What do lemon juice and lemon oils do to styrofoam?

if you don't like reading it - essentially it's the lemon oil reacting with polystyrene. I haven't seen lemon juice doing the hole thing yet (but I guess most of the time people drink lemon juice cold and they don't exactly leave them to sit in the cup to steep unlike the way some people love to leave their hot tea (with lemon) to cool down. read more

What is Lemon Juice: Lemon juice comes from squeezing the lemon and getting the juice from it, like orange juice. What is Lemon Essential Oil: Lemon essential oil is not made from lemon juice, it comes from the skin and rind of the lemon. Differences: The essential oil is pH neutral, meaning it is not acidic, whereas lemon juice is. read more

<styrofoam cups melting in lemon water> I've heard of this before; apparently there is enough lemon oil from the peel (and perhaps even from the flesh of the lemon) to plasticize the polystyrene foam. I don't expect it's especially dangerous; any polystyrene that dissolves would have a hard time getting absorbed and it's not particularly toxic anyway. read more