Cancer warning from Johns Hopkins

>> Cancer update: Johns Hopkins = Cancer News from Johns Hopkins:
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>> >> 1. No plastic containers in microwave.
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>> >> 2. No water bottles in freezer.
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>> >> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
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>> >> Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
>> >> information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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>> >> Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> Recently, Dr.. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at
>> >> Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard.
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>> >> He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us.
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> In stead, 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.
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>> >> He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants
>> >> moved
>> >> away 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.
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>> >> This is an article I believe you should forward to your family and
>> >> friends--anyone who is important in your life!