Facts about styrene : 0.025 % of the total styrene in a cup can migrate into cool or warm drinks....or take-away food.... 0.37 % of the total amount of styrene in a cup can migrate into 100 % alcohol http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9829045&dopt= Abstract IARC has determined that styrene is POSSIBLY carcinogenic to humans .....hmmmm .... http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts53.html
HA HA HA HA HA !!!! There you go 60 year old! I was correct!!! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9829045&dopt= (thank you Sputnik)
Just aren't paying ANY attention, are you? I said 64, not 60, and did you actually READ the information in that link??? The maximum was only 0.025% which is almost nothing. And they didn't state how much time was required for even THAT to happen. Nope - and pay attention to this, please - your point is FAR from proven!!! And did you note in the CDC article that "styrene is POSSIBLY carcinogenic to humans" which again goes against YOUR claim that it is.
yes 0.025% might seem a small percentage to you...but thats every time one uses that cup...higher temperature than that percentage of toxin release increases...everyday these toxins accumulate in body, some perhaps are removed but some stay. yes I did notice the word possibly, and the reason for that word is that there is a huge industry making styrofoam out there...they do not want people fearing for their health when styrofoam is their product that is at stake. that word "probably"...was probably paid off by the companies making styrofoam.
And here you go with even MORE claims! Do you have any proof that any of those chemicals accumulate in the body or is that just another batch of your wild guess-work in action? And I'd like to also see some proof about the claims you've just made about the stryofoam industry. So far, you're batting zero for at least four unfounded claims you've made. Do you intend to try and redeem yourself or just keep on digging more and more holes that you can't fill???
and you dont think that is significant? and what if it gets so hot that it melts the container and the container liquifies? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Of course it's not. The only way for the container to get hot enough to melt is if the water has all boiled away - and it can't get hot then because ONLY the water absorbs the microwaves and turns them into sensible heat. That's the very basics of heating in microwave ovens - no water molecules, no heat.
lmao, who's right here! Read-Only makes valid points, dragons are seemingly all from the same source material though on different websites :shrug: Someone change this threads name to "Styrofoam Wars"
Heating any plastic in microwave causes chemicals called xenoestrogens to be realesed. Those chemicals are toxic and carcinogenic. Reusing plastic bottles for a long time also cause the release of xenoestrogens. (I shouldn't say "cause". The xenoestrogens are released through the natural decay of the plastic.) Xenoestrogens are particularly toxic to females with endometriosis. Hints: "estrogen" and "breast cancer". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenoestrogens
But once again you've making a bad assumption (just like the other guy) about the plastic - in this case, stryofoam - actually being heated in a microwave oven. Only the water is heated directly by the microwaves and the heating of the plastic is a secondary action through conduction - NOT direct heating. And since the temperature can never exceed to boiling point of water, the tiny amounts of material released are insignificant. "Significant" and "insignificant" have tremendously different meanings.
Next time, touch the plastic and see if it's significant or not.... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Just because plastic is not a good conductor doesn't mean that it doesn't heat up.
Yeah, I'll bet you were. :bugeye: But there's STILL no proof there of the claims you've made. And you don't seem to be making any effort yourself to prove any of them. Instead, you're just waiting and hoping someone smarter than you will do it for you. Guess what? They still haven't helped you either. So do one of two things: either provide some solid proof OR just admit that you were talking with no real knowledge of the subject. Which will it be??
Ha! Of course it will feel hot to the human touch!! No one is questioning that. So exactly what is your point again???
This is nuts... I believe foam is not a threat, it is not even heated inside a microwave! Liquid is not the same as a solid, why would foam merge with it in any way?
Also the molecular breakdown you're spouting about dragon, etc.. is impossible. Molecules don't just disintegrate into the nearest material, it's madness... it takes a long time for that to occur, even with foam in the junk yard!
well than how do you account for 0.025% release of toxin from styrofoam...as shown in the experiment (link provided)
