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Default destroying data CDs?

On 2012-03-08, Steve Firth wrote:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:
[Burning CDs]

The smell is pretty bad though - need to open the window.


The dye used is pthalocyanine some of it will be released as cyanide by
burning. Not advised in a confined space such as a kitchen.


I thought I'd heard something like that, hence my question. However,
I guess this isn't a problem with the quick blast in the microwave?