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Handle microwave popcorn with care. (prevention of steam burns)
Handle microwave popcorn with care Zap it in the microwave during a commercial and you'll have enough to last an entire movie. No wonder Americans spend more than $860 million each year on microwaveable popcorn. But some of them are getting burned--by opening the pouches too quickly.
That's what happened to a 29-year-old New Jersey man who peered into a bag fresh out of the microwave to see whether all the kernels had popped. A surge of steam rushed into his right eye, scalding the outer layer so severely that a visit to a hospital emergency room an hour later showed his vision had deteriorated to 20/50 …
