Originally posted by: SharkyTM
its fairly fun to watch them Tesla in the microwave... but they do use a Cyanide-based dye... so air out the m-wave before the next meal...
'Cyanine' dye means it's blue, or more specifically, cyan. It has nothing to do with the poison cyanide. (Although cyanide the poison is extracted from a dye called Russian Blue.)
For more on composition of CD-Rs, and what happens when you microwave them, see cdrfaq.org's FAQ - How do CD-R's behave when microwaved?