{"id":414032,"date":"2010-03-10T14:20:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T19:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10003090"},"modified":"2010-03-10T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T20:29:18","slug":"scarves-with-microwaveable-heat-packs-recalled-due-to-fire-and-burn-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/414032","title":{"rendered":"Scarves With Microwaveable Heat Packs Recalled Due To Fire And Burn Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Therma Scarf, a polyester\/cotton blend scarf with pockets and microwaveable heat packs marketed by infomercial powerhouse Telebrands<\/a>, has been recalled. The scarf’s heat packs, made of flaxseeds, pose a fire and burn hazard to wearers. In a related story, someone actually thought it would be a good idea to make a microwaveable scarf with pockets. <\/p>\n

Users were told that they could remove the packets for microwaving, or stick the entire scarf in the oven. Back in January, a Pennsylvania TV station tried out the Therma Scarf, and their sample caught fire<\/a>. The CPSC has received a total of seven reports of Therma Scarf-related fires.<\/p>\n

\nTelebrands Recalls Scarves with Microwaveable Heat Packs Due to Fire and Burn Hazards<\/a> [CPSC] (Thanks, Mary!)<\/em>
\nTherma Scarf Catches Fire During Tuesday Tryout<\/a> [WBRE] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Therma Scarf, a polyester\/cotton blend scarf with pockets and microwaveable heat packs marketed by infomercial powerhouse Telebrands, has been recalled. The scarf’s heat packs, made of flaxseeds, pose a fire and burn hazard to wearers. In a related story, someone actually thought it would be a good idea to make a microwaveable scarf with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}