Regardless of age, if stored improperly there can be serious color fading.

On top of that, water stored improperly in open containers can become contaminated.

Barrels of radioactive materials have at times been stored improperly.

And they can cause problems if poultry is improperly stored, handled or cooked.

Improperly stored, they become food for worms and insects.

The fire then spread to the bales of cotton, which were stored improperly close to the stack.

The police won't sell any liquor because of fears that it may have been tampered with or stored improperly.

Various types of "blooming" effects can occur if chocolate is stored or served improperly.

Before the Met acquired the drawings, though, they had been improperly stored and had become wet.

Other possible causes, static electricity or the fact that the powder had been improperly stored in the summer of 1988, were similarly discarded.