Timeline for Do harmful chemicals migrate from the container into the food if you microwave the food in a plastic container?
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| Apr 30 at 12:43 | comment | added | Sean Duggan | I feel like the intent is whether seemingly non-destructive heating might actually be releasing something. If the container catches fire, you basically know that it's emitting chemicals as the container is emitting smoke and its particles. If your plastic container turns liquid, you can lay decent odds that that plastic is in your food. But I could see a more minor case where the plastic against the food melts enough that chemicals leach over, but not enough that you note it as melted. | |
| Apr 19 at 10:07 | comment | added | Stuart F | If you microwave a non-microwave-safe product, e.g. styrofoam, it could at the extreme catch fire (Google shows reports of this happening). Fires can produce toxic chemicals (e.g. carbon monoxide) and carcinogenic chemicals. Likewise if you microwave something too long and it catches fire as a result. Of course if your microwave catches fire this could also have other health risks! But I don't consider this a controversial claim suitable for Skeptics. | |
| Apr 15 at 15:05 | vote | accept | Henry | ||
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| May 12, 2012 at 11:27 | answer | added | Sklivvz | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 1, 2012 at 14:37 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSkeptic/status/186462288885202944 | ||
| Mar 29, 2012 at 21:53 | comment | added | Darwy | Related: skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/2202/… | |
| Mar 29, 2012 at 18:48 | history | asked | Henry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |