DIOXIN leachate and more...

["Jeanne Brown" <brownsvilles@email.msn.com>]

>Hi Everyone, I will be off this list soon and had a few and probably final
>questions for you that are very important. Again, I will appreciate
anything
>you can share with me.
>
>First, months ago I learned of a fully biodegradable alternative to plastic
>food packaging- cellulose. Later I was told it was a product of paper mills
>and therefore there may be a "dioxin" issue there. I know dioxin residues
>have been found in female menstrual products, leading me to believe it is
>therefore in paper etc, anything that has been chlorine bleached, i guess
>this would mean bleached clothes too?HOW MUCH DIOXIN ACTUALLY LEACHES OUT
of
>products that have been chlorine bleached? are we exposed(minor) just by
>holding a piece of chlorine bleached paper? I am truly seeking a full
>understanding of exposure to a variety of toxic chemicals, including
dioxin.
>I learned in the past that our main source of exposure to dioxin is through
>our consumption of meat and dairy products. Toxins accumulate in the food
>chain and  incinerators and papermills are some major dioxin sources, but
>i'm not aware of a large amount of  farms being located near incinerators?
>This leads me into another important question- CAN TOXINS, HORMONES, AND
>ANTIBIOTICS BE COOKED OUT OF MEAT??? I was told by someone that they can.
He
>said if  you cook meat at the correct temperature, all such substances will
>be destroyed. This is important to me because this would mean that all of
>the hormones and antibiotics being put into animals and their products
>AREN'T really affecting humans, and I have been espousing the negative
>health effects of this for quite sometime.
>
>Lastly, I will return to the problem of leachates- I made and inquiry to
>this list a long time ago about plastics leachate and only got one
response.
>I was told pvc and polystyrene leachate were of great concern- WHAT ABOUT
>THE PLASTICS THAT WE ARE USUALLY EXPOSED TO?- like plastics 1, 2, 4 and
5???
>I use minimal plastic but must use tupperware etc and cannot fully avoid it
>and i have yet to find ANYONE who knows about leachate from plastics we
>actually come in contact with frequently. My concerns are rigid plastic
food
>containers..etc. On the documentary "Rachel's Daughters" a woman talked
>about the plastic tubing at her work leaching into the samples and so she
no
>longer microwaves plastic etc...If someone can fill me in on this, great. I
>don't know who else to ask about these things...
>
>Thank you and take care,
>
>Heather
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