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Jonluw

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Hiya escapists.

I just made myself some grilled-cheese sandwiches, and in the process, I noticed that the layer of Teflon on my sandwich-iron was in pretty bad shape: Large chunks were torn off, revealing the metal underneath. I realized that most of this Teflon has probably been ingested by me and my family, and if I remember correctly, that isn't very healthy.

So, I was wondering: What potentially dangerous materials have you been (semi-)unwittingly exposed to?
Have you ingested Teflon as well?


And if anyone on here knows: What are the consequences of ingesting Teflon?
 

Glamorgan

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Firstly, <quote=Some random guy on Yahoo Answers>Nothing. They make medical implants out of teflon. However, if you burn it, it will release fluorocarbons, which can make you sick. Fluorocarbons are a wide range of molecules that can harm you by oxygen deprivation as carbon monoxide does, and can also trigger immune system response causing flu-like symptoms.
So don't set yourself on fire, k?

And to answer the first question, I watched A Current Affair (a terrible specialist news program) once. That was pretty bad for me, I think...
 

BlueberryMUNCH

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O_O.

Tried to look up the effects to no avail, you'll prolly be okay though:].

I left my straighteners on once...right next to a Haribo packet. Vah that stuff was rank. Don;t remember what happened though; was ages ago. OR MAYBE IT DAMAGED MY MEMORY ASDFGHJKL;'#.
 

Evil Raccoon

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I drank a cup of ink when I was young, I don't seem to remember much of it though. I seem to have it all out of my system now.

Or do I?

No I'm pretty sure it's out of my system.
 

Vet2501

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Jonluw said:
Hiya escapists.

I just made myself some grilled-cheese sandwiches, and in the process, I noticed that the layer of Teflon on my sandwich-iron was in pretty bad shape: Large chunks were torn off, revealing the metal underneath. I realized that most of this Teflon has probably been ingested by me and my family, and if I remember correctly, that isn't very healthy.

So, I was wondering: What potentially dangerous materials have you been (semi-)unwittingly exposed to?
Have you ingested Teflon as well?


And if anyone on here knows: What are the consequences of ingesting Teflon?
While I wouldn't advise eating teflon it is harmless if ingested. It is toxic however if you inhale it after sublimation. However you need a really high temperature to reach lethal atmospheric levels in humans. Birds however are very sensitive to it and even tiny levels will kill them, so never keep pet birds in the kitchen.
 

ChaoticLegion

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Nomming on plaster of paris at a young age is not advised, leaves you with a very dry mouth at the time. No long term side effects however =P
 

Jonluw

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Glamorgan said:
Firstly, <quote=Some random guy on Yahoo Answers>Nothing. They make medical implants out of teflon. However, if you burn it, it will release fluorocarbons, which can make you sick. Fluorocarbons are a wide range of molecules that can harm you by oxygen deprivation as carbon monoxide does, and can also trigger immune system response causing flu-like symptoms.
So don't set yourself on fire, k?
Well, then it seems someone lied to me. I remember someone telling me it was dangerous, and my home ec. teacher shouting at me for using a metal spoon in a teflon pan.

Okay, new dangerous substance then: I've spent some time around superglue, and probably inhaled my fair share of fumes. There was also this one time when I tried melting a bunch of sautering-tin. My whole room filled with smoke, and I started feeling funny.
 

shadyh8er

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It wasn't a dangerous material, but what I did with it was.

When I was a kid I watched this cartoon about bugs, and the mosquito character would drink through her nose.

I tried the same thing with water, didn't work.

EDIT: I also used to lick deodorant. Left my tongue dry.
 

Tekkawarrior

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I ingested a shitload of teflon in my time, all my pans are scratched to shits.

My dad once filled a water bottle with clear gasoline and left it in the boiler room,
the maid thought it was a good idea to put the bottle back in the fridge (since she thought
it was water). That day my cousin had almost half a bottle of clear gasoline right from the bottle, when the taste was slightly off, we started to investigate the bottle.
After seeing the red X on the label (hand drawn by dad) he proceeded to puke his brains out.

Fortunately nothing serious came from the incident and we all had a good laugh about it a day later.
 

Ldude893

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Some strange green fluid came out of a battery I was playing with when I was young. No damage done.
 

Megalodon

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Exposed too?
There was the ornange carcinogen (some manganate salt, can't remember which) at school I got on my fingers.
Then I almost took a fireball to the face when my lab partner messed up a distillation.
Pure Hydrochoric Acid up the nose (it smells like pain).
Not exposed exactly, but last year while bored, I was playing with acrylamide, a culmulative contact neurtoxin.
Spilt methyl cyanide over my hand (gloved thankfully), the bench and the floor.

Plus a plethora of others that I can't recall off the top of my head.

Science Labs are fun!
 

tombman888

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I absorbed Mercury through my skin once... not much, and its probably all out of my system now, so it wasn't that big a deal.
 

Scolar Visari

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Was with someone who was smoking near an open bottle of black powder. I didn't even notice him smoking for a little bit, but when I saw it I freaked out.
 

Jonluw

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shadyh8er said:
It wasn't a dangerous material, but what I did with it was.

When I was a kid I watched this cartoon about bugs, and the mosquito character would drink through her nose.

I tried the same thing with water, didn't work.
On the topic of nasal ingestion. I think some friends of mine tried sniffing baking powder as a dare once.
 

shadyh8er

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Jonluw said:
shadyh8er said:
It wasn't a dangerous material, but what I did with it was.

When I was a kid I watched this cartoon about bugs, and the mosquito character would drink through her nose.

I tried the same thing with water, didn't work.
On the topic of nasal ingestion. I think some friends of mine tried sniffing baking powder as a dare once.
I saw a kid sniff a Pixie Stick. The teacher didn't do anything but make fun of the kid.
 

Stephanos132

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*obligatory reply about drinking bleach as a young un*

Also, plenty of paint and glue fumes from, well, painting and gluing.
 

Jonluw

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Megalodon said:
Exposed too?
There was the ornange carcinogen (some manganate salt, can't remember which) at school I got on my fingers.
Then I almost took a fireball to the face when my lab partner messed up a distillation.
Pure Hydrochoric Acid up the nose (it smells like pain).
Not exposed exactly, but last year while bored, I was playing with acrylamide, a culmulative contact neurtoxin.
Spilt methyl cyanide over my hand (gloved thankfully), the bench and the floor.

Plus a plethora of others that I can't recall off the top of my head.

Science Labs are fun!
Oh, indeed they are.
Just last week or something, me and some friends were done with the experiment we were supposed to do; so we decided to see if putting a natrium hydroxide pellet on a sheet of aluminum foil and adding a bit of water would do anything. At first, it seemed like nothing would happen, so we held it right up to our faces. Then, suddenly the reaction started. You know, it started bubbling, and suddenly the air was filled with hydrogen.
It just dawned on me how close I got to getting a saturated NaOH solution in my eyes.

And one of my friends who did that last experiment with me tried drinking/eating Potassium permanganate once. Apparently, it induces vomiting.

And another one of my lab-partners opened the valve on the bunsen burner before I lit the match. Cue fireball on my hand.
 

Megalodon

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Jonluw said:
Oh, indeed they are.
Just last week or something, me and some friends were done with the experiment we were supposed to do; so we decided to see if putting a natrium hydroxide pellet on a sheet of aluminum foil and adding a bit of water would do anything. At first, it seemed like nothing would happen, so we held it right up to our faces. Then, suddenly the reaction started. You know, it started bubbling, and suddenly the air was filled with hydrogen.
It just dawned on me how close I got to getting a saturated NaOH solution in my eyes.

And one of my friends who did that last experiment with me tried drinking/eating Potassium permanganate once. Apparently, it induces vomiting.

And another one of my lab-partners opened the valve on the bunsen burner before I lit the match. Cue fireball on my hand.
Reminded me of a thing that a friend's friend did in 1st year Chem labs. Decided to play pipette versus NescoFilm (think industrial strength cling film). The Nescrofilm won, the pipette snapped, resulting in the guy geting three inches of broken glass tube through his finger. Plus it was a dirty pipette. Took at about six months to heal.
 

Lawnmooer

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I have:

Drank Lighter Fluid just because I wondered what it tasted like (Not nice)

Had hydrochloric acid over my hands (Thought it was water...)

Had various brightly coloured chemical powders over my hands, and put my hand in a bunsen burner (Not of full heat, only the saftey flame)

Got a fair amount of ink in my bloodstream from being stabbed with many fountain pens (People get annoyed quite easily when trying to work)

Sniffed a mysterious coloured smoke given off from an experiment involving magnesium which caused a burning sensation in my chest, nose and eyes for a few days.

Created a temporarily fun game called "Thermometer war" in which 2 people use thermometers with mecury in them as swords... Glass is fairly fragile...

Thats just the stuff I can remember.