With summer coming, just a reminder from someone who cares.
Bottled water in your car is very dangerous!
On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified as the most common cause of the high levels of dioxin in breast cancer tissue.
Sheryl Crow's oncologist told her: women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast cancer tissue.
So please be careful and do not drink bottled water that has been left in a car.
Pass this on to all the women in your life.
This information is the kind we need to know that just might save us! Use a stainless steel canteen or a glass bottle instead of plastic!
This information is also being circulated at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center
No plastic containers in microwave.
No water bottles in freezer.
No plastic wrap in microwave.
A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.
Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic.
Recently, Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard.
He talked 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 especially applies to foods that contain fat.
He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastic releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.
Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results, only 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.
It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.
He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran wrap, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life!
Editors Note: This message was passed on to me in an e-mail. While I have extensive knowledge in the plastic industry, some plastics are more dangerous than others. I cannot confirm if this information is exact and this message simply serves as a warning to others the possibility of a problem.
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http://www.jhsph.edu/dioxins Joe- this is a link to John Hopkins and they did not endorse or create the email-It is a hoax. I remember seeing something like this a while back but it's not true.
ReplyDeleteI would say it is true from drinking water heated up by the sun in Fl., the taste should tell you it is bad, sick affects afterward.
ReplyDeleteSnopes has it almost word for word from 2002, and says it's a hoax. Plastics contain no dioxins.
ReplyDeleteWow I drink from a plastic bottle of water all the time, and yes even if I leave it in the car. Water is water even if its not cold. Its wet. I am not so sure I will do this now. No one makes glass bottles to carry water in anymore or I can't find any. Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteBottled water is a fat waste of money,all they do is pour into a bottle from....drum roll....a tap.
ReplyDeleteSome dioxins are highly toxic. However, there are no current links between dioxins used in plastic wraps and water bottles to cancer. On the same note there are studies currently being conducted to see if there is a link between the two.
ReplyDeleteJust an observation about leaving a water bottle in a car, think about it (don't have to think overly hard)...how does water end up in stores? A tractor trailer. How often does water arrive at the store refrigerated? Nearly never. Therefore common sense tells us those water bottles have been sitting in a hot warehouse, loaded into the back of a sealed trailer, then shipped any where around the globe *depending on where manufacturer is located in relation to retailer*. For those of you that have never been in the back of a trailer in late summer heat believe me when I say HOT!! Which means if there were any truth to a bottle of water being left in a car, the water would already be contaminated well before it made it's way into your vehicle!!