Plastics and Plastic Wraps

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> > Plastics and Plastic Wraps.

> > >

> > >

> > > University of California,Davis Medical Center2315 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 set out to test what the FDA had not. Although she

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

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

> > > 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.

> > >

> > > Saran wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the high

heat,

> > > actually drips Poisonous toxins into the food. Use paper towel

>instead.

> > >

> > > Pass this on to your friends....

 

 

 

 

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