Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave

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Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave
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Breaks it down into what though? The article stated that several of these plastics are made of toxic chemicals. So if we are not careful, that could make things even worse.

Ideally into something that doesn't poison us, something that we could either safely absorb, or expel from our bodies all together.

At the end of the day, they're still carbohydrates and theoretically could be broken down into Co2/methane/alcohol or other short carbon components.