Pure_Evil
02-02-2005, 01:00 PM
Not 100% sure how accurate this is, but it's interesting none the less.
Subject: Cancer News from Johns Hopkins
No plastics in microwave
No water bottles in freezer.
No plastic wrap in microwave
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters worth
noting... This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Don't freeze
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.
:hmmm:
Subject: Cancer News from Johns Hopkins
No plastics in microwave
No water bottles in freezer.
No plastic wrap in microwave
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters worth
noting... This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Don't freeze
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.
:hmmm: