Danger of Freezing & Microwaving Pla

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I refuse to use microwave for cooking or heating any food or beverage - CW

Subject: Danger of Freezing & Microwaving Plastic
PLEASE read to the end!

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 Causes Cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this also releases dioxin 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 dioxin 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 dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxin [...] 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.

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