# @newsday on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dai2Y07iUeW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67594007-newsday-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T20:00:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Newsday • Long Island News (@newsday) — https://gondola.cc/newsday

## Caption

A dangerous trend of putting squishy NeeDoh toys in a microwave is sending children to the hospital, the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office warns. 

The "NeeDoh Microwave Trend" or the "NeeDoh Challenge" involves putting the toy in a microwave to make it stretchier and softer. The gel inside the NeeDohs begins boiling within seconds of turning on the microwave. Once removed, the toy can explode, causing severe burns to the hands, chest and face.

"Toys are intended to be played with, as described on the label," said Michael Uttaro, Nassau's chief fire marshal, in a news release. "Accidents can happen to an adult in the kitchen, even if they take precautions, so for a child who doesn’t know any better, the risk is even greater."

The dangerous internet trend involving the toys has also "sadly now reached Nassau County," Uttaro said in the statement, which explained that a child in Nassau was recently sent to the hospital with second- and third-degree burns from the trend.

More at the link in bio. (Photo: William Perlman)
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