Fwd: Cancer News from John Hopkins/dioxin and plastic

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Personally, i know, it's insane to microwave anything! Kraig

>Fwd: Cancer News from John Hopkins

>

> >>

> >>Please circulate to all you know Cancer update -- John Hopkins -- Cancer

> >>News from John 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 MedicalCenter as well.

> >>

> >>Dioxin chemicals cause

>s 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 TV 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 & nb & nbsp;

>sp;

> >>plastic containers.

> >>

> >>

> >>This especially 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, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex 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 & nbs & nb sp;

>p;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 plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as

> dangerous

> >>when placed over foods to be & n ;

>bsp;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 that should be sent to anyone important in your life

 

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