The Pyrex Glass Controversy That Just Won't Die

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3. I dropped large Pyrex bowl on vinyl flooring and it shattered into million shards

This particular bowl was clear glass with turquoise color outside, never used in oven or microwave, just for mixing and salads. I was taking it out of lower shelf from fridge and dropped it about a foot onto floor. I was shocked at how it shattered with so many tiny sharp glass splinters everywhere, not just cracking and breaking into large pieces the way ceramic breaks. It took at least an hour to painstakingly pick up the remains so I wouldn't get the glass splinters in my fingers and then wiping floor over and over and finally vacuuming entire kitchen floor. My spouse had a similar terrible incident recently taking out a glass pyrex casserole from oven but committed a major error in setting it on top of stove, instead of on wooden cutting board. It broke into many pieces all over stove and floor. Both of us were just lucky to not be seriously injured.

Just to add, the bowl was probably from the mid-90's or earlier and casserole was probably from 70's- neither was newer. We are being much more careful and have gotten rid of a lot including anything worn or scratched as it's not worth taking a chance and I have enough safer ceramic stuff we can use instead.