Welcome to the 77th installment of The Wal-Mart Weekly, a column dedicated to bringing you insight, wit, facts, results, opinions, and just a bit of everything else when it comes to a very hot topic these days: Wal-Mart.

This week, I'll be taking a look at Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) policy on recalling products known to be dangerous to the public. Case in point: Blitz brand plastic gas cans with extendable spouts that can explode in the face of customers. I'm not kidding, folks. This week's topic is personal, since I own one of the offending products myself. And yes, I can see how this product could explode if not used carefully.

But what this is really about is Wal-Mart's refusal to pull this product from its shelves, even after hard evidence that the offending product caused severe burns on a small boy who, admittedly, was using the gas can outside its intended use. Is that any excuse for being disfigured as a result of an explosion from a gas container? You be the judge.

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