Released: November 20, 2011

Don’t be a turkey: Seven ways to play it safe this Thanksgiving

Source: Daniel DiClerico, Consumer Reports

Upwards of 4,300 cooking-related home fires will break out this Thanksgiving Day, resulting in 15 deaths. Poison control centers will receive hundreds of calls about food and alcohol poisoning. And on the roads, approximately 1,000 people will likely be killed during the two-week Thanksgiving holiday season (from now until December 1). Many of these tragedies are preventable. With less than a week to go before the big day, Consumer Reports gives you seven ways to make it a safe, happy Thanksgiving.

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