If you are survival minded, you have a plan and survival equipment, food stores and other materials and supplies for use if the dreaded event hits.

You probably have plans drawn up that detail what to do in the immediate, medium and long-term aftermath of a survival scenario.

What you probably have not considered are dangers beyond downed power lines or flooded roads, injury from debris or the daily grind of living in a survival environment – dangers posed by everyday, household goods.

These are materials that always pose some danger if misused, but take on new degrees of risk in an environment that are chaotic, disorganized and very fluid.

Those descriptors are found in almost every survival scenario.

Take a look at the next page to see what these common dangers are and what can happen if you misuse them – intentionally or accidentally.

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