Can microwaved food harm our health?

Question

I heard that microwave use radiation to cook food, can the radiated food be unhealthy to eat?

Answer 1

The radiation produced by a microwave oven is non-ionizing. As such, it does not have the cancer risks associated with ionizing radiation such as X-rays, ultraviolet light, and nuclear radioactive decay. Any cancer risk from microwave ovens would necessarily occur by an unknown mechanism. Such a mechanism, if existent, would also need to be far weaker than that for ionizing radiation, since long-term rodent studies of a type which easily identify cancer risks of ionizing radiation, have so far failed to clearly identify any carcinogenicity from 2450 MHz microwave radiation at chronic (large fraction of life span) exposure levels, far larger than humans are likely to encounter even from leaking ovens.

Answer 2

The water in food is heated by the energy given off by the magnetron and is safe. Radiation can be used to kill microbes in food that is then called irradiated, a form of preservation or sterilization.

Answer 3

No it can't harm our health. Microwave ovens 'cook' food with high-energy radio waves. Once the oven goes off, the radio waves are no longer present and are not retained by the food.

Answer 4

I remember when they where called Radar Ranges, by Amana, we had one when I was a kid, that was 40 years ago. I hope they are not damaging to health or I would be daid!

Answer 5

No. Microwaves are HAM radio waves. They are a form of "radiation" in the same sense that visible light is "radiation". It has nothing to do with "radioactive " phenomena.

Answer 6

Yes, but only if your food has been overheated, and you attempt to eat it before it cools, then it can burn your mouth and tongue.

Answer 7

no