Subject:  Re EMF/chemical symbiosis (guru)(Reuss)..
Date:     Mon, 1 May 2000 221731 -0500 (CDT)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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.......O.K. - Chris says the young lady's "discovery" was not a real
discovery.....  Somehow I am not so surprised to hear that, but....
So, why have there been no warnings issued to the public......??

Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 03:33:54 +0200
From: Christoph Reuss 
To: "Roy L. Beavers" 
Subject: Re: EMF/chemical symbiosis (guru)..

> CONWAY, Ark. (AP) _ Claire Nelson was in the seventh grade when
> the thought occurred to her: Can cancer-causing particles seep into
> food covered with household plastic wrap while it is being
> microwaved?

At that time, this was no new idea -- in fact, it had been published years
before (at least since 1987).  Btw, it can be a merely thermal effect (hot
spots).

Cheerio,
Chris


References:
[1]  Migration from plasticized films into foods. 1. Migration of
     di-(2-ethylhexyl)adipate from PVC films during home-use and microwave
     cooking.
     Startin JR; Sharman M; Rose MD; Parker I; Mercer AJ; Castle L; Gilbert J
     Food Addit Contam, 1987 Oct-Dec, 4:4, 385-98
[2]  Evaluation of polyethylene terephthalate cyclic trimer migration from
     microwave food packaging using temperature-time profiles.
     Begley TH; Hollifield HC.
     Food Addit Contam, 1990 May-Jun, 7:3, 339-46.
[3]  Migration of polyisobutylene from polyethylene/polyisobutylene films
     into foods during domestic and microwave oven use.
     Castle L; Nichol J; Gilbert J.
     Food Addit Contam, 1992 Jul-Aug, 9:4, 315-30.
[4]  Effect of microwave heating on the migration of dioctyladipate and
     acetyltributylcitrate plasticizers from food-grade PVC and PVDC/PVC
     films into olive oil and water.
     Badeka AB; Kontominas MG.
     Z Lebensm Unters Forsch, 1996 Apr, 202:4, 313-7.





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