Originally Posted by
davidwills
+1.
In fact, nothing is absolutely safe or dangerous. All depends on how you treat it.

Exactly.
What you could do however, is change the other side of the story: get a charger that will auto detect the cells and charge rate so they don't overcharge.
Also a +1 on the LiPo bag suggestion, those 2 things combined should calm your mind enough to use LiPo's.
If it still doesn't, then don't, it's not worth worrying about.