All Similar scenario making the rounds below - but apparently from a more reliable source. I have not drilled down into this yet - but are there any comments from the group?? joe Franki9/8/2004 9:54:20 AM >>> >>> >Subject: John Hopkins Newsletter - Please read this. >>> > >>> > >>> >Yikes...this is scary. >>> >Johns Hopkins Newsletter >> >> >>>> > > >>>> > > Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters. >>> >>> This >>information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > Dioxin carcinogens cause cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don't >>> >>> >>freeze plastic water bottles with water in them as this also releases >>dioxin from 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 we should not heat our food in the microwave > > using >>plastic containers. This applies particularly 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 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 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. Just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, > > etc. >>>> > > >>>> > > 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 >>instead. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > Please pass this on to your family & friends, & those who are >>> >>> >>important in your life. > > >>>> > > >>>> > >! >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ Sent via the ACN WebMail system Jay Young wrote: >Ye gods, how silly can the internet get? There is absolutely no reliable >scientific evidence that re-use of mineral water bottles by re-filling >them with drinking water after washing and rinsing, or without washing or >rinsing, can have fatal consequences. > >Jay Young > >
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