I am not sure of the reliability of the source...but I recently read that Johns-Hopkins did a study, and they found that plastic containers, as well as plastic wrap, can release dioxin when used in heating foods in the microwave.
Is this true?
2006-08-23 10:40:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
apparanty everything causes cancer, if they find something that prevents one kind of cancer, it causes another kind!!!!!! apart from cigarettes and sunbeds,i think anything else is rubbish!!! if u dont do either of these things, and u still get cancer, its just one of those things!
2006-08-23 10:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to test the food to know for certain. I too have read that article and decided to replace my plastic containers with glass ones for that reason. But we have been heating plastic containers since the microwave first became available and the population is not dropping like flies. Cancer is a funny thing - doubles in size about every 6 months. Starting at one cell it will take years for the result to become apparent. All you can do is follow health practices - if warped plastic worries you - don't heat it again.
2016-03-27 02:51:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According the Journal of the American Medical Association, it most certainly is true. SOME plastics release carcinogenic molecules when heated in a microwave. No way for the man on the street to tell which plastic will or wont. Recommendation, do not heat ANY plastics in the microwave, use waxpaper, paper plates, paper cups etc.
2006-08-23 10:43:05 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I heard this as well, and do not doubt it at all. I also read that freezing water in a plastic bottle can release dioxin into the water too. Check rense.com for a good article about this.
2006-08-23 10:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by oceansoflight777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an email from John Hopkins too and it reports that it dangerous,also freezing drinking water in plastic is bad too.
2006-08-23 10:44:20 · answer #5 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/articles/halden_plastics.html - right from the source
Apparently there was some e-mail hoax that convinced people that Johns Hopkins researchers were saying plastic water bottles are toxic and whatnot...the article above sets the record straight about cooking with plastics...see the following link if you're curious about the water bottle hoax: http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/articles/halden_dioxins.html.
2006-08-23 10:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by sous_lepontmirabeau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not worry about that study, most of them are untrue or unfounded. The only bad thing about using a microwave is it destroys most vitamins and nutrients in healthy foods.
2006-08-23 10:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by Later Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's stupid when you have to stay in the hospital they give you warm food from plastic containers. but that would explain why it is nasty
2006-08-23 10:42:17 · answer #8 · answered by Dum Spiro Spero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say but LIFE causes cancer!
2006-08-23 11:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by baciandrio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they release a chemical into your foods. its better to use ceramic.
2006-08-23 10:43:12 · answer #10 · answered by Donna R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋