There are a lot of news coming these days that using a microwave oven in reheating foods causes cancer, how true is this? I'm a single guy, a microwave oven is pershaps the most useful appliance if your living alone.
2006-08-22 21:20:40 · 11 answers · asked by Oddon 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
No.Microwave ovens heat by molecular movement which causes friction between the molecules which generates the heat to cook.the molecules are excited by a frequency of around 2450 mega hertz.the cooking cavity is also a Faraday cage which confines the waves to the inside of the oven ,further more the door is surrounded by a substance that acts as a radio frequency shield.and the gap around the door is also smaller than 12cm which the wave length of 2450 mega hertz ,The door is also monitored by primary and secondary switches which automatically switch the oven off when the door is opened
2006-08-22 22:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by bryte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not too sure about reheating food, but I'm sure microwave meals are evil... Between synthetic food in it (like synthetic mashed potato), meat raised in appaling circumstances and on genetically modified grain that is treated with a load of chemicals, animals treated with anti-biotics to keep them alive in disease ridden conditions - AND heating the plastic container in a microwave - I reckon it plays a part in the cancer epidemic gripping society... But it's ultimately unprovable in this day and age, so is just speculation. You are what you eat, and I don't much fancy having the cells of my body made up of man-made chemicals. :-/
2006-08-22 21:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by 8Dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no....not the food itself... but running a microwave everyday is.... so is using a computer, cell phone and watching TV. All of these things send off radiation, which causes cancer if exposed for very long. Hope this helped.
2006-08-22 21:53:51 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no proven fact that microwave cooking causes cancer. Instead, as all the vitamins are not lost by this, it is only good for health
2006-08-22 21:30:54 · answer #4 · answered by mridula n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you reheat the same food over again its not good, i don't cook in the microwave just for warming up.
2006-08-22 22:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by pisceslady a 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not seen any food with cancer yet that was microwaved.
2006-08-23 09:11:10 · answer #6 · answered by dd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not cancerous. Microwaves are sound waves.
2006-08-23 05:55:16 · answer #7 · answered by big_mustache 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way this world is going , just breathing seems to be cancerous.
2006-08-22 21:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no that myth comes from the amana brand radar range. people thought it cooked with radiation. It does not.
2006-08-22 22:43:04 · answer #9 · answered by q-fire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, it is cancerous, if you microwave it with a tin foil hat on your head.
2006-08-22 21:26:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋