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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:14:32 -0400
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From: Joseph J Horvath <joseph.horvath**At_Symbol_Here**BMS.COM>
Subject: Re: Re-use mineral Water bottles
Comments: To: chemcon**At_Symbol_Here**JUNO.COM
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All
Similar scenario making the rounds below - but apparently from a more reliable source. I have not drilled down into this yet - but are there any comments from the group??
joe
Franki 9/8/2004 9:54:20 AM >>>
>>> >Subject: John Hopkins Newsletter - Please read this.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Yikes...this is scary.
>>> >Johns Hopkins Newsletter
>>
>>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters.
>>>
>>>
This
>>information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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>
>>>> > >
>>>> > > 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. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was
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>
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
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>
how
bad
>>they are for us. He said we should not heat our food in the microwave
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>
using
>>plastic containers. This applies particularly to foods that contain
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>
fat. He
>>said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases
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>
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
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>
heating
>>food. You get the same results ... without the dioxin. So such things
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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
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>
know
>>what is in the paper. Just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware,
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>
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.
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>
To
add
>>to this: Saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the
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>
high
>>heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food, use paper towels
>>instead.
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>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Please pass this on to your family & friends, & those who are
>>>
>>>
>>important in your life.
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>
>>>> > >
>>>> > >!
>>>
>>>
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Jay Young wrote:
>Ye gods, how silly can the internet get? There is absolutely no reliable
>scientific evidence that re-use of mineral water bottles by re-filling
>them with drinking water after washing and rinsing, or without washing or
>rinsing, can have fatal consequences.
>
>Jay Young
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>
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