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Post by lionsden® on Jul 11, 2005 9:31:10 GMT -5
No plastic containers in micro.
No water bottles in freezer. No plastic wrap in micro.
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 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. 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 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, Corning Ware, 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 Saran wrap 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 food with a paper towel instead.
This is an article I believe you should forward to your family and friends -- anyone who is important in your life!
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Post by Currian on Jul 11, 2005 9:39:46 GMT -5
My dad's a doctor so may I say that these things only increase the chances of cancer with perhaps 0,012 % per month. But it's true yes. But who puts water bottles in the freezer? Or plastic things in the micro!?
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Post by lionsden® on Jul 11, 2005 9:44:10 GMT -5
My dad's a doctor so may I say that these things only increase the chances of cancer with perhaps 0,012 % per month. But it's true yes. But who puts water bottles in the freezer? Or plastic things in the micro!? Call me crazy, but I think I'm not the only one to re-heat leftovers in Plastic containers. And my employees at work put bottles of water in the freezer to keep it nice and cold
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Post by Currian on Jul 11, 2005 10:03:37 GMT -5
Well I don't. You better send this to your employees then.
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Post by muzzamuzza on Jul 11, 2005 13:43:50 GMT -5
I've been putting plastic bottles of water in the freezer lately
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Post by castlecraver on Jul 11, 2005 14:45:26 GMT -5
In all honesty, injesting tiny amounts of dioxins from plastic containers released when heated/frozen etc is an almost unthinkably small drop in the bucket as far as things that put you at risk for developing cancer go. Unless your food is 100% organic-grown/fed, hasn't been packaged in styrofoam/plastic (like fresh meat), has been cooked in 100% pure water (impossible), you've already exposed yourself to carcinogenic chemicals before you even think about reheating the leftovers. Most people don't understand that we're exposed to these compounds on a continuous basis, and most of them, unless you were to take a bath in them, probably wouldn't result in shit. The way many of these compounds have been "proven" to cause cancer is by injecting them under the skin of lab mice in highly concentrated forms -- a level of exposure that you'll never encounter in the real world. What they've found through this (and the sensationalist media seems to be gobbling it up), is that inject just about anything under the skin of enough rats in a high enough dose and wait awhile, one of them's gonna get a fucking tumor.
Want to reduce your risk of cancer? Stop smoking, wear sunscreen, and eat a varied, balanced diet. That's really about all you can do that has been shown to have any preventative effects. It might also help your blood pressure to ignore all the daily news reports on what's bad for you.
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Post by lionsden® on Jul 11, 2005 15:19:11 GMT -5
In all honesty, injesting tiny amounts of dioxins from plastic containers released when heated/frozen etc is an almost unthinkably small drop in the bucket as far as things that put you at risk for developing cancer go. Unless your food is 100% organic-grown/fed, hasn't been packaged in styrofoam/plastic (like fresh meat), has been cooked in 100% pure water (impossible), you've already exposed yourself to carcinogenic chemicals before you even think about reheating the leftovers. Most people don't understand that we're exposed to these compounds on a continuous basis, and most of them, unless you were to take a bath in them, probably wouldn't result in shit. The way many of these compounds have been "proven" to cause cancer is by injecting them under the skin of lab mice in highly concentrated forms -- a level of exposure that you'll never encounter in the real world. What they've found through this (and the sensationalist media seems to be gobbling it up), is that inject just about anything under the skin of enough rats in a high enough dose and wait awhile, one of them's gonna get a fucking tumor. Want to reduce your risk of cancer? Stop smoking, wear sunscreen, and eat a varied, balanced diet. That's really about all you can do that has been shown to have any preventative effects. It might also help your blood pressure to ignore all the daily news reports on what's bad for you. Did you google this? ;D
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Post by castlecraver on Jul 11, 2005 15:29:22 GMT -5
No, I'm just a scientist who researches (among other things) leukemias/lymphomas
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Post by lionsden® on Jul 11, 2005 15:43:38 GMT -5
No, I'm just a scientist who researches (among other things) leukemias/lymphomas radical! ;D then you shouldn't be promoting smoking with kalas' south park pic
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Post by castlecraver on Jul 11, 2005 17:46:16 GMT -5
oh yeah... um...... smoking is bad, mmkay?
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