Microwave on a polystyrene cup

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:03, archived)

Hooray for cynanide gas.

( Maffers I flow kinda strange like Spina Bifida footprints, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

massive science urban myth
is mythical.

The dye in CDRs is cyanine. It has nothing to do with cyanide, it's a non-systemic name rooting from the green-blue colour cyan, not the chemical structure.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:46, archived)

Damage to the microwave may be avoided or lessened by placing a glass of water in the microwave with the CD.
( sleepybinky, Tue 14 Jun 2011, 13:24, archived)