Stop the Madness!
January 10th, 2006We all get enough spam as it is - why accept it when it comes from a source you can get to stop?
The next time you have a technophobic relative forward you a suspicious email, refer them immediately to Snopes.com, the urban legends site. They can also check this other Web site called “Google” (it can be found at www.google.com).
I just got one of those emails that warned against, among other things, putting plastic water bottles in the freezer, according to a newsletter from Johns Hopkins University. My normal reaction is “What the fuck?” followed by deleting the email and forgetting about it. But this time I decided to fight back, so my reaction was “What the fuck?” and then I decided to write poor Uncle L. back. It took me about two seconds to find this.
OC&PA: What do you make of this recent email warning that claims dioxins can be released by freezing water in plastic bottles?
RH: No. This is an urban legend. There are no dioxins in plastics. In addition, freezing actually works against the release of chemicals. Chemicals do not diffuse as readily in cold temperatures, which would limit chemical release if there were dioxins in plastic, and we don’t think there are.
Source? Johns Hopkins University.
January 10th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Whew, I can put the water bottles back in the freezer. Besides, if I don’t drink the water, I can use them to throw at the cat when she starts hacking up a hairball on the carpet. Thanks for the info.