I am an electrical engineer. Microwaves do not cause cancer. It's a myth.
The ability of radiation to radiologically activate material decreases with increased wavelength. That's why UV radiation (10 - 400 nanometers), Rontgen radiation (1 picometer - 10 nanometers) or gamma radiation (0.001 picometer - 1 picometer) are known to cause cancer but visible light (400 to 700 nanometers), infrared light (700 - 10000 nanometers) or radio waves (10 centimeters - 10 kilometers) are known to be safe.
Microwave radiation is right in the middle of the safe zone (1 millimeter - 10 centimeters). The reason for the protective glas in front of the microwave is not that the radiation causes cancer but that, if you put your hand into an active microwave the blood in your hand will literally start to boil.
And if you read those articles, they are written by nonscientists. I would never trust somebody who says stuff like "but we all know that the validity of studies can be - and are sometimes deliberately - limiting." with anything. It's like, if your mechanic told you that your brakes are damaged and need replacing. Would you say "ahh, that guy has been wrong before"? You might ask a different mechanic but if several tell you the same thing, it's likely to be true.
Same with their examples "Do not use for baby milk. Bottle could be cold but milk inside boiling hot"...Yeah. Microwaves are optimized for heating fluids. Fluids get heated quicker then surrounding solid materials. But that does not mean they are unhealthy.
"Blood heated in microwave kills patient"...Yeah. Microwaves use standing waves that create local maxima of heat. If you stop the circling mechanism and put some chocolate into the microwave you will see that it melts in some spots and stays solid in others. It's a consequence of the technology and it's the reason why most microwave dishes have to be stirred every couple of minutes. If you put blood into the microwave the blood is getting boiled locally. The boiled blood cells get destroyed and broken down. Our blood system is not equipped to handle dead material in those amounts. Broccoli, while healthy, is quite lethal if put it through the blender and inject the result into your veins. It will clot them shut. But eating damaged material is different. Cooked food is no problem for our digestive system. They acid and enzymes break it down into base components that our blood can handle.
And then there is this study from the 80s. I have never read it, so I wont comment on it. But I'll give this one to democracy. If one study shows harm and a dozen others proclaim safety, I'll assume that the first one was incorrect or that the man had an agenda. And this is no contradiction to what I said earlier. As I said, one can be wrong and there is nothing bad with doubting what you are told but if several experts say the same thing, it is likely to be true.
I think humanity should be wiped out and then we can give evolution a second chance.
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