Beware of EXPLODING Stanley Thermos RECALL!

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I saw this on the 11 PM news last night. I've been searching they're website http://www.CBSNEWS.COM but can't find it but found the story elsewhere.

There is a video here:

http://kyw.com/seenon/local_story_286203939.html

(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA Losing a handle on a thermos may not seem like a big deal, but for hundreds of families it has been. 3 On Your Side's Jim Donovan shows us how this thermos could cause thousands of dollars in damage to your home and pose a risk to your health.

It is hard to believe that a cup of coffee could change someone's life, but it has for the Greenberg family.

"I was in shock, I didn't know what to think," said Ron Greenberg.

Last year Greenberg was pouring coffee from his Stanley thermos when the handle broke.

"It looked like a smoke bomb going off,� described Greenberg, adding, “It filled up the whole kitchen and the whole living room with a black cloud of smoke."

The Greenberg’s heating system sucked in that black cloud and for two-months a fine black dust fell over everything in their home.

"That's what every wall every surface you took your finger by it, that's what it was like," said Maureen Greenberg.

It cost a staggering $77-thousand to clean up, a bill that Stanley eventually paid.

Yet the Greenbergs were not the only ones whose thermos held a surprise.

Dan Veesenmeyer described his thermos experience saying, "Just pouring it into the cup on the dash and ‘buqwuuuuush’ just come flying right out of there.�

Veesenmeyer's Stanley thermos broke while he was driving his truck.

"It just blew my mind I couldn't believe it the whole truck instantly just black soot you couldn't see nothing," commented Veesenmeyer.

According to Stanley, 654 families across the country have experienced similar problems with their thermoses.

It's no longer just about the mess for the Greenbergs.

"It's almost a year now and we're still dealing with it," said Ron Greenberg.

The Greenberg’s oldest son, Michael is suffering from an unexplained cough.

23 others have reported difficulty breathing or seeing and in some cases began vomiting and coughing after their thermoses broke.

The company says the black powder inside its thermoses is charcoal. The problem is, there is no data to show how toxic charcoal can be when inhaled.

"Well our house is fine, now we're concerned for our health and that will be unknown for probably many years,� said Maureen Greenberg.

Stanley is voluntarily recalling 45-thousand thermoses sold at K-mart, Target, Wal-mart and other discount stores.

If you have one look for these codes on the bottom: C02, D02 or A03 then call 1-800-919-6330 for a replacement.


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Household insecurity
I don't keep up with these things as I should, but until today I never knew that a supposedly ordinary thermos could be dangerous:

Last year Greenberg was pouring coffee from his Stanley thermos when the handle broke.

"It looked like a smoke bomb going off,� described Greenberg, adding, “It filled up the whole kitchen and the whole living room with a black cloud of smoke."

The Greenberg’s heating system sucked in that black cloud and for two-months a fine black dust fell over everything in their home.

"That's what every wall every surface you took your finger by it, that's what it was like," said Maureen Greenberg.

It cost a staggering $77-thousand to clean up, a bill that Stanley eventually paid.

Yet the Greenbergs were not the only ones whose thermos held a surprise.

Dan Veesenmeyer described his thermos experience saying, "Just pouring it into the cup on the dash and ‘buqwuuuuush’ just come flying right out of there.�

Veesenmeyer's Stanley thermos broke while he was driving his truck.

"It just blew my mind I couldn't believe it the whole truck instantly just black soot you couldn't see nothing," commented Veesenmeyer.

According to Stanley, 654 families across the country have experienced similar problems with their thermoses.

It's no longer just about the mess for the Greenbergs.

"It's almost a year now and we're still dealing with it," said Ron Greenberg.

The Greenberg’s oldest son, Michael is suffering from an unexplained cough.

23 others have reported difficulty breathing or seeing and in some cases began vomiting and coughing after their thermoses broke.

The company says the black powder inside its thermoses is charcoal. The problem is, there is no data to show how toxic charcoal can be when inhaled.

Explosions followed by toxic black clouds causing injuries lasting almost a year?

Better not break one of these things on an airplane.

Or anywhere near an athletic arena.

The company is recalling 45,000 of what I would never call destructive devices. Despite the title -- "3 On Your Side: Exploding Thermos" -- "destructive device" is an explosive legal term which imaginative lawyers could theoretically construe as trade libel. Besides, it is my policy to maintain skepticism -- while remaining open to speculation. (There's a fine line in there somewhere.)



DH has one of these thermos bottles we got from MARLBORO Miles many, years ago & we had some type of problem w/it I can't remember what it was but they replaced it for us (didn't even have to send them back the broken one) He also got another STANLEY green one from a promo from LIPTON TEA which was attached to a cooler lunchbox. I have no idea if any of his are in this recall since they are somewhere in the garage, since he hasn't used them in a long time! We'd use them whenever we had a VW car show to go to haven't been to any in a few years. DH sold VW parts & still has NOS fenders for a Type III which he was planning to use to restore his pick-up truck he made from a square-back VW but decided he'll never find everything he needs & time to restore it & since he can't drive anymore since he's got myopic degenneration but we're still keeping our purple dunne buggy (our wedding car)

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Wow! I better check Dh's!

[Katybird]

Wow that is scary. Thanks for sharing this information with us.