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I believe in most cases it is just a good general idea to remove the melted plastic all together, just to be safe.

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Q: I know that heating plastic can cause cancer, so if melted plastic got on a surface that you have to touch everyday, how long until the surface/melted plastic doesn’t cause cancer anymore?
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