Can Eating Styrofoam Be Fatal?!
Question: Can Eating Styrofoam Be Fatal.?
I was drinking hot chocolate and I took a bite out of my styrofoam cup. I accidentally swallowed the styrofoam when one of my co-workers made me laugh. Am I going to die from styrofoam poisoning.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
I refer you to the materials data sheet.
http://www.novachem.com/appl/prodfinder/...
Of interest is the ld50 for oral ingestion. which is 12.8 kg per kg of body weight for rats. This means you would have a 50 percent chance of dying if you ate 25 pounds of styrofoam for every one pound of body weight. That is a lot of foam!
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http://www.novachem.com/appl/prodfinder/...
Of interest is the ld50 for oral ingestion. which is 12.8 kg per kg of body weight for rats. This means you would have a 50 percent chance of dying if you ate 25 pounds of styrofoam for every one pound of body weight. That is a lot of foam!
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