Rebecca Burger was a well known fashion and fitness blogger and Instagram star
Sample of the deadly cream dispenser
“It is, to our knowledge, the first time there has been a death from such an explosion. … We knew it would happen one day,” Douriez said.
Another post included a photograph of a dispenser made by the brand Ard’Time, which has a small pressurised canister, alongside a warning not to use similar devices.
“Here is an example of a whipped cream canister that exploded and struck Rebecca’s chest, resulting in her death,” the post read.
“Do not use this kind of utensil in your home! Tens of thousands of defective devices are still in circulation.”
The dispenser in the image is not actually the one that exploded which was taken away by police.
According to reports in France the victim’s brother has announced that the family will sue the company that made the dispenser.A police source confirmed the death to AFP. Officers have opened an investigation.
According to reports in France the victim’s brother has announced that the family will sue the company that made the dispenser.A police source confirmed the death to AFP. Officers have opened an investigation.
Her death comes after after two similar accidents in France in 2014. Neither resulted in death.
France’s National Consumer Institute (INC) had already issued a warning over the same type of cannister, used by the Ard’Time brand, saying the plastic lid may not be able to withstand pressure from carbon dioxide inside.
In 2014 The Local reported how at least 15 brands of dispensers sitting in thousands of French kitchens had the same defect and a consumer watchdog group called for the government to mount a full-scale public education campaign on the dangers of the devices.
In 2014 The Local reported how at least 15 brands of dispensers sitting in thousands of French kitchens had the same defect and a consumer watchdog group called for the government to mount a full-scale public education campaign on the dangers of the devices.
When a user screws a new gas cartridge into the head of one of the defective canisters the resulting pressure causes the spray nozzle to break free and fire off like a rubber bullet, French consumer watchdog group 60 Millions de Consommateurs said at the time.
Whipped cream making casualties aren’t that rare in France. The watchdog group said the whipped cream propelled missiles have cut users necks and hands, prompted serious injuries to faces and throats.
In June 2013 a woman in Corsica even lost an eye when her dispenser exploded, French daily Le Parisien reported. Then last October an older woman, trying to make a dessert for her grandson, was wounded when her whip cream maker ran amok.
“There was a huge explosion. I fell to the ground. I broke six ribs and my sternum,” she told RTL radio. “At the hospital they told me that if the shock and the blast had been directed at my heart, I’d be dead now.”
60 Million Consumers said it had been warning for years of such risks after dozens of incidents, but this was apparently the first death reported.
According to the deputy editor of the magazine, Benjamin Douriez, the incidents have been occurring since at least 2010. “We are up to 60 accidents”..
“It is, to our knowledge, the first time there has been a death from such an explosion. … We knew it would happen one day,” Douriez said.
60 Million Consumers said it had been warning for years of such risks after dozens of incidents, but this was apparently the first death reported.
According to the deputy editor of the magazine, Benjamin Douriez, the incidents have been occurring since at least 2010. “We are up to 60 accidents”..
“It is, to our knowledge, the first time there has been a death from such an explosion. … We knew it would happen one day,” Douriez said.
Reacting to the blogger’s death, Ard’Time released a statement saying: “Ard’Time is aware of this accident and unfortunately can only deplore it, although at this stage there is nothing to establish a link between this accident and our brand,” said the company.
“We cannot let it be said that we have done nothing since February 2013, the date of the first incident involving an Ard’Time siphon,” the company said in a statement to L’Express newspaper.
Ard’time, said the product has not been on the market since a “first incident implicating a siphon” in February 2013. Products were withdrawn from the market and destroyed, a company statement said, and other efforts made to alert consumers.
“Unfortunately, there are still lots of siphons of all brands that remain potentially dangerous as time passes,” the company said.
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