Can you microwave styrofoam cups?

My entire life I have always been heating tea and coffee in styrofoam cups in the microwave for 2 minutes and never had a problem. But then last week I had some left over food on a styrofoam plate which I heated for 2 minutes and the styrofoam melted completely and burned up. read more

Like stated before. when you microwave a Styrofoam plate with food in it, you’re actually eating the poison from the heated styro. Prolonged exposure to microwave heat can cause leaching of chemicals into your food. Styrofoam is easy to mold and deformed when it’s heated. Thus, it easily sticks to your food. read more

While you can put styrofoam containers in the microwave, the heat of it’s contents could melt the container and destroy your meal. Polystyrene (and most high molecular weight polymers) are in no way soluble in water, and even if 50 per cent of your cup were to melt, you will not be absorbing any appreciable amount through the water in your cup. read more