I got served...e-mail hoax

[Baconzoo]

So I got this in an e-mail and passed it onto to my entire company of 2000 people. What an *** I am.....

FROM JOHNS HOPKINS
JUST A REMINDER.......

No plastic containers in microwave
No plastic water bottles in freezer
No plastic wrap in microwave

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in their
newsletter -- it's definitely worth noting.
This information is being circulated at Walter Reed
Army Medical Center.
Dioxin Carcinogens cause cancer, especially breast
cancer.
Don't freeze your plastic water bottles with water as
this releases dioxins in the plastic.
Dr. Edward Fujimoto from Castle Hospital was on a TV
program explaining this health hazard. (He is the
manager of the Wellness Program at the hospital.) He
was talking 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 applies to
foods that contain fat.
He said that the combination of fat, high heat and
plastics releases dioxins into the food and ultimately
into the cells of the body.Dioxins are carcinogens and
highly toxic to the cells of our bodies.
Istead, he recommends using glass, 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's in the paper. It's just safer to use
tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.
He said we might remember when some 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 foods as they
are nuked, with the high heat, actually drips
poisonous toxins into the food; use paper towels.

*Pass this on to those that are important in your
life.


Then my MIS department replyed:
Sounds good but isn't true... see http://www.jhsph.edu/PublicHealthNew...n_dioxins.html or any of the other dozens of sites that Google returns when searching for "John Hopkins hoax". I appreciate your concern, but in the future I wouldn't recommend e-mailing things like this to the entire company.

I'll never think of my co-workers well being again, what an ass I am....

[altagirl]

I've gotten that one about 10 times. From my parents, friends, co-workers.

You can check out validity on snopes.com if you're wondering before forwarding stuff like that.

[lemon boy]

[nelson voice]
HA HA!
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[Baconzoo]

I like driving home and seeing little kids playing around the 50 gallon drum of buring trash. I see that a lot here in western New York.

[Blatant]

baaaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Nicely done!! Look on the bright side, at least it was something simple and non offensive. You could've gotten brought up hugely otherwise.

[milton]

Snopes is your new friend...

http://snopes.com/

oops, altagirls got it.

[snowsprite]

Embarrassment is so embarrassing!

Sprite

[ole2planker]

My rule is that all forwarded emails are hoaxes until proven otherwise, particularly if they are forwarded to me by my father-in-law.

Because I have alerted him to hoaxes using snopes and other urban legend sites, my father-in-law no longer forwards these emails to everyone. He forwards them just to me and asks me to check. I refrain from pointing out that he is retired and has the time to check the web sites I have given him, but it would be hopeless.