March 28, 2007

• Take Care with Plastic!

   Cancer update: Johns Hopkins = Cancer News from Johns Hopkins:

  
  

   1. No plastic containers in micro.

  
  

   2. No water bottles in freezer.

  
  

   3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

  
  

   Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
   information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre.

  
  

   Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

  
  

   Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't
   freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases
   dioxins from the plastic.

  
  

   Recently, Dr.. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle
   Hospital, was on a T V program to explain this health hazard. He
   talked 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
   dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.

  
  

   Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware or ceramic
   containers for heating food. You get the same results, only without
   the dioxin. 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 reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants
   moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is
   one of the reasons.

  
  

   Also, he pointed out that Saran wrap is just as dangerous when
   placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is
   nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of
   the plastic wrap and drip into the food.

  
  

   Cover food with a paper towel instead.

  
  

   This is an article I believe you should forward to your family and
   friends-- anyone who is important in your life!
  

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