SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – When interior car temperatures climb above 100 degrees, experts say children are not the only ones at risk. Water bottles, batteries, and pets should also stay out of hot vehicles.
A water bottle placed in a car at 11 a.m. — when interior temperatures had already exceeded 100 degrees — reached 110 degrees by 2 p.m., up from an initial temperature of 50 degrees.
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Nicolette Zangara, public information officer with Springfield-Greene County Emergency Management, said hot water will not cool a person down and warned against leaving water bottles and sports drinks in a hot car.
“That plastic is not meant to be sitting in 100- to 110-degree heat for hours on end,” Zangara said. “That actually diminishes the plastic over time, and it can actually make your water kind of taste a little bit like plastic.”…