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Subject: Update from Hopkins

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:18:11 -0500

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page: Section1 } Cancer Update from Hopkins

This information is being circulated at Walter Army Medical Center as well.

Please circulate to all you know!

CANCER update Hopkins

No plastic containers in microwave.

No water bottles in freezer.

No plastic wrap in microwave.

A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

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.

Recently, 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 especially 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, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex 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 plastic wrap, such as Saran, 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.

This is an article that should be sent

to anyone important in

your life!

francesca tabor-miolla

Telephone: 904-273-2987

www.sassyandtwisted.com

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