- As a seventh grade student, Claire Nelson learned that
di(ethylhexyl)adepate (DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in plastic
wrap. She also learned that the FDA had never studied the effect of microwave
cooking on plastic-wrapped food. Claire began to wonder: "Can cancer-causing
particles seep into food covered with household plastic wrap while it is
being microwaved?"
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- Three years later, with encouragement from her high school
science teacher, Claire set out to test what the
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- FDA had not. Although she had an idea for studying the
effect of microwave radiation on plastic-wrapped food, she did not have
the equipment. Eventually, Jon Wilkes at the National Center for Toxicological
Research in Jefferson, Arkansas, agreed to help her. The research center,
which is affiliated with the FDA, let her use its facilities to perform
her experiments, which involved microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive
oil.
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- Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found
not just the carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating [into the
oil]...." Xenoestrogens are linked to low sperm counts in men and
to breast cancer in women.
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- Throughout her junior and senior years, Claire made a
couple of trips each week to the research center, which was 25 miles from
her home, to work on her experiment. An article in Options reported that
"her analysis found that DEHA was migrating into the oil at between
200 parts and 500 parts per million. The FDA standard is 0.05 parts per
billion." Her summarized results have been published in science journals.
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- Claire Nelson received the American Chemical Society's
top science prize for students during her junior year and fourth place
at the International Science and Engineering Fair (Fort Worth, Texas) as
a senior.
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- "Carcinogens -- At 10,000,000 Times FDA Limits"
Options May 2000. Published by People Against Cancer, 515-972-4444 .
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- On Channel 2 (Huntsville, AL) they had a Dr. Edward Fujimoto
from Castle Hospital on the program. He is the manager of the Wellness
Program at the hospital.
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- He was talking 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 applies to foods that contain fat.
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- 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.
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- 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 saimin and soups, etc.,
should be REMOVED from their container and heated in something else. Paper
isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It is far 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.
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- Pass this on to your friends.....
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- To add to this: Saran wrap placed over foods as they
are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the
food. Use paper towel instead.
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- www.missiontoisrael.org
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- Maybe not such a problem? Go here:
- Carcinogens From Microwaving Foods In Plastics Might Be Urban
Legend
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