General Chat

I don't eat many of those ready meals, only on the odd occasion if I am rushed and see something I fancy in the supermarket. I use glass pyrex type casserole dishes with lids to cook and heat things in the microwave and in the oven when suitable.

I have frozen water in a bottle and used it to keep other stuff cool and also drunk some of it as it has thawed out, especially on long journeys when I wanted to keep refreshments cool and have a drink handy. Works well!

Lizx

I just googled this subject and one thing is when you reuse a bottle too often and it gets little cracks in and then some components of the plastic can leech out into the water but you would have to consume a huge quantity to be unwell.

RE BABY BOTTLES -MUMS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE UP A DAY`S SUPPLY NOW -THEY HAVE TO MAKE AS REQUIRED

Well I always wondered why a certain French bottled water that has spent 17,000 years filtering through extinct volcanoes has a sell by date on it!

PME,

which tasted better the food or the plastic container it came in??? LOL

love T.x

Going away for a day, I usually freeze a bottle of water, use it to keep food cool....then drink it.

This is scare mongering, if there was a significant risk to health then all the plastic products mentioned would have been withdrawn from sale, and we'd all be getting leaflets off the nanny stae about not using the stuff we do own.

I think this is an extension of the worries about baby bottles, I remember seeing an 'expert' basically say it was a bit like locking the gate after the horse has boltedworrying about baby bottles, as the mother had probably consumed foods heated in plastic containers while pregnant.

I remember a while ago women being warned off using deoderant due to a possiable link between some chemicals in it and breast cancer.

To be honest I'm not going to spend my life stressing about such things, life's too short.

Although maybe if we worried a bit more about what we ate than what we were heating food up in there would be less of a problem, honestly last time I had a ready meal in a plastic tray was a good while back, and even then it was a rarity as I would rather eat food that tastes like what its meant to be.

The experts say there are no dioxins in the plastic used for food and water bottles.

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

LOL Marion,

I prefer it warmer. I get brain freeze from really cold water!

love T.x

The taste of hot water alone would be enough to make you sick lol

Current guidelines tell you NOT to microwave babys bottles or their food.

There is some suggestion that we should go back to glass feeding bottles because of minute dioxin risk but research is still progressing. It wouldnt be an issue if all women breastfed.

Cant see how there could be any risk from water bottles in cars etc. Would take far more than a bit of heat to pass dangerous levelsof dioxins into water from the plastic.

love T.x

I got something like that a couple of years ago. I dont think it was proved to be fact.

I've also heard about the baby bottles. Saying that, I still often wonder how safe it really is to microwave babies food and drink.

Marion

Just read the snopes thing but I have also seen something else where in England we still use baby bottles that are plastic but in America and elsewhere? they are going back to glass as heating the bottles in the microwave is causing certains things to leach from the bottles to the milk. I can't remember the technical term for these things, but am wary and wonder since breast feeding went out of fashion quite a lot, and more babies were bottlefed with plastic bottles, we have had more and more children diagnosed with adhd and other problems, whether there is any link there? Not that I will be doing any bottle or breast feeding lol but would certainly mention it to my son, should he ever present me with grandchildren.

Lizx

As Liz is not usually around in the day, give her a chance to delete when she gets back this evening. BC

These sort of scams are an absolute disgrace, putting unfounded fear into peoples minds and cluttering up the internet by suggesating that you email all your contacts.

Just delete as with any other junk email.

There's also another article about microwaving, since this is more severe than sunlight on a bottle in a car, it would appear that it's all a hoax.

It states that there are no dioxins in plastic.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/cookplastic.asp

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

Yes. Read it, it only comments on the 'freeezer' part.
Brian(i)

This is reported on Snopes, it appears to be a hoax or very greatly exagerated, here's a link, read it for yourself.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/plasticbottles.asp

Ron
www.genealogyprinters.com

Nudge.
Brian(i)

Bottled water in your car is very
dangerous! On the Ellen show, Sheryl Crow said this
is what caused her breast cancer. It has been identified
as the most common cause of the high levels of
dioxin in breast cancer tissue. Sheryl Crow's oncologist told her:
women should not drink bottled water that has been left in a
car. The heat reacts with the chemicals in
the plastic of the bottle which releases dioxin into the
water. Dioxin is a toxin increasingly found in breast
cancer tissue. So please be careful and do not drink
bottled water that has been left in a car. Pass this on to all
the women in your life.
This information is the kind we need
to know that just might save us! Use a stainless steel canteen or a
glass bottle instead of plastic!


LET EVERYONE WHO HAS A WIFE / GIRLFRIEND/ DAUGHTER KNOW PLEASE!

This information is also being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center

No plastic containers in microwave.
No water bottles in freezer
No plastic wrap in microwave.
A dioxin chemical causes cancer, especially breast cancer

Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as releases dioxins from the plastic.

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

This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said
that the combination of fat, high heat, and
plastic releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into
the cells of the body... Instead, he recommends using
glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic container 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. Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap,
such as Saran wrap, 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!



Just got this in an email and wanted to pass it on!

Lizx