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Radiation in my Food
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I was wondering if anyone has any links to any studies confirming or denying the relationship with stomach cancer and microwaved food.  Or anything negative resulting from using a microwave for food or any other reason.


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: pscyanescens]
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umm


my friend's dad had stomach cancer, and they had a microwave 


:shrug:

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Boom]
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ive heard it ruins the vitamins for some reason


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: sparks8]
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sounds plausible :shiftyeyes:

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: pscyanescens]
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It is low level radiation, it is not ionizing radiation (ie, no cancer).


Microwaves are a great way to heat food, they are the most energy efficient way to heat food that exists.


They do deplete some nutrients, but it is a small amount (the rumors are over exaggerated). 

link

Microwaves even had a role in womens liberation.  They are a great invention.  :thumbup:

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: DieCommie]
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So basically the food or water that comes out of the microwave will not contain any detectable radiation whatsoever?


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: pscyanescens]
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> So basically the food or water that comes out of the microwave will not contain any detectable radiation whatsoever?

It will have no more coming out than it had going in.

There are two types of radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing.  Things like x-rays, UV light, and cosmic rays are forms of ionizing radiation.  Visible light, radio waves, microwaves, and infrared light are all forms of non-ionizing radiation.  From a danger to health perspective, ionizing radiation blows apart DNA causing cancer while non-ionizing radiation does not.

GM actually built and tested a house that used microwave radiation to "warm people" directly rather than a traditional heater to warm the air in a house.  The experiment didn't work for obvious reasons.


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Seuss]
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And even if it was ionising radiation, it wouldn't become radioactive, right? You can blast something with gamma rays all you like and it's not going to make it radioactive - to do that, you'd have to contaminate it with a radioisotope.
Is that right?

To the OP: microwaves just heat water so there's no difference between boiling a potato in the microwave or on the stove. They're just a lot more convenient.


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: pscyanescens]
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once I found out about "broiling" foods in my toaster oven (yes, only recently ... I know nothing about preparing food), I never used a microwave again ... meats stay tender and juicy when you broil them, but when you microwave them, they become dry and ... gross.

broiling FTW!


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: HB]
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WTF?? You cooked meat in your microwave??  :argh:


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: zouden]
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I never said "cooked", I'm not THAT retarded ... lolZ


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: zouden]
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> You can blast something with gamma rays all you like and it's not going to make it radioactive - to do that, you'd have to contaminate it with a radioisotope.

Yes and no.  In general, you are correct... however, the fine print has a gotcha called photoneutron production.  High energy gamma can interact with some elements causing them to release neutrons (through photodisintegration) and neutrons can interact with some elements causing them to become radioactive.  Although gamma typically does not directly cause something to become radioactive, it can initiate a process which ultimately results in the creation of a radioactive substance.  (At extreme energies, gamma can initiate fission of atoms.)

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: DieCommie]
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DieCommie said:
Microwaves are a great way to heat food, they are the most energy efficient way to heat food that exists.



what about fire?

microwaves change the flavor and texture of food, I hate
microwaves for that reason, I dont want rubbery flavorless food


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Prisoner#1]
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I completely agree


I don't avoid microwaves because of the radiation fears



they just suck - reheats in the oven are far better

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Seuss]
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Seuss said:
> You can blast something with gamma rays all you like and it's not going to make it radioactive - to do that, you'd have to contaminate it with a radioisotope.

Yes and no.  In general, you are correct... however, the fine print has a gotcha called photoneutron production.  High energy gamma can interact with some elements causing them to release neutrons (through photodisintegration) and neutrons can interact with some elements causing them to become radioactive.  Although gamma typically does not directly cause something to become radioactive, it can initiate a process which ultimately results in the creation of a radioactive substance.  (At extreme energies, gamma can initiate fission of atoms.)


How stable would these products be?


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
DieCommie said:
Microwaves are a great way to heat food, they are the most energy efficient way to heat food that exists.



what about fire?



Fire is about the most inefficient way to heat food.

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: DieCommie]
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I disagree especially in terms of cost comparison, with an open
fire it's quite inefficient but when you build a box around the
fire and direct the heat it's pretty effective, if you have that
fire on the end of an acetylene torch, you can have your steak
extra crispy outside and still cold inside, lets see you do that
with a microwave


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Prisoner#1]
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But think how hot an enclosed fireplace gets. A microwave doesn't get nearly that hot - in fact it usually doesn't even get warm. Its energy is all directed into heating the food. It doesn't produce any extraneous heat or light.


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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Quote:
I disagree especially in terms of cost comparison


Sure if you are using free firewood, then it is the most cost efficient possible.

I was referring to energy efficiency, in which the microwave is king (by far).

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Re: Radiation in my Food [Re: zouden]
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> How stable would these products be?

This is an unanswerable question.  Depending on the circumstances, you could end up with something completely stable or something that lasts for only a fraction of a second.


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