I wonder if some of the microwave radiation goes to the food, drink, etc. being heated in a microwave. If that is the case, the practice might be unhealthy or dangerous to health and must be stopped in order to prevent any unhealthy or untoward incident to the body.
2007-02-22 03:14:39 · 7 answers · asked by Rich 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
May b good queston - That what some believe but may just heat.
2007-02-22 03:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by loidfish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The radiation in a microwave is a 4 inch radio wave. It is very similar to what police use for radar. Its heating ability was discovered at Amana during world War 2, when they were working on RADAR. Someone shot a wave across the room and melted a candy bar. In your oven the waves are trapped by the metal. If the oven were to be run without any food in it, you would see sparks as the waves go back to the magnetron and cause damage.They had no food to warm up.
It causes the molecules in the food to vibrate faster. It is changed into heat. The type of radiation is not ionizing, the dangerous kind. It might cause a burn if it got out, but the oven is set to turn off if opened. The food only gets hot.
2007-02-22 11:26:29 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Perfectly safe. Microwaves are dangerous to living tissue because they can a) cook it and b) degrade DNA, which could lead to replication errors and result in mutations/cancers/really bad karaoke.
Since your food is already dead (at least I'm hoping it is), there is no danger. Think of microwaves as light. If you left a box out in the sun all day, then closed the box, it would not retain any of the light. Same thing when you nuke your food. Radiation is not a particle (well, it is but in the same genre as photons and that's not important right now) it is a form of energy like heat, electricity, light, and good soul music.
Your food is safe and, as long as it was made in the past two decades, so is your microwave oven.
2007-02-22 11:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by Johnnie O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, some of the radiation from the microwave gets into your food, but it's mostly harmless. Make sure your not microwaving foods in a plastic container, they are known to send off small radiation waves into your food, and that is dangerous. So, if you just microwave your food in a stone container or anything else besides plastic, your fine. The heat waves that come out of a microwave contain Co2, which is actually quite harmless, but if you over do it, it can be. So, every once and a while, feel free to turn on your stove and warm up your food. :)
Hope this helps, and if you have any more questions feel free to contact me through e-mail. Have a good one.
2007-02-22 11:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by Luke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked a similar question (Who owns a microwave?) and this problem just didn't seem to either exist or worry people.
We've just thrown ours out and there are some I know who have done the same but we're probably a mad minority.
Either way I've far more worktop space now it's gone
2007-02-22 11:19:44 · answer #5 · answered by bearbrain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read in a report that Hitler actually banned the use of micro wave ovens because it killed all of the nutritional value in the food. I don't know how true it is but it was on a TV documentary, too.
2007-02-22 15:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by tomainetilly2006 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not unhealthy or dangerous.
2007-02-22 11:22:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋