More News about Plastic and Cancer – warning to parents

Rosemarie Rowley — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:15:20 +0000

Reading the book “Ecological Intelligence – Knowing the Hidden Impact of What We Buy” by Daniel Goleman,
an extremely valuable book linking us to the environmental and health cost to our purchases, I came across a reference in Chapter 5, p. 57; that the plastic in the bottles (of water) posed potential adverse health impacts from chemicals leaching into the bottled water. The suspected endocrine disrupter BPA (biphenol A, a basic chemical building block of many plastics) spreads into fluids fifty-five times faster than normal if the bottles are filled with boiling hot liquid – a common practice among climbers in cold climates and

routine with parents putting formula into plastic baby bottles.

The source quoted is from Scott Belcher “Biphenol-A Is Released from Polycarbonate Drinking Bottles and Mimics the Neurotoxic Actions of Estrogen in Developing Cerebellar Neurons,” -from Toxicology Letters January 30, 2008, pp.149-156.

This book “Ecological Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman is of major importance, analysing all the factors in the production of consumer items, and enlightening us on how best we can make choices for our health and the health of our planet.

Published in the UK by Allen Lane, Penguin, 2009, Euro 18.99, Sterling £16.99

News about plastic and cancer

Rosemarie Rowley — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:28:27 +0000

CANCER News From John Hopkins Medical Center

JUST A REMINDER…….

No plastic containers in microwave
No plastic water bottles in freezer
No plastic wrap in microwave

Johns Hopkins has sent this out in their newsletter ..some time ago, it’s definitely worth repeating, and it’s definitely worth noting.

This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Don’t freeze your plastic water bottles with water as this releases dioxins in the plastic.

Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital was on a TV program a while back explaining this health hazard. (He is the manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital.)

He was talking about dioxins and how bad they are for some.

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 processed food and soups, etc .should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn’t bad, but you don’t know what’s in the paper.

It’s 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. To add to this, plastic wrap placed over foods as they are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food; use paper towels.

Pass this on.

Thanks to Mairead for passing this on to me.

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More News about Plastic and Cancer – warning to parents

News about plastic and cancer