Plastic bottles found outside, like on playgrounds, in the gutter, etc, could explode when picked up or even touched. They could contain an extremely volatile combination of Drano, water, and tinfoil. When these are added to a bottle and then the cap is put on tightly and the bottle is shaken, even a little bit, the mixture can explode with terrific force--enough that people have lost fingers and had severe damage to faces, etc. The causticness of the mixture can also cause 2nd and 3rd degree chemical burns.
Please, please, warn kids off picking up any plastic bottles they may find. You shouldn't either. If you do find one and it looks melted or swollen, DO NOT TOUCH--this is a matter for 911.
I don't post this kind of thing often, but this one seems relevant and very scary. Someone on here mentioned just a couple days ago a little girl that picked up a bottle and it exploded--it was probably one of these, not meth like they were surmising.
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