Danger in the kitchen

No plastics in microwave.

No water bottles in the freezer.

No Saran wrap in the 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.

Damn!

My husband has been after me for years to stop microwaving plastic bowls. And for years I'v gone Ya... ya... ya.

So now he has the medical evidence to back up his claim. I'm never going to hear the end of this!

Comments

[Aleana]

Well....

My Aunt has had breast cancer twice. When she got it the third time, it decided to attack the rest of her body since she was out of boobs. We've always microwaved stuff with plastic wrap and in plastic bowls...
I know it's probably such a small thing, that it wouldn't have made a difference...but now that she's only got a few months to live it really makes me wonder...

[Jimbo]

I would like to add this to the discussion of the dangers of freezing plastic water bottles -- not substantiated and misquoted ! Cooking in plastic, now that could be a real problem. Please check the following article on the Johns Hopkins web site: http://www.jhsph.edu/PublicHealthNews/articles/Halden_dioxins.html -- Jim