Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:14:32 -0400
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From: Joseph J Horvath <joseph.horvath**At_Symbol_Here**BMS.COM>
Subject: Re: Re-use mineral Water bottles
Comments: To: chemcon**At_Symbol_Here**JUNO.COM
In-Reply-To: <20040917.153702.2616.4.chemcon**At_Symbol_Here**juno.com>

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

Franki  9/8/2004 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.
>
>
>>>> > >
>>>> > >!
>>>
>>>

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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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