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Re: fire hazards

To: JNiolon@uss.com
Subject: Re: fire hazards
From: Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:54:41 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 JNiolon@uss.com wrote:
> got an email from a friend and I can't find a rebuttal on any of the hoax
> sites... and it might be shop related if you're into this kind of thing...
> 
> a notice from a fire report.... house burned down... cause of fire was
> those cute little 'plug-in' air fresheners our wives are sticking
> everywhere... potporri-ing us to death...   seems they overheat and the
> 'scented' oil in them is as flamable as napalm... according to the
> article..   I can attach and forward if anyone is interested in detail...
> 
> anyone have any knowledge on this... ???
> 
> I've been trying to find a reason to get that "april fresh snowy mountain,
> spring valley stream, calming vanilla/olive scenty thingy out of the
> house...   makes me think I've living at Bath and body works...

Here's a site that usually has pretty good information on urban legends.  They
say the status is undetermined, and give some addt'l info.

        http://www.snopes.com/toxins/glade.asp

-Andy






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