Melamine

[Sarah]

A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from severalcyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, --formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam.Called also cyanuramide.

[Sarah]

Stuff found in crappy appartment kitchens all over North America. It's basically an off-white plastic that absorbs crap like cigarette smoke like nuts and turns yellow. Popular in the 80's, god knows why. God knows why most things in the 80's were popular.
If you have melamine, do yourself the favor of either removing it or setting your house on fire.

[Luis Fok]

A white crystalline compound made by heating cyanamide and used in making plastics.

[Monty]

a chemical used in making plastics: