who knows if this is true
my mom sent this to me in an e-mail. who knows if it's true, but it doesn't hurt to be careful.
>
> Cancer update from John Hopkins University Hospital
>
>
> No plastics in micro.
> No water bottles in freezer.
> No plastic wrap in micro.
>
> Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in
> their newsletters worth
> noting... This information is being circulated
> at WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter.
>
> Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially
> breast cancer. Don't
> freeze your plastic water bottles with water
> as this also releases
> dioxins in the plastic.
>
> Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was
> on a TV program
> explaining this health hazard. (He is the
> manager of the Wellness
> Program at the hospital.)
>
> He was talking about dioxins and how bad they
> are for us. He said that
> we should not be heating our food in the
> microwave using plastic
> containers.
>
> This applies to foods that contain fat. He
> said that the combination
> of fat, high heat and plastics releases
> dioxins into the food and
> ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins
> are carcinogens and
> highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.
> Instead, he recommends using
> glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for
> heating food. You get the
> same results, without the dioxins.
>
> So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen
> and soups, etc., should be
> removed from the container and heated in
> something else. Paper isn't bad
> but you don't know what is in the paper. It's
> just safer to use tempered
> glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might
> remember when some of the
> fast food restaurants moved away from the foam
> containers to paper. The
> dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
>
> To add to this, Saran wrap placed over foods
> as they are nuked, with
> the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins
> into the food, use paper
> towels.
>
>
> Cancer update from John Hopkins University Hospital
>
>
> No plastics in micro.
> No water bottles in freezer.
> No plastic wrap in micro.
>
> Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in
> their newsletters worth
> noting... This information is being circulated
> at WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter.
>
> Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially
> breast cancer. Don't
> freeze your plastic water bottles with water
> as this also releases
> dioxins in the plastic.
>
> Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was
> on a TV program
> explaining this health hazard. (He is the
> manager of the Wellness
> Program at the hospital.)
>
> He was talking about dioxins and how bad they
> are for us. He said that
> we should not be heating our food in the
> microwave using plastic
> containers.
>
> This applies to foods that contain fat. He
> said that the combination
> of fat, high heat and plastics releases
> dioxins into the food and
> ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins
> are carcinogens and
> highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.
> Instead, he recommends using
> glass, Corning Ware, or ceramic containers for
> heating food. You get the
> same results, without the dioxins.
>
> So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen
> and soups, etc., should be
> removed from the container and heated in
> something else. Paper isn't bad
> but you don't know what is in the paper. It's
> just safer to use tempered
> glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might
> remember when some of the
> fast food restaurants moved away from the foam
> containers to paper. The
> dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
>
> To add to this, Saran wrap placed over foods
> as they are nuked, with
> the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins
> into the food, use paper
> towels.
>