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Excessive Heating Up Of Plastic Wrapped Food Is That Harmful

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Dr.   Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh MD

plastic leached into my food after heating the container at maximum power for 4.5 minutes, and that I even ... heating room-temperature water many times throughout the day. Prior to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bonnie Berger-Durnbaugh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  T Shobha Deepak MD

plastic in it. I looked in the oven and there was a melted Tupperware bowl that melted and dripped into the food. Is this toxic?? Thank you! ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Shobha Deepak ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis MD

heating up a sandwich in a metal pie tin type container in the oven at about 410 degrees. there was some plastic wrap on the bottom that I didn't see. It began to emit very bad smelling... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Kerry Pottinger MD

I have just had a ready meal. The plastic container totally melted at the top and around the edge to the point that when i took it out the oven the melted part stuck to the oven gloves and was like ... View answer

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

can I get an upset stomach from heating food with plastic film on top ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vidya KR ( General & Family Physician)

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Dr.  Shinas Hussain MD

, just heating them up) in an aluminum pan. I started smelling something, i opened my oven and noticed ... it out. Cleaned the oven then finished heating the Manicotti. There was no more smell and no... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shinas Hussain ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman MD

sandwich with plastic to heat up for 1 min. But unexpectedly I saw the plastic melt in less than a min. So i quickly took it out less than 1 min of heating up. May I know will it... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Muhammad Ahmad MD

Hi, So I have heated up some food in the oven. After eating I realized there was a strange smell in the kitchen - apparently one of my roommates dropped a plastic tablecloth on the oven door and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Ahmad ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Riyanka Chail MD

been a small amount of plastic that shredded/melted into the 5 pounds of potatoes (about 1/16 of an inch square of paper thin plastic. Is this dangerous? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Riyanka Chail ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Lokesh Gupta MD

My husband put a plastic lid in the oven.. it was one of those disposable foil pans. We had put a ... smells of chemicals. Is it safe to eat? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Lokesh Gupta ( Internal Medicine Specialist)