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A quick and affordable cooling solution used by soldiers in dangerous heat

Your body cools itself through the skin, so dunking your forearms, which represent 10% of the skin's surface area, in ice cold water can speed the cooling process in hot weather. CBS News national environmental correspondent David Schechter reports.
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