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WayFast84
10-24-2006, 11:30 AM
Cancer update -- Johns Hopkins -- Cancer News from Johns

Hopkins:



1. No plastic containers in micro.



2. No water bottles in freezer.



3. No plastic wrap in microwave.



Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters.

This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as

well.



Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.



Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't

freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases

dioxins from the plastic.



Recently, Dr.. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program

Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this

health hazard. He talked 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 especially 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.



Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex

or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only

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. It's

just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.



He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food

restaurants

moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is

one of the reasons.



Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just

as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave As the

food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt

out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.



Cover the food with a paper towel.

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in

your

life!

Knipps
10-24-2006, 11:37 AM
http://www.dioxinfacts.org/

How much dioxin am I exposed to?

Levels of dioxin in food -- which account for 95 percent of our exposure to dioxin -- have been cut in half over the past seven years. [3] EPA has clearly emphasized that the U.S. food supply is among the safest and most nutritious in the world. [4]

The World Health Organization sets its Tolerable Daily Intake (TDI) at a range of 1 to 4 pg/kg/bw/day (picograms per kilogram of body weight per day) for adults. A picogram is one-trillionth of a gram. EPA estimates that the average U.S. adult intake is 0.5 to 1 pg/kg/bw/day, clearly within, or below, that range.

People today are exposed to less dioxin than at any time in the recent past. According to EPA, the amount of dioxin in the average person’s body has declined by more than 50% since the late 1980s. [5] Studies of levels of dioxin in human breast milk, blood and fat tissue all show significant declines -- with decreases ranging from 50 to 70 percent between 1980 and 1996. [6]


So i'm not really going to sweat it...

Kojak
10-24-2006, 09:32 PM
Sorry but I feel like being a dork.

Dioxin is found in almost every plastic in a compound called PCB, Polychlorinate Bi-something. It's pretty toxic, if you were exposed to 600 nanograms (thats only 0.000000006 grams) of dioxin their is a 50% chance it will kill you. When you freeze or heat a plastic their is a chance that dioxin is being release from the plastic in the process...


-Bill Nye...

NJSPEEDER
10-24-2006, 09:39 PM
file under who gives a ****?!?!

everything in the world will kill you according to the people who you have to pay to cure iwhatever you just touched caused. /thread

maroman88
10-25-2006, 09:59 AM
mmm fire