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Why you should never use hot tap water for drinking or cooking

Quick, convenient, and tempting: hot tap water gives the impression of saving time in the kitchen. However, behind this ...
Forbes

Hot Tap Water Burns Thousands Of Americans Every Year—Even Killing Some. Researchers Say There Is A Cheap Fix

Hot tap water seriously burns tens of thousands of Americans every year, according to research published in Injury Prevention on Tuesday, a costly drain on public resources researchers say could ...
The Daily Dot

‘Did you know?’: Woman uses tap water to make spaghetti. Then she learns something shocking

Felicita Vidrine (@mind.body.mama on TikTok), a wellness and motherhood content creator, recently put out a viral video where she listed several reasons why using hot tap water might be dangerous to ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Why ingesting water from the hot tap could be dangerous for your health

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Using hot water straight from ...
UPI

Too-hot tap water can cause scalding injuries in seconds

A water heater set to 120 degrees Fahrenheit can release water from the tap hot enough to cause a second-degree burn in about 9 minutes. Turned up to 130 degrees, that injury happens in just 25 ...