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Child Could Have Consumed Melted Plastic Danger

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Dr.     Sonila Borici MD

Yesterday, we had an incident where plastic had melted in the oven. We cleaned it the best we could ... bit of food from an oven that may have some left over fumes from the plastic? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sonila Borici ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Phanindra Dulipala MD

the cover on. am I in danger for eating vaporized melted plastic that may be cooked into the artichoke? ...My wife made me steamed artichoke. She put this silicone plastic type steamer in a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Phanindra Dulipala ( Diabetologist)
Dr. Rajiv K Khandelwal MD

Ate at a restaurant and when chewing the last piece of my wrap I spit out a piece of melted plastic. Now I am worried if the entire meal was microwaved or put in the oven with plastic that... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajiv K Khandelwal ( Pediatrician)
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 partially melted - bottle ... 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 ... liquid. I left it to cool and ate the meal but left the edges where the plastic had... View answer

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

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Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu MD

Hi I consumed soup that I didn t realise I had put the plastic chopping board on top of the pot which was still hot and may have possible melted into the soup, as part of the chopping board had... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. SUHAS CHAUHAN MD

. Since the plastic melted I was not aware of the mistake and consumed most of the dish. Should I be ...I prepared a dish few hours before intending to bake. I covered the dish with plastic wrap... View answer

Answered by : Dr. SUHAS CHAUHAN ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Anita Singla MD

Hi I am 11 weeks pregnant and just ate some food (small amount) in a melted plastic / styrofoam .... Does this still mean I ve consumed some amounts of chemicals from plastic? Will this be... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anita Singla ( OBGYN)
Dr. Vaddadi Suresh MD

Hi I cooked food in the wok today. I stirred it with a plastic spoon, not one you have to throw .... I m really freaking out at the moment, because I know that there s a danger with melt... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaddadi Suresh ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.   Ashakiran S MD

have been small bits of melted plastic in the piece I had eaten. Should I be worried about it? ...Is it harmful to eat melted plastic. It was a garlic bread in foil from the store. It... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashakiran S ( General & Family Physician)