Dioxin from plastic containers and plastic wrap

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Dioxin from plastic containers and plastic wrap

s Hopkins Newsletter

s Hopkins has recently sent this out in their

newsletters.

This information is being circulated at Walter

Army Medical Center.

Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer. Especially breast

cancer. Don't freeze plastic water bottles with water

in them as this also releases dioxin from the plastic.

Dr. 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 we should not heat our food in the microwave

using plastic containers. This applies particularly 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.

Dioxin 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 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. Just safer to use tempered

glass, Corning Ware, etc.

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

instead.