Post by TheGentleStorm on Oct 25, 2004 21:57:26 GMT -5
FYI from Cancer.org
We do this all the time. I love freezing my water bottles...
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their Newsletters. This
information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer., especially breast cancer.
Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water,as this also releases
dioxin 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 dioxin and how bad it is 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.
Dioxin is 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
Dioxin. 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. 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.
PLEASE! Pass this on to your family & friends & those that are important
in your life!
Julie Smith
Community Representative
American Cancer Society
Mid-South Division, Inc.
135 Ellington Road
Winnsboro, La 71295-6320
318.412.0005 (Telephone)
318.412.0005 (Fax)
julie.smith@cancer.org
We do this all the time. I love freezing my water bottles...
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their Newsletters. This
information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens causes cancer., especially breast cancer.
Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water,as this also releases
dioxin 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 dioxin and how bad it is 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.
Dioxin is 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
Dioxin. 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. 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.
PLEASE! Pass this on to your family & friends & those that are important
in your life!
Julie Smith
Community Representative
American Cancer Society
Mid-South Division, Inc.
135 Ellington Road
Winnsboro, La 71295-6320
318.412.0005 (Telephone)
318.412.0005 (Fax)
julie.smith@cancer.org
