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US Navy Bans Vaping On Ships (go.com)

The U.S. Navy announced today that it will no longer allow sailors to use electronic cigarettes on ships, following several reports of explosives and injuries. ABC News reports: Naval commanders said in a statement Friday that the temporary electronic cigarette policy aims to protect sailors and the fleet. It starts next month. Officials cited overheated batteries in vaping equipment as the problem. Explosions have led to fires, first-degree burns and facial disfigurement. During a recent eight-month stretch, 12 incidents put sailors out of work for a combined 77 days. Injuries also restricted some to light duty for a total of five months.

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  1. child abuse is not a sexual orientation by lucm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because they aren't Catholic priests

    I may be wrong, but I don't think those sexual abuse cases were about being gay. I think they were about being in proximity of vulnerable children and teenagers, most of which were males.

    Look at what just came out about that Connecticut boarding school. Decades of abuse but since it was coed, many of the victims were girls.

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    lucm, indeed.