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by milge 4328 days ago
To be fair, most things are dangerous when burned.
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> To be fair, most things are dangerous when burned.

That's not at all true. Some things are more, some things are less.

Incompletely burned plastic? More. Full burned? Less. Gasoline? Less. Mercury? More. Arsenic? Less.

But carbon fiber is used in applications where high-friction (burning) is likely to occur... It is harder to burn metal.

And there are levels of dangerous, based on size and shape of microparticles.

People especially. I get very cross.
I seem to remember hearing that sofas release cyanide when burned.