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MICROWAVE ALERT This is a condensed version of an article by Jule Klotter from the University of California Davis Medical Center: As a 7th grade student, Claire Nelson learned that di(ethylhexyl)adepate(DEHA), considered a carcinogen, is found in plastic wrap. She also learned that the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] 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 plastic wrap while it is being mirowaved?" Three years later with encouragement from her high school science teacher, Claire set out to test what the FDA had not with the help of Jon Wilkes at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson Arkansas.The experiments, involved microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive oil. Claire tested four different plastic wraps and "found not just the carcinogens but also xenoestrogen was migrating" [into the oil] . Xenoestrogens are linked with low sperm counts in men and breast cancer in women. 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." That's 10,000,000 times the FDA limits. Her summarized results have been published in science journals. For her research Claire received many awards from the scientific world. Dr Edward Fujimoto head of the Wellness Program from Castle Hospital also warns against heating our foods in microwaves using plastic containers.This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat and plastic releases dioxins into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Dioxins are carcinogens and highly toxic to the cells of the body. Instead he recommends using glass,[pyrex] Corning Ware or ceramic containers for heating food. You get the same results without the dioxins. 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 or coating the paper. Just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He said we might remember why many 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: Saran wrap placed over food as they are nuked, with high heat, actually drips poisonous toxins into the food. Use a paper towel instead.