{"id":688197,"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.com\/index\/688197","title":{"rendered":"Scarves With Microwaveable Heat Packs Recalled Due To Fire And Burn Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/03\/thermascarf-thumb-200x184-37973.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>The Therma Scarf, a polyester\/cotton blend scarf with pockets and microwaveable heat packs marketed by infomercial powerhouse <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telebrands.com\">Telebrands<\/a>, has been recalled. The scarf&#8217;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<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/pahomepage.com\/content\/fulltext\/?cid=119422\">their sample caught fire<\/a>. The CPSC has received a total of seven reports of Therma Scarf-related fires.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cpsc.gov\/cpscpub\/prerel\/prhtml10\/10159.html\">Telebrands Recalls Scarves with Microwaveable Heat Packs Due to Fire and Burn Hazards<\/a> [CPSC] <em>(Thanks, Mary!)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pahomepage.com\/content\/fulltext\/?cid=119422\">Therma Scarf Catches Fire During Tuesday Tryout<\/a> [WBRE]  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Therma Scarf, a polyester\/cotton blend scarf with pockets and microwaveable heat packs marketed by infomercial powerhouse Telebrands, has been recalled. The scarf&#8217;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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2758,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2T1X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}