I think I just sold my soul to the devil for some Hot Chocolate

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**kenshin620**

Well this feels very random

Since it was a cold morning I decided to buy some hot chocolate to warm it up. It was decent enough

But the then I just noticed the cap I had was completely clear plastic, like those plastic ones for normal soda fountain drinks (think starbucks plastic cup). Those marking you use to mark/press down what type of soda you got? Completely gone, methinks they MELTED off.

And I just drank all the hot chocolate.

I suddenly wonder if I just indigested plastic and could get some serious health affects, even cancer (hey I've heard things about plastic)

Should I be worried? Anyone else here had some revelation that they may have done an extreme disservice to their physical body without realizing it at first?

**daedalus**

Or, you know, the press on the plastic extruder didn't hit the lid right and so you didn't get any embossing on it. Unless you mean that there are melty gaps in the lid, in which case I can't understand how you drank it without scalding your mouth.

Do you live in California? In that case, you should probably see a doctor, because most manufactured things there seem to cause cancer. Otherwise, I wouldn't worry about it. Really.

As far as retrospective disservices to my body, I do them all the time. I have a desk job and stare at monitors about 16 hours of the day. Seemed like a good call at some point.

**Tye_Informer**

You'll be fine. The plastic you ingested this morning will bind with the lead from the old models you have been exposed to and will actually decrease your chance of getting cancer!

Just kidding, but the damage is done so don't worry. Might take a few minutes off your life, but you got Hot Chocolate! Totally worth it!

**daedalus**

Heh, actually, now that I think about it, I'm guessing that the sugar from the drink was worse for you in the long run.

**Grey Templar**

If you did ingest any plastic it will simply pass through your digestive system.

However, I doubt the plastic actually melted into liquid form. At tha temperature the hot chocolate would have been way too hot for you to drink safely. The biggest problem you'd have would be second degree burns.

**p_gray99**

Yeah, if you'd just drunk plastic chances are you'd know about it. Most plastics of the type used in this kind of thing become sticky or gooey when molten, and melt at above the normal hot chocolate temperature. If you'd drunk it, I expect you'd know about it.

**PredaKhaine**

I had a cup of tea from a takaway van once - years ago, before you could sue for scalding yourself on an insanely hot drink.
I stirred with a plastic spoon. The spoon melted/elongated - it became an insanely wobbly artifact, when held by the tip of the handle (the only non melted bit) it just dangled down.
That tea was hot enough to cause a spoon to melt/bend and was far too hot to drink.

If you drunk your chocolate and it was hot enough to melt plastic, then you either have an asbestos mouth (which is a completely different problem

) or you've scalded your mouth and throat.
Being as you weren't in too much pain to post, you should be fine

**KalashnikovMarine**

Yeah I think you're okay mate

**Ouze**

While the melting point of plastics varies considerably, as a general rule it's going to be at least 250 degrees. Was the drink at a fast boil in the cup? If not, you're OK.

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

Someone should force you to smoke one cigarette.

**PredaKhaine**

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
Someone should force you to smoke one cigarette.

erm...why?

**KingCracker**

He rarely makes sense. Just move along and pretend you didnt want to know

**daedalus**

I assume that is has something to do with discovering that the tiniest bit of exposure to "chemicals" in your body will not immediately kill you.

**PredaKhaine**

Well in the case of cigarettes I believe exposure leads to loss of EW and also eventually applies ID doesn't it?

**rubiksnoob**

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
Someone should force you to smoke one cigarette.

Or maybe two cigarettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

**PredaKhaine**

rubiksnoob wrote:
Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:
Someone should force you to smoke one cigarette.

Or maybe two cigarettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

You fiend!

**Grey Templar**

PredaKhaine wrote:
Well in the case of cigarettes I believe exposure leads to loss of EW and also eventually applies ID doesn't it?

It basically lowers your ID threshhold till even a tiny bit of dust in your airways can cause a medical emergency.

Ciggs are full of Rad particles yo

**DukeBadham**

Earlier today I was doing some chemical reactions using sodium theosulphate (NaS2O3) and 5 different concentrations of HCl (10 experiments) then devoured my lunch with my bare hands, the same bear hands I used not 20 mins before. Safe to say I ingested differing quantities of bread, sausage, sodium theosulphate and hydrochloric acid. I love chemistry

**Grey Templar**

Well the HCL shouldn't hurt you, it is a natural part of your digestive system. Not sure about the sodium theosulphate.

**DemetriDominov**

I wouldn't worry too much about a first time exposure to the plastic.

However, you may want to visit this site: http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ to see what you slather onto your body, cram between your teeth, and ingest everyday. Look up product that you use - like a shampoo or body wash! People wonder why cancer rates are soaring through the roof in America. This is the unsaid reason among the other very visible reasons why.

**Smacks**

kenshin620 wrote:
Anyone else here had some revelation that they may have done an extreme disservice to their physical body without realizing it at first?

One that springs to mind, which is vaguely wargame related... I had a big can full of Dichloromethane on my desk in my work room. It was there for about a month, before I finally got around to using it. However when I picked it up I discovered it was all gone. I guess the lid wasn't airtight so it must have evaporated into the poorly ventilated room where I always hang out. Which means I probably inhaled it. Not to worry though, it has only been linked to cancer of the lungs, liver, and pancreas...

This is the same room where my girlfriend also stored her Granddads old box of radio stuff... Which when we went through it: turned out to contain a mercury tilt-switch that had broken and spilled mercury everywhere

I really should find a new place to hang out.

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

daedalus wrote:
I assume that is has something to do with discovering that the tiniest bit of exposure to "chemicals" in your body will not immediately kill you.

Indeed. Try something and live a little. All the cool kids are doing it or have done it and have families now.

**DeathReaper**

Are you a fire eater for the circus?

If so you probably drank the plastic as the Hot Chocolate was too hot for any person with normal taste buds.

**Easy E**

Fact: 100% of people who ingest plastic unknowingly DIE!

**Jefffar**

I think we are all missing the important part here . . .

How was the Hot Chocolate?

**Grey Templar**

Jefffar wrote:

How was the Hot Chocolate?

To die for...