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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday July 04 2020, @07:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-try-this-at-home dept.

Coronavirus US: People try microwaving library books amid virus fears:

A US library took to Facebook to share their outrage over people's latest attempts to disinfect public property, like library books.

"Noooooooo!!!!!! Oh no no no," Tampa Bay Library Consortium captioned a picture of a book badly burnt after borrowers tried microwaving it to kill germs.

The book was loaned out from Temple Terrace Public Library in Florida, where staff assured everyone that books were disinfected safely before being loaned out again.

"Temple Terrace and all Hillsborough County Library Cooperative libraries quarantine all materials for 72 hours after they are returned. Please do NOT attempt to microwave library materials as the RFID tags, located inside, will catch fire. Stay safe out there," they shared on Facebook.

It comes after news stories in the US that claimed people could sanitise library books by placing them in the microwave.


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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Sunday July 05 2020, @04:55AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 05 2020, @04:55AM (#1016397)

    That's not too mad when you consider the predecessor to the electric light would have been gas lighting.

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