when food melts the foam containers, is that bad for you?

[OS]

What the title asks, I've looked and I can't find any straight answers. When food melts like say a styrofoam plate is that toxic?

 

[Wingznut]

As in melting because of heat, or because of some chemical reaction?

 

[Lord Evermore]

Styrofoam may be toxic, so, if you're asking whether you'd want to eat something that styrofoam melted against, I'd say no. Even if it isn't toxic, are you going to eat something that stryofoam is stuck to?

 

[Fathom4]

It really best not to microwave in any type of plastic container.

 

[Electric Amish]

It probably won't hurt you. I've eaten food next to melted styrofoam and I'm still alive. Just don't eat the entire container.

Everything in life is bad for you in some way or another. I've given up worrying about it.

amish

 

[Harvey]

If I remember correctly, a major component of styrofoam is formaldehyde. I don't know if any of it is released when it melts, but I wouldn't want to guess about whether I'm consuming any.

 

[OS]

yeah when the heat from food melts the foam containers. I don't understand, if it's possibly toxic, why do they still sell these containers??

 

[reitz]

It means you are going to die.

 

[Wangel]

Boat docks use to be made of styrofoam, but there have been so many cases of these boat docks coming apart and the styrofoam spreading in the water. Then the fish eat the styrofoam and die. Next time your at Long John Silver, check your fish sandwich for styrofoam!