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[06 May 2005|08:23am] |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISON!
ha.. now everyone knows. xxx
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[01 May 2005|01:23pm] |
awww.. rosie (my dog) just got given a bath.. in the bathtub!
it's kind of adorable and kind of gross.
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[19 Apr 2005|06:35pm] |
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tomorrow i have a print review! i haven't done anything!!
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| Health Hazard from Plastic Containers |
[06 Apr 2005|06:57pm] |
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their newsletters. This
information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer. Especially breast cancer. Don't freeze
plastic water bottles with water in them as this also releases dioxin from
the plastic. Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle hospital was on a TV program
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
us.
He said we should not heat our food in the microwave using plastic
containers. This applies particularly to foods that contain fat. He said
that the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases dioxin into
the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.
Dioxin 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 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. Just safer to use tempered glass,
Corning Ware, etc. 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
instead.
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rude.
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