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Will Eating Food Mixed With Tinfoil Residue Cause Harmful Effect?

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Posted on Thu, 3 Apr 2014
Question: I put a tinfoil casserole with a lid in the oven with a chicken recipe in it, when I took the dish out of the oven the lid had disappeared, I ate a few spoonfulsof the food, What , if anything s
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: You need to be monitored... Detailed Answer: Hi, Unless the lid and the dish was made up of different material, I don't understand how the dish was spared and only lid evaporated. I though both dish and the lid cover are built with similar properties. Anyway, I believe the contents of lid and casserole tinfoil are generally produced with least toxins; else we would have thousands of reports from patients who ate from it. So I believe you would be safe. Moreover you only ate a spoonful from the preparation. You can watch out for abdominal pain, vomiting, loose stools or any other abdominal complaints. If you have no such issues say in the next 24 hours, you need not be concerned about this episode. Make sure you are more careful while cooking next time. Hope this helped. Let me know if you need clarifications. Regards
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Will Eating Food Mixed With Tinfoil Residue Cause Harmful Effect?

Brief Answer: You need to be monitored... Detailed Answer: Hi, Unless the lid and the dish was made up of different material, I don't understand how the dish was spared and only lid evaporated. I though both dish and the lid cover are built with similar properties. Anyway, I believe the contents of lid and casserole tinfoil are generally produced with least toxins; else we would have thousands of reports from patients who ate from it. So I believe you would be safe. Moreover you only ate a spoonful from the preparation. You can watch out for abdominal pain, vomiting, loose stools or any other abdominal complaints. If you have no such issues say in the next 24 hours, you need not be concerned about this episode. Make sure you are more careful while cooking next time. Hope this helped. Let me know if you need clarifications. Regards