No water bottles in freezer.

  .    No water bottles in freezer.
      No plastic wrap in microwave

      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  high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food, use
paper
towels.

      Pass this
on to your family & friends & those that are important
in
your life

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