RE: Cancer News from s Hopkins Hoax?

[Guest guest]

Can some verify for sure whether this is a hoax or not?

Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

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

Monroe

Human Resource Administrator

704-682-0260 (cell)

704-871-0031

npm@...

www.clos.net

[Guest guest]

check it out at Snopes.com

in stl

>From: " O " <ladyamom@...>

>Reply-

>< >

>Subject: RE: Cancer News from s Hopkins Hoax?

>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:32:06 -0500

>

>Can some verify for sure whether this is a hoax or not?

>

> Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

>

>

>1. No plastic containers in micro.

>

>2. No water bottles in freezer.

>

>3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

>

>s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

>information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

>

>Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

>

>

>Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

>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

>

>

>

>

>

> Monroe

>

>Human Resource Administrator

>

>704-682-0260 (cell)

>

>704-871-0031

>

>npm@...

>

>www.clos.net

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have read other articles regarding the same information especially about

the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a reliable staff

member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

Monroe

CELOS-CORPORATE Office

704-682-0260 (cell)

704-871-0031(office)

npm@...

www.clos.net

Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

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

Monroe

Human Resource Administrator

704-682-0260 (cell)

704-871-0031

npm@...

www.clos.net

[Guest guest]

According to snopes.com it is a false statement. A hoax and you can read all

about it there

Cheri

-- Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

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

Monroe

Human Resource Administrator

704-682-0260 (cell)

704-871-0031

npm@...

www.clos.net

[Guest guest]

I believe the same is true for styrofoam cups, plates, containers.

But I belive styrofoam is a byproduct of oil/gasoline production.

in StL

>

> I have read other articles regarding the same information

especially about

> the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a

reliable staff

> member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

>

> Monroe

> CELOS-CORPORATE Office

> 704-682-0260 (cell)

> 704-871-0031(office)

> npm@...

> www.clos.net

>

>

> Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

>

>

> 1. No plastic containers in micro.

>

> 2. No water bottles in freezer.

>

> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

>

> s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

> information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

>

> Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

>

>

> Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

> 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

>

>

>

>

>

> Monroe

>

> Human Resource Administrator

>

> 704-682-0260 (cell)

>

> 704-871-0031

>

> npm@...

>

> www.clos.net

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

According to www.snopes.com it is a hoax!

in GA

>

> Can some verify for sure whether this is a hoax or not?

>

> Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

>

>

> 1. No plastic containers in micro.

>

> 2. No water bottles in freezer.

>

> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

>

> s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

> information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

>

> Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

>

>

> Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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

temp

> 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

>

>

>

>

>

> Monroe

>

> Human Resource Administrator

>

> 704-682-0260 (cell)

>

> 704-871-0031

>

> npm@...

>

> www.clos.net

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Anyone can check out internet hoaxes by going to snopes . com

Here is the low-down on the Cancer question:

Origins:

This " health alert " began appearing in people's inboxes in February

2002; the " Channel 2 " reference indicates it was someone's

summarization of a short morning news health segment aired on KHON-TV

in Hawaii on 23 January 2002, which was then forwarded all over the

Internet as " important health information. " One- or two-minute health

spots on local news programs are not ideal sources of medical

information, however. While important basic information can be

imparted in such a format, trying to explicate complex medical topics

in a minute or two can easily mislead or confuse viewers, many of

whom come away believing absolutely whatever they've heard (or think

they've heard) because " a doctor on TV said it was true " — in this

case an unshakeable belief that using plastic containers in microwave

ovens causes

cancer.

That a doctor (or, more accurately, someone bearing the title " Dr. " )

appears on TV does not mean he's a leading practitioner in his field;

it generally means only that he has something to say that a news

director considers newsworthy, accurate or not. (We point out here

that the " Dr. Fujimoto " identified in this piece is not a

staff physician from " Castle Hospital " or a medical doctor; he's a

PhD serving as director of the Center for Health Promotion at Castle

Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii.) What TV news covers is dictated by

ratings, not importance, and sensational claims get better ratings

than straightforward, mundane information, even if the latter is more

valuable to the viewing audience. It's a pretty good assumption that

if using plastic containers in microwaves — as millions of people

have been doing for decades — posed a significant risk of cancer,

you'd be hearing about it somewhere other than an e-mail forward of

an anonymous summary of a morning news spot on a Hawaiian television

station.

Is there really something to the central claim of this e-mail, that

heating plastic in microwaves releases a cancer-causing agent into

the food? It's within the realm of possibility, but it must be

stressed the FDA does impose stringent regulations on plastics meant

for microwaving. Also, if there are dioxins lurking in the plastic

containers we heat food in and the process of warming those

receptacles looses those nasties into our ingestibles, we've yet to

locate the studies that prove this. However, because most dioxins are

dangerous compounds we want to have as little to do with as possible,

many people are cautious about using anything associated with them.

So, if you're one of the concerned, be sure that when you cover a

dish you intend to microwave with ordinary plastic wrap you do not

let the covering touch the food, because some of the plasticizer in

the wrap — which may contain toxic chemicals, as opposed to does

contain toxic chemicals — could migrate to what you're cooking,

especially foods high in fat. Alternatively, use waxed paper for this

purpose. Those who are very, very cautious about the potential for

dioxin contamination might choose to adopt the central point of the e-

mail's advice, which is to decant all items into glass or ceramic

containers before microwaving.

But how real is this concern? According to Dr. i, a

leading Food and Drug Administration scientist, not very. He

acknowledged that some plasticizers do migrate into foods,

particularly those containing a lot of fat, oil, or sugars. But

research has found no ill effects from consumption of plasticizers in

FDA-approved plastic wraps or from freezing or re-using plastic water

bottles. Even so, others remain unconvinced, and those on both sides

of the issue recommend not letting plastic wrap touch food during

microwaving.

Several months after this piece began to circulate, it was merged

with a similar item describing a seventh-grade student's science

project:

As a seventh grade student, learned that di-ethyl-hexyl-

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. 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, 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 microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive

oil. 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, 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.

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.

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 a

paper towel instead.

This gist of this latter addition is true in that a student named

did perform the experiment described for a school

science fair project back in 1997 (she came up with the idea for the

project while she was in seventh grade, but as noted, she didn't

actually conduct the experiment until three years later) by working

with an FDA-affiliated laboratory. Like the Fujimoto piece, however,

the claims made in this version tend towards the alarmist: the

results of the experiment described tended to indicate that

diethylhexyl adipate (DEHA) and xenoestrogens could migrate from

plastic wraps into microwaved food (specifically olive oil,

the " food " used in the experiment), but only with some brands of

plastic wrap (primarily ones not sold as " microwave-safe " ) and only

when the plastic wrap was in direct contact with the food being

heated; moreover, no research has yet demonstrated that DEHA poses a

significant cancer risk to humans at the levels noted here (even

though they exceed FDA standards) or that xenoestrogens are a direct

cause of breast cancer in women or reduced sperm counts in men.

> >

> > I have read other articles regarding the same information

> especially about

> > the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a

> reliable staff

> > member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

> >

> > Monroe

> > CELOS-CORPORATE Office

> > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> > 704-871-0031(office)

> > npm@

> > www.clos.net

> >

> >

> > Cancer Update: Cancer News from s

Hopkins

> >

> >

> > 1. No plastic containers in micro.

> >

> > 2. No water bottles in freezer.

> >

> > 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

> >

> > s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

> > information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical

Center.

> >

> > Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

> >

> >

> > Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

> > 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

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Monroe

> >

> > Human Resource Administrator

> >

> > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> >

> > 704-871-0031

> >

> > npm@

> >

> > www.clos.net

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

If you go on Hopkins ACTUAL website they will tell you it is a

HOAX letter by someone that was not even a doctor. People having

question about Hopkins cancer scare just google it for

yourselves. I am not a research doctor, I do not know what causes

cancer or does not. I do know that this particular letter in question

from Hopkins Cancer News was a Hoax. That is and was my point.

ne

>

> I have read other articles regarding the same information

especially about

> the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a reliable

staff

> member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

>

> Monroe

> CELOS-CORPORATE Office

> 704-682-0260 (cell)

> 704-871-0031(office)

> npm@...

> www.clos.net

>

>

> Cancer Update: Cancer News from s Hopkins

>

>

> 1. No plastic containers in micro.

>

> 2. No water bottles in freezer.

>

> 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

>

> s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This

> information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center.

>

> Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

>

>

> Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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

temp

> 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

>

>

>

>

>

> Monroe

>

> Human Resource Administrator

>

> 704-682-0260 (cell)

>

> 704-871-0031

>

> npm@...

>

> www.clos.net

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wow. Hey, , thanks. I appreciate that you are always so

willing to share your knowledge. Grazie!

in StL

> > >

> > > I have read other articles regarding the same information

> > especially about

> > > the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a

> > reliable staff

> > > member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

> > >

> > > Monroe

> > > CELOS-CORPORATE Office

> > > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> > > 704-871-0031(office)

> > > npm@

> > > www.clos.net

> > >

> > >

> > > Cancer Update: Cancer News from s

> Hopkins

> > >

> > >

> > > 1. No plastic containers in micro.

> > >

> > > 2. No water bottles in freezer.

> > >

> > > 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

> > >

> > > s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters.

This

> > > information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical

> Center.

> > >

> > > Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

> > >

> > >

> > > Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

> > > 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

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Monroe

> > >

> > > Human Resource Administrator

> > >

> > > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> > >

> > > 704-871-0031

> > >

> > > npm@

> > >

> > > www.clos.net

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

I dont know anything! but the folks at snopes . com apparently know

a LOT!!! LOL!

cathy

> > > >

> > > > I have read other articles regarding the same information

> > > especially about

> > > > the plastic containers in the microwave. This came from a

> > > reliable staff

> > > > member at Rowan Regional Hospital in Salisbury, NC.

> > > >

> > > > Monroe

> > > > CELOS-CORPORATE Office

> > > > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> > > > 704-871-0031(office)

> > > > npm@

> > > > www.clos.net

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Cancer Update: Cancer News from s

> > Hopkins

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > 1. No plastic containers in micro.

> > > >

> > > > 2. No water bottles in freezer.

> > > >

> > > > 3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

> > > >

> > > > s Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters.

> This

> > > > information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical

> > Center.

> > > >

> > > > Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Dioxin chemicals 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.. 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 temp

> > > > 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

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Monroe

> > > >

> > > > Human Resource Administrator

> > > >

> > > > 704-682-0260 (cell)

> > > >

> > > > 704-871-0031

> > > >

> > > > npm@

> > > >

> > > > www.clos.net

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >