Is Glass Bakeware Safe Anymore? The Dangers Of Exploding Glass Dishes

I first heard about exploding Pyrex, and other exploding glass dishes, from a Tweet, of all things, and then I read the article about it. Hat tip to Katie from La Jolla Mom for bringing it to my attention first. Next, I really sat up and took notice when I was warned about it again, this time by Consumer Reports.

You see, I was so interested in this news not only because I use Pyrex dishes in my oven frequently, but also because I myself experienced an exploding glass incident when I was a kid.

The short version of the story was that I was melting crayons to have colored wax for a craft project for school, without parental supervision. I don't think it was my parent's fault they weren't supervising me. Instead, I just didn't "think" to tell them what I was doing, and they I guess didn't know I was as dumb as I apparently was.

Being completely ignorant I put a glass mixing bowl, like those Pyrex ones almost everyone has, onto a stove top filled with bits of crayon, to heat it up. Needless to say it shattered, made a huge mess, scared me and my parents to death, and I was told over and over again why that was a dumb idea. No physical injuries occurred, but I saw the potential for danger and the incident has stuck out in my mind.

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ROI Acquisition Corp. Announces Amendment to Business Combination ...

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NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ROI Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ROIQ ) (Nasdaq: ROIQW ) (Nasdaq: ROIQU ) (ROI) announced today that on May 8, 2013 it entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Amendment"), which Amendment amends the Business Combination Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of January 31, 2013, by and among ROI, ROI Merger Sub Corp., ROI Merger Sub LLC and EveryWare Global, Inc., and also decided to seek additional amendments to the warrant agreement governing its outstanding warrants (the "Warrant Agreement").

The Amendment provides for the following changes to the closing conditions contemplated by the Merger Agreement:   (i) the removal of the condition that the shares of common stock to be issued by ROI pursuant to the Merger Agreement shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market; and (ii) the addition of a condition that the holders of at least 65% of the outstanding public warrants approve the proposed amendments to ROI's Warrant Agreement. 

Source: GlobeNewswire (press release)

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