Pop Bottle Explosions: Further Information

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To the Editor.— In reference to Speer's information (238:2495, 1977) and the article by Bergeson et al (238:1048, 1977), their statement and appreciation about pop bottle explosions and the implicated perils are of up-to-date importance. I can add a few more cases. Almost all, if not all, the common brands of carbonated soft-drinks one would find in the United States are bottled down here for the local market. The explosion of bottles is a potential hazard and does cause physical injury. I have been personal witness to unexpected explosion and have dealt with patients who were victims of such explosions. An adult patient, who was injured some two years before, related in his clinical anamnesis how a soft-drink bottle exploded in his face at a birthday party as he lifted the bottle to upcap it. The fragments hit him in the face, injuring his right eye. Eventually he lost the