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Hello!
I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving.
When I read the alleged info on Dioxin Carcinogens from Johns Hopkins,
I wondered whether it wasn't a hoax. So I went to the Urban Legends
Reference Pages to verify. It seems that the above-mentioned piece is a
reincarnation of a piece that was circulated on the Internet in 2002.
Not being a scientist, I wonder what is or is not true in this
information that is being circulated about the risks of using plastic
in the microwave and freezer.

You can research any subject on the Urban Legends web at
http://www.snopes.com/snopes.asp

Type "plastic" in the search window to access the page on microwave and
plastic.

At the end of the page, you'll see a link to the USDA information on
microwave cooking.

You can also go to the Johns Hopkins Public Health News Center
http://www.jhsph.edu/PublicHealthNews/articles/Halden_dioxins.html to
read Johns Hopkins response to the hoax.

The saying "don't believe everything you read" has taken a stronger
meaning in these times of the Internet.

I miss the ability to warm up leftovers (like mintumba and goundnut
pudding) on hot charcoal from firewood from my mom's fields. This food
was the tastiest and the healthiest. It didn't even cost a lot of money.

Good weekend,
--Emilie

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