Burnt plastic, now I feel sick

[miri]

There was a plastic food container on the back burner. I know, it should not have been left there, anway I turned the wrong burner on. The plastic just melted a little but man it stinks terrible. 48 degrees here but I have all windows open. How long does it take for the smell to go away and how dangerous is burnt plastic toxin wise?

 

[Zim Hosein]

:camera:'s

 

[TitanDiddly]

Good job. :camera:?

 

[miri]

Sorry my canon a60 has a E18 error.

 

[EGGO]

It really helps if you have an air filter system running....a lot =0)

When there's burnt ramen, it takes almost a day or so for it to be fully taken out. That's with fans working.

 

[Kipper]

Originally posted by: miri
There was a plastic food container on the back burner. I know, it should not have been left there, anway I turned the wrong burner on. The plastic just melted a little but man it stinks terrible. 48 degrees here but I have all windows open. How long does it take for the smell to go away and how dangerous is burnt plastic toxin wise?

Just throw it away and get a new one.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: EGGO
It really helps if you have an air filter system running....a lot =0)

When there's burnt ramen, it takes almost a day or so for it to be fully taken out. That's with fans
working.

Mmmm... ramen!

 

[miri]

Of course I threw it out. I am more worried about the dangers of all the toxins in burnt plastic.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

You will live. You might get cancer a few years sooner.

 

[Anubis]

your fine just get some fresh air

 

[oLLie]

Make some popcorn

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

I'm pretty sure I've read that cops burn some coffee on the stove to cover up a corpse odor, try it on your toxic plastic smell.

 

[miri]

opened up all the windows and the smells gone.

 

[Slappy00]

plastics are polymers, like polyethylene when they break down due to heat they will likely be monomers or short polymers of the same compound..... i would guess...

 

[miri]

Can you translate that into simple terms.