[P2assist] Health Info

[Ron Townley]

Thanks Eileen. My family suspected this kind of thing ten years ago and
chucked our microwave.  Still nice to know we were right and have the data
to send to family and friends.  
Ron



At 01:42 PM 7/25/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>This was just brought to my attention by a colleague so I am passing the
>info along to all of you.
> 
>Eileen Sousley
>Waste Reduction/ Recycling Coordinator
>Cabarrus County Solid Waste
>(704)920-3279
>ebsousley@co.cabarrus.nc.us <mailto:ebsousley@co.cabarrus.nc.us> 
>
>
>Plastic wrap in microwave... bad stuff?
>University of California, Davis Medical Center 2315
>Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California 95817
>
>Plastic Wrap Toxins. Author/s: Jule Klotter
>Issue: Jan, 2001
>
>As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson, 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. Claire 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,
>Claire 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.
>Claire 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, Claire 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. Claire Nelson 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. Edward 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 hey 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 high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins
>into the food! Use a paper towel!!
>
>
>Peggy L. Harrell
>Pet Tender
>Tarboro, North Carolina 27886
>Petenderph@cs.com <mailto:Petenderph@cs.com> 
>252-823-6551 (home)
>252-823-0111 (work)
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