Is is dangerous to dissolve styrofoam in acetone?

Subject: Is is dangerous to dissolve styrofoam in acetone?

Date: Mon Mar 23 19:03:22 2009
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I have to do a presentation involving styrofoam, and thought it would be
interesting to do a hands on thing. I thought maybe allowing people to see how
little material actually is in styrofoam, buy letting them "dissolve" it in
acetone. Would this be safe even if gloves and goggles were worn? Would there be
any release of chemicals, such as the blowing agent pentane? Would the resulting
polystyrene plastic be dangerous in anyway?
Thanks

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