Info on using plastic or plastic wrap in microwaves

[Guest guest]

I have no reason not to believe this.

 

 

Plastic Wrap Toxins. Author/s: Jule Klotter Issue: Jan, 2001

 

As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that

di(ethylhexyl) adepate (DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in

plastic wrap. She also learned that the FDA had never studied the effect

of microwave cooking on plastic-wrapped food. Claire began to wonder:

" Can cancer-causing particles seep into food covered with household

plastic wrap while it is being microwaved? "

Three years later, with encouragement from her high school science

teacher, Claire set out to test what the FDA had not. Although she had

an idea for studying the effect of microwave radiation on plastic-wrapped

food, she did not have the equipment. Eventually, Jon Wilkes at the

National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, Arkansas, agreed

to help her. The research center, which is affiliated with the FDA, let

her use its facilities to perform her experiments, which involved

microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive oil.

Claire tested four different plastic wraps and " found not just the

carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil].... "

Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast cancer

in women. Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a couple

of trips each week to the research center, which was 25 miles from

her home, to work on her experiment. An article in Options reported that

" [h]er analysis found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200

parts and 500 parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per

billion. " Her summarized results have been published in science

journals. Claire Nelson received the American Chemical Society's top

science prize for students during her junior year and fourth place at the

International Science and Engineering Fair (Fort Worth, Texas) as a

senior.

 

" Carcinogens -- At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits " Options May 2000.

Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444; COPYRIGHT 2001 The

Townsend Letter Group COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group

_________

Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program 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 saimin 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. 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.

 

Pass this on to your friends.

 

>>

[Guest guest]

The last paragraph in your post is ambiguous. It says that Claire Nelson

found that " ...DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200 and 500 parts

per million. " But, was that something that happened when food that remained

covered with plastic wrap, was " microwaved, " or, at all times?

John P.

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Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:31 AM

Info on using plastic or plastic wrap in microwaves

 

 

> I have no reason not to believe this.

>

>

> Plastic Wrap Toxins. Author/s: Jule Klotter Issue: Jan, 2001

>

> As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that

> di(ethylhexyl) adepate (DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in

> plastic wrap. She also learned that the FDA had never studied the effect

> of microwave cooking on plastic-wrapped food. Claire began to wonder:

> " Can cancer-causing particles seep into food covered with household

> plastic wrap while it is being microwaved? "

> Three years later, with encouragement from her high school science

> teacher, Claire set out to test what the FDA had not. Although she had

> an idea for studying the effect of microwave radiation on plastic-wrapped

> food, she did not have the equipment. Eventually, Jon Wilkes at the

> National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson, Arkansas, agreed

> to help her. The research center, which is affiliated with the FDA, let

> her use its facilities to perform her experiments, which involved

> microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive oil.

> Claire tested four different plastic wraps and " found not just the

> carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil].... "

> Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast cancer

> in women. Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a couple

> of trips each week to the research center, which was 25 miles from

> her home, to work on her experiment. An article in Options reported that

> " [h]er analysis found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200

> parts and 500 parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per

> billion. " Her summarized results have been published in science

> journals. Claire Nelson received the American Chemical Society's top

> science prize for students during her junior year and fourth place at the

> International Science and Engineering Fair (Fort Worth, Texas) as a

> senior.

>

> " Carcinogens -- At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits " Options May 2000.

> Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444; COPYRIGHT 2001 The

> Townsend Letter Group COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group

> _________

> Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program 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 saimin 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. 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.

>

> Pass this on to your friends.

>

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