Truth Gleaned from "Cancer Update from John Hopkins" E-mail Hoax

You've probably already received an e-mail claiming to be from "John Hopkins" which explains how dioxins and other harmful materials leach out of plastic when heated or frozen.
You may have also discovered, perhaps through Snopes, that the e-mail is a hoax. It was not disseminated by Johns Hopkins and plastics don't even contain dioxins.

But, this analysis, from an official Johns Hopkins source, reveals that, although the e-mail was a hoax, we still have reason for concern about plastics and foods.

Dr. Halden explains how dioxins are horrendous environmental pollutants, from both natural and man-made sources, which cause reproductive and developmental defects, liver damage, and cancer. However, plastics do not contain dioxins.

He goes on to explain why people should be more worried about the quality of the water they're drinking rather than the container they're drinking from.

He continues explaining that, although plastics do not contain dioxins, they do contain phthalates, which are added to plastics to make them flexible and less brittle. Phthalates interfere with the endocrine system, which can lead to numerous health issues. Heating plastics increases leaching of phthalates from containers and allows contamination of food and liquids. He gives an example of a simple drinking straw with a warning about not for use with hot liquids. If such a labeled straw is used in a hot liquid, those phthalates or other chemicals leach from the straw into your hot beverage and eventually into your body where they cause havoc.

Although we can avoid pollutants and contaminants by learning about the dangers, we can't possibly know about every single toxin we put into our body. The only way to avoid toxins is to stop eating, stop drinking, and stop breathing. I'd rather not, thank you.

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