Guest guest Posted September 24, 2002 Report Share Posted September 24, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: " Myrl Jeffcoat " <myrlj@...> <myrlj@...> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 6:25 AM Subject: Plastic Wrap Toxins > Thank you for sending us the following. . .Myrl > > --- > > Hoax or true???? Makes sense to me!!! > This is from: > > University of California, > Medical Center > 2315 Stockton Boulevard > Sacramento, California 95817 > > Plastic Wrap Toxins. Author/s: Jule Klotter Issue: Jan, 2001 > > As a seventh grade student, learned that > di(ethylhexyl)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 On Channel 2 (Huntsville, AL) this > morning they had a Dr. Fujimoto from Castle Hospital on the program. > > 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 saimin 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. 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. > > Pass this on to your friends.... > > 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 towel > instead. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Great. LM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Great, yet another thing to kill us. LM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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