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Offline Uiop

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Melting Plastic
« on: October 06, 2007, 09:30:33 PM »
Does inhaling the smell from melting plastics (in this case the plastic used to cover wires), cause any health effects?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Re: Melting Plastic
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 01:46:45 AM »
if plastic is burning, most likely some CO will evolve.

I would not recommend breathing it for an extended time

as for direct health issues with compounds in the plastic... that depends on the composition of the plastic itself.
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