NEVER Put These 11 Items on Top of the Fridge, Says Expert

Well, this was surprising to read. Did you know that quite a few items are commonly stored above our refrigerators in Texas, and some say it's a really bad idea?

Did you know we are not supposed to put cereal boxes on top of our refrigerators, according to experts? I mean, I've seen people do that for YEARS.

Growing up near Austin, my parents put some of these things on top of the fridge. Thankfully, nothing heinous happened as a result.

When I got a little bit older and moved out of my parent's house into my first tiny apartment in Tyler and then into a series of other small apartments or dwellings, space was at a premium.

So, that flat space above the refrigerator seemed like the perfect place to put things that had nowhere else to live in my kitchen. After all, the pantry space in some of these places wasn't 'ample,' either, but hey—we do what we must.

Until we find out, we shouldn't. Ugh. So many 'shouldn'ts,' aren't there?

But once you go through these items, I think it's easy to see why this matters.

Don't put these items on top of your fridge!
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Did you know these 11 items commonly stored on top of our refrigerators in Texas should not be there at all?

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I mean, it's not like those boxes of Lucky Charms will explode or anything. But it's not the best plan if you like your cereal fresh and not filled with weird critters.

Placing items there can mess with the fridge's ventilation setup, or vice versa, and they can easily dry out or otherwise negatively affect those items. Some of the reasons are just out-and-out safety hazards.

Storing some of these items above the fridge could potentially create serious problems that could harm your health. Let's take a look at the 11 items that, according to a story by Ally Childress and shared by Readers' Digest, we should NEVER put on top of the fridge.

In her story, Childress quotes several experts, including Capt. James "Jay" Flynn of the Denver, North Carolina, Fire Department, and Rebecca Edwards, a security expert with SafeWise.

Here we go: