Aluminum Cookware Can Melt and Cause Severe Burns
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Aluminum Cookware Can Melt and Cause Severe Burns
CPSC Document #5015
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
warns that placing aluminum cookware (or stainless
cookware with an aluminum core) on high heat may cause
it to melt. When aluminum cookware that is empty (or
nearly empty) is placed on high heat, it can "boil
dry." If a consumer picks up aluminum cookware that
has "boiled dry," the molten aluminum can drip onto
the consumer's arms, hands, legs, or feet. CPSC knows
of several cases in which consumers were burned by
dripping molten aluminum. Hot aluminum also can cause
a fire.
CPSC urges consumers not to pre-heat aluminum cookware
on "high" heat and not to leave aluminum cookware
unattended on the stovetop burner. If an aluminum pan
"boils dry" and melts, turn off the heat; do not pick
up the pan until it cools.
High heat can melt aluminum cookware if it "boils
dry." The dripping molten aluminum can cause severe
burns.
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