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What If Baby Ingested Melted Plastic

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Dr. Hema Yadav MD

plastic top that was melted into a ball and not the plastic wrap I thought I knocked it was. It was just ...I left the plastic top on(without realizing) and put the aluminum container with the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hema Yadav ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Rajiv K Khandelwal MD

Ate at a restaurant and when chewing the last piece of my wrap I spit out a piece of melted plastic. Now I am worried if the entire meal was microwaved or put in the oven with plastic that... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rajiv K Khandelwal ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  T Shobha Deepak MD

I just finished eating dinner and I may have ingested melted plastic. The oven was smoking badly ... plastic in it. I looked in the oven and there was a melted Tupperware bowl that... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Shobha Deepak ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Abhijit Sonawane MD

was not melted. Please tell if there is need to worry. I m worried as that plastic partical got cooked ... not sure if it was melted with food however it does not looks like... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Abhijit Sonawane ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Irshad H Naqvi MD

I recently realized that the bottles I've been using for my baby may contain either plastic that is melted / changing into a gel or mold. It is on a small plastic insert so I didn't notice it. I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Irshad H Naqvi ( Pediatrician)

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Dr.  Anand M I MD

I may have accidentally breathed in and ingested some melted plastic after leaving a supposedly microwave-safe plate in the microwave. Approximately 5cm2 of plastic melted and there was a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anand M I ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.   Parth Goswami MD

underneath the foil portion. We ate the casserole and when I was cleaning up found the plastic lid melted underneath the foil dish. I am concerned we ingested plastic. How worried should I be? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth Goswami ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vaddadi Suresh MD

I was eating the chicken, I noticed that pieces of the plastic coating on the plate had melted. The pieces of the plastic coating were missing and hard where it had dried up. I m scared I may have... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaddadi Suresh ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr.  Parth MD

the bottom of the container had melted. I must have ingested the material I am guessing. Could you please let me know what are the hazards of such ingestion? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Parth ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Sagar Gopalakrishna MD

I melted a bit of my spatula like an idiot on my stainless steel pan this morning while making eggs. It has been 4 hrs. I think I probably ingested some of the plastic from the spatula, but have no... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sagar Gopalakrishna ( Dentist)