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8 years ago
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mum-set-fire-both-babies-5270194
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8 years ago
Ugh, the Mirror is horrible. That said the story itself...wow, I hadn't even heard of that, it's even more horrible.

On a related note, Indian women used to set themselves on fire and throw themselves on top of their husband if he died earlier than her. If she didn't she faced living a life of shame.
http://www.mouthofthebeast.com/

A blog about biology and life in college.
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Educator
8 years ago
The truth comes out! For the longest time you believed in spontaneous combustion, and for the longest time we've tried convincing you it's fake. This is a step forward for you
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8 years ago Edited: 8 years ago, Frank_Baker
Well you haven't convinced me that this case is fake.
Post Merge: 8 years ago

For example, what if the sweat gland cells produced a large amount of reactive metabolites?
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Educator
8 years ago
Sweat glands don't do that. They produce sweat.

This article indicates that a woman was responsible for setting the child on fire - unless I read it wrong.
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8 years ago
I know they produce sweat, I'm just wondering what'd happen if the sweat gland cells due to some defect/disease produced large concentrations of reactive metabolic products eg. hydrogen peroxide (a youtube video shows leather igniting shortly after when hydrogen peroxide dries on it)
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Educator
8 years ago
What if, what if.

Sounds to me like some sort of sci-fi experiment.

It's unlikely and would never, ever happen.
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