Ian,
thank you for trying to pass on good info but unfortunately it is false. Always
check with Snopes or About.com regarding these things because most are myth. The
first clue is the hospital name, it's not John Hopkins it's Johns Hopkins.
Anyway here is what I found:
Freezing / Microwaving Plastic Containers Releases Cancer-Causing Dioxin

Netlore Archive: Email flier purporting to relay information from a Johns
Hopkins newsletter claims that freezing water in plastic bottles and microwaving
foods in plastic wrap releases toxic dioxin and may cause cancer

Description: Email flier
Circulating since: Feb. 2004 (this version)
Status: False
Analysis: See below

Comments: This widely circulated email — actually an updated version of an
earlier message dating from 2002 — not only contains inaccurate information, it
is falsely attributed to a Johns Hopkins University newsletter. No such
information was ever issued by any department of the university.
To combat the inaccuracies, Professor Rolf Halden of Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg
School of Public Health addressed the email's opening allegation in a special
news release:
OC&PA: What do you make of this recent email warning that claims dioxins can be
released by freezing water in plastic bottles?
RH: No. This is an urban legend. Freezing actually works against the release of
chemicals. Chemicals do not diffuse as readily in cold temperatures, which


----- Original Message ----
From: Ian Dixon <iandixon25lr@...>
To: melanoma@yahoogroups.com; fighttogether@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2007 12:53:23 PM
Subject: [fight together] FW: from John Hopkins



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From: Angela Claibourn [mailto:raggedy_angi@ yahoo.com]
Sent: 08 July 2007 15:40
To: Ian Dixon
Subject: Fw: from John Hopkins

Cancer Update from John Hopkins

This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as
well.

Please circulate to all you know; Cancer update

John Hopkins - Cancer News from John Hopkins

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No plastic containers in micro

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No water bottles in freezer.

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No plastic wrap in microwave...

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A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer.

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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.

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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.

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He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using
plastic containers.. .

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This especially applies to foods that contain fat.

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He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin
into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body...

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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...

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Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, 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!

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