<> > FYI, folks. take care and God bless. please send
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> > For His purpose
> > c mo
> > Cancer News From Johns Hopkins
> > > >No plastics in micro
> > > >No water bottles in freezer.
> > > >No plastic wrap in micro
> > >
> > > Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in
> > their newsletters
> > worth noting
> >
> > >.. This information is being circulated at Walter
> > Reed Army Medical Center.
> >
> > >Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast cancer.
> > >Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also
> > releases dioxins 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 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 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.
> >
> > >It's 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 highheat,
> >
> > > >actually drips poisonous toxins into the food,
> > use paper towels.
> >
> > > >Pass this on to your family & friends & those
> > that are important
> > in you
> >
> > >life.
> >
> > Ada C. Mui, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor
> > Columbia University School of Social Work
> > 1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York NY 10027
> > Tel: 1-212-851-2241
> > Fax:1-212-851-2206
> >
>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/faculty/profiles/mui.html
> > http://www.columbia.edu/~acm5/
> > http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ccf/ 
