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[bliumchik]

Um um so guys. If one were to hypothetically have accidentally set something on fire in one's kitchen. Say... a plastic chopping board. Are melted plastic fumes harmful in any way?

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[stele3.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

Yes, very. Open a window before you pass out, bb!

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

lol, I am long out of that room, I was thinking effects of just the lungful I got before I managed to put it out :P

[stele3.insanejournal.com (from livejournal.com)]

Eh, a lungful shouldn't hurt you bad. Why, when I was a bugger, I inhaled all sorts of crap from burning my little ponies at the altar. In my defense they were all witches. BURN THEM.

[ana-grrl.livejournal.com]

Yes, but I would be more worried with long-term exposure than short-term. If the fire is out, and you're not making a habit of breathing melted plastic, you should be fine. Some ventilation is also a good idea.

[godzemo.livejournal.com]

I used to melt plastic for art projects. Outside, on a windy day :p

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yes, but not enough to worry about.

As a rule, don't breathe plastic fumes, but, the lungful you got won't do anything measurably significant.

[woodburner.livejournal.com]

..........what did you do to set fire to a plastic cutting board?!

Airing out the room would be good, but as everyone else said, if you just breathed in a little you'll be fine.

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I um sort of flicked the wrong knob on the stove.

[snarkaddict.livejournal.com]

*G* You're just like MIkeyway, aren't you? Taking heaters to showers, flicking the wrong knob and cutting a plastic cutting board on fire! LOL! Glad you're alright though. :p

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

I insist that I have NEVER brought an electrical appliance into the shower.

...I do walk into things a lot though /o\

[snarkaddict.livejournal.com]

*G* Yet.

I tend to drop and break a lot of things. /o\

[perfectdays.livejournal.com]

... I burned plastic things over the bunsen burner in science class when the teacher wasn't looking all the time and I think I turned out okay... |D

[packbat.livejournal.com]

(way too late to do any good...) If it's a new plastic chopping board, it probably isn't too toxic - thank goodness for the green movement - so I'd go ahead and air out the room, no worries.

(What, you think I'd advise someone to release toxic gases into the atmosphere? What kind of person do you think I am?! :P )