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Keep Homes Safe During Heating Season
Clean fireplaces and chimneys annually to prevent fires during winter. Furnaces and other heating equipment are the number one cause of home fires in the U.S. So safety should be top priority when heating your home or cabin.
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Ban lead bullets? Gimme a break!
Lead fragments turn up in tests of venison donated to food shelves and immediately we are cautioned not to feed venison to children and pregnant women. Wildlife officials say centerfire bullets are prone to “fragmentation,” apparently exploding into toxic lead shrapnel when they enter a deer. Wow. It’s a wonder hunters and their progeny weren’t lead poisoned into extinction long ago. more...
Keep Homes Safe During Heating Season
Clean fireplaces and chimneys annually to prevent fires during winter. Furnaces and other heating equipment are the number one cause of home fires in the U.S. So safety should be top priority when heating your home or cabin.