News: Make snails out of cocktail stirrers

Make snails out of cocktail stirrers

Like Michaelangelo and Carerra had marble, this anonymous artist du jour had a plastic stirrer and spare flame. This beautifully intricate design was created by burning plastic. What you see artfully illustrates the chemical process known as thermosetting.

Plastic melting emitsthe deadly poison dioxin.Dioxin is a toxic organic chemical is produced when chlorine and hydrocarbons are heated at high temperatures. So, don't inhale.