Faulty Hair Dryers Can Kill You

I’ve had hair dryers spontaneously die – it’s usually when I am halfway through my head and running late to an important meeting/date/party.
It’s frustrating, for sure. But it can be way worse. A faulty hair dryer can KILL you.
This morning in my news-reading, I saw the horrifying tale of a Pakistani diplomat who died of an electric shock while using a hairdryer in the bathroom,
M Khan Afridi, political counsellor at Pakistan’s High Commission here, collapsed after taking a shower late on Sunday, a Pakistani diplomat said. “It was probably caused by an electric short circuit,” the diplomat said on condition …read more