This is a another FWD that I got and I thought was interesting.
>From: "joannlou" >To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@enter.net> >Subject: something else to read >Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 19:45:46 -0400
> >Plastic Wrap Toxins - Author Jule Klotter, Jan. 2001 >As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that di(ethylhexyl)adepate >(DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in plastic wrap. She also learned >that the FDA had never studied the effect of microwave cooking on >plastic-wrapped food. Claire began to wonder: "Can cancer-causing particles >seep into food covered with household plastic wrap while it is being >microwaved?" >Three years later, with encouragement from her high school science teacher, >Claire set out to test what the FDA had not. Although she had an idea for >studying the effect of microwave radiation on plastic-wrapped food, she did >not have the equipment. > Eventually, Jon Wilkes at the National Center for Toxicological Research in >Jefferson, Arkansas, agreed to help her. The research center, which is >affiliated with the FDA, let her use its facilities to perform her >experiments, which involved microwaved plastic wrap in virgin olive oil. >Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found not just the >carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the oil]...." >Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and to breast cancer in >women. >Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a couple of trips each >week to the research center, which was 25 miles from her home, to work on >her experiment. An article in Options reported that "her analysis found that >DEHA was migrating into the oil at between 200 parts and 500 parts per >million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per billion." Her summarized results >have been published in science journals. Claire Nelson received the American >Chemical Society's top science prize for students during her junior year >and fourth place at the International Science and Engineering Fair (Fort >Worth, Texas) as a senior. > "Carcinogens-At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits" Options May 2000. Published >by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444 On Channel 2 (Huntsville, AL) this >morning they had a Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program. >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 saimin 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. >Pass this on to your friends.... >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 towel >instead.
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> >Subject: The way we need to think > >Heavenly Father, >Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a >single mother who worked nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook >dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious >moments with her children. >Help us to remember that the pierced,tattooed, disinterested young man who >can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, >balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting >his student loans for next semester.
> >Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same >spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions >that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.
>Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through >the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this >moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, >this will be the last year that they go shopping together.
>Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, >the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those >we hold dear. Open our hearts not just to those who are close to us but to >all humanity. Let us be slow to judgment and quick to forgiveness, >patience, empathy and love. > >AMEN! LET'S Be Nice; Nice Is Good!
>============================ >. The best way to get even is to forget.. > >2. Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death. > >3. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts... > >4. Some folks wear their halos much too tight... > >5. Some marriages are made in heaven, but they ALL have to be maintained > on earth... > >6. Unless you can create the WHOLE universe in 5 days, then perhaps giving > "advice" to God, isn't such a good idea. > >7. Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up... > >8. Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous. You will get knocked > down by the traffic from both ways. > >9. Words are windows to the heart.. > >10. A skeptic is a person who when he sees the handwriting on the wall, > claims it's a forgery. > >11. It isn't difficult to make a mountain out of a molehill, just add a > little dirt. > >12. A successful marriage isn't finding the right person-it's being the > right person. > >13. The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground. > >14. Too many people offer God prayers with claw marks all over them. > >15. The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can't hold it. > >16. To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner > was you. > >17. You have to wonder about humans, they think God is dead and Elvis is > alive. > >18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be > sure to flush when you are done. > >19. You'll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks it's > neck out... > >20. If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the > water bill is higher. > >21. And last but not least -- God gave the angels Wings, and He gave humans > CHOCOLATE!!!!! :) > >Keep smiling, and ...if you see someone's missing one.... give them one of >yours!! >
>===================================== > >Twenty Third Psalm - Some New Thoughts > >Timmy was a little five year old boy that his Mom loved very much and, >being a worrier, she was concerned about him walking to school when he >started Kindergarten. She walked him to school the couple of days but >when he came home one day, he told his mother that he did not want her >walking him to school everyday. He wanted to be like the "big boys." He >protested loudly, so she had an idea of how to handle it. She asked a >neighbor, Mrs. Goodnest, if she would surreptitiously follow her son to >school, at a distance behind him that he would not likely notice, but >close enough to keep a watch on him. Mrs. Goodnest said that since she >was up early with her toddler anyway, it would be a good way for them >to get some exercise as well so she agreed. >The next school day, Mrs. Goodnest and her little girl, Marcy, set out >following behind Timmy as he walked to school with another neighbor boy >he knew. She did this for the whole week. As the boys walked and >chatted, kicking stones and twigs, the little friend of Timmy noticed >that this same lady was following them as she seemed to do every day all >week. >Finally, he said to Timmy, "Have you noticed that lady following us all >week? Do you know her?" >Timmy nonchalantly replied, "Yeah, I know who she is." >The little friend said, "Well who is she?" >"That's just Shirley Goodnest" Timmy said. >"Shirley Goodnest? Who the heck is she and why is she following us?" >"Well," Timmy explained, "every night my Mom makes me say the 23rd Psalm >with my prayers 'cuz she worries about me so much. And in it, the >prayer psalm says, 'Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the >days of my life,' so I guess I'll just have to get used to it." >
>======================================== > > A dietitian was addressing a large audience in Chicago: "The material > > > we put into our stomachs is > > > enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is > > > awful. Soft drinks erode your > > > stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be > > > disastrous to some and none of > > > us realize the long term harm caused by the germs in our drinking > > > water. But there is one thing that is > > > the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten or will eat it. > > > Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and > > > suffering for years after eating > > > it? > > > > > > A 75 year old man in the front row stood up and said, "Wedding cake." >
>======================================== >POTATO STORY > >YOU KNOW THAT ALL POTATOES HAVE EYES. WELL, MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD HAD EYES FOR EACH OTHER, AND FINALLY GOT MARRIED. THEY HAD A LITTLE SWEET POTATO THEY CALLED 'YAM'. OF COURSE, THEY WANTED THE BEST FOR YAM. >WHEN IT WAS TIME, THEY TOLD HER ABOUT THE FACTS OF LIFE. THEY WARNED HER ABOUT GOING OUT AND GETTING HALF-BAKED, SO SHE WOULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY GET MASHED AND GET A BAD NAME FOR HERSELF LIKE, 'HOT POTATO' AND END UP WITH A BUNCH OF TATER TOTS. >YAM SAID NOT TO WORRY. NO SPUD WOULD GET IN HER SACK AND MAKE A ROTTEN POTATO OUT OF HER. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE WOULDN'T STAY HOME AND BECOME A COUCH POTATO EITHER. SHE WOULD GET PLENTY OF EXERCISE SO AS NOT TO BE SKINNY LIKE HER SHOESTRING COUSINS. >WHEN SHE WENT OFF TO EUROPE, HER PARENTS TOLD HER TO WATCH OUT FOR THE HARD BOILED GUYS FROM IRELAND, AND THE GREASY GUYS FROM FRANCE CALLED THE FRENCH FRIES. AND WHEN SHE WENT OUT WEST, TO WATCH OUT FOR THE INDIANS SO SHE WOULDN'T GET SCALLOPED. YAM SAID SHE WOULD STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW AND WOULDN'T ASSOCIATE WITH THOSE HIGH CLASS YUKON GOLDS OR THE ONES FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS WHO ADVERTISE THEIR TRADE ON ALL THE TRUCK THAT SAY 'FRITO LAY'. >MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD SENT YAM TO IDAHO P. U. (POTATO UNIVERSITY) SO WHEN SHE GRADUATED SHE'D BE REALLY >BE IN THE CHIPS. >BUT IN SPITE OF ALL THEY DID FOR HER, ONE DAY YAM CAME HOME AND ANNOUNCED SHE WAS GOING TO MARRY TOM BROKAW. MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD WERE VERY UPSET. THEY TOLD HER SHE COULDN'T POSSIBLY MARRY TOM BROKAW BECAUSE HE'S JUST A... > > >ARE YOU READY FOR THIS? > > >...A COMMON TATER. > > > > >Until the next one ?