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Styrofoam also releases toxic fumes when it burns. So as a firestarter, it's great in an emergency. For a campfire, don't sit too close or cook your marshmallows on it.
You can offset some of the health risks by using leaded gasoline instead. It's a lot better for your valve seats. You can still get leaded gasoline at many GA airfields.
Fair point! But you have to be standing right over the fire, huffing the fumes, to catch any smell. Get it rolling and step away.
Got me thinking, the dried version is not nearly as smelly. Harder to produce though.
Oh yeah, it's the generally safe at a short distance, but people do stupid shit all the time, like light fires in enclosed spaces, or cook over a tire fire.