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here and exploded into a million pieces. reporter: consumer reports says its tests show hot glass bakeware can shatter unexpectedly. both major glass bakeware manufacturers pyrex and anchor hocking say decades ago they switched to a different type of glass that s more environmentally friendly to produce. they re using something called soda lime which is less expensive glass and more prone to this sudden fracturing you re seeing. reporter: to compare the two researchers put european bakeware, still made of the old type of glass, in a 400-degree oven then set it on a damp counter to cool. nothing happened. when they did the same experiment with u.s. bakeware, made from the new type of glass, watch. both companies said that americans use glass bakeware billions of times a year and

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