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From food safety concerns to fire hazards, there are good reasons these items shouldn’t live on your kitchen counters. brizmaker / Shutterstock.com
The kitchen may be the heart of the home, but kitchen counters are the hands. These essential work surfaces are tasked with holding everything from kids’ homework to smart speakers to bowls of fruit. They are the workbenches of American life. But some countertop storage habits can be impractical at best — and hazardous at worst. If you need to bring sanity to your kitchen counters, read on.