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Dr. Klarida Papaqako MD

foods like stuffing and mashed potato’s. It was stored in a plastic container labeled microwave safe made by Pactiv number 2AA. We noticed the plastic container sides we noticed had... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Klarida Papaqako ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Praveen MD

Yesterday I heated a honey bottle (plastic) in a microwave and put the honey in a soda - to help with a hypoglycemic ( insulin ) reaction. Today I noticed the bottle was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kerry Pottinger MD

I have just had a ready meal. The plastic container totally melted at the top and around the edge to the point that when i took it out the oven the melted part... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kerry Pottinger ( Pain Medicine & Palliative Care Specialist)
Dr. Divakara MD

Hi doc, I accidentally left a rice cooker lid on a heat stove for less than a minute and only to realise that the lid had some melted corner. I panicked and splashed some... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Divakara ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

This past year I have been using the microwave a lot to heat food, including brewing tea and heating room-temperature water many times throughout the day. Prior to that I never used... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr.  T Chandrakant MD

Hi I rather foolishly put a plastic microwave safe container in the oven for a few minutes. The lid melted slightly but wasn t smoking or anything. I thought it was... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  K. V. Anand MD

microwavable safe. After a while I realized that the container melted in the outside. I pulled it out and saw ...I bought a roasted chicken from Whole Foods and at home I made... View answer

Answered by : Dr. K. V. Anand ( Psychologist)
Dr.  Ralph Chambers MD

Some honey in a plastic container solidified. I melted it in the microwave so I could pour some into my coffee. The smell of melted plastic was all over the kitchen but I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ralph Chambers ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Anand M I MD

I may have accidentally breathed in and ingested some melted plastic after leaving a supposedly microwave-safe plate in the microwave. Approximately 5cm2 of plastic melted... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anand M I ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Parth MD

Hi I heated my lunch in a microwave safe container in a microwave. But after I had my food I saw the bottom of the container had melted. I must have ingested... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)