tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758276645215331440.post7935844624852608545..comments2023-11-30T22:20:30.583+13:00Comments on Relatively Science: Bad Medicine and Microwavesmc2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11560386019874468904noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758276645215331440.post-222376527823031372007-10-11T09:20:00.000+13:002007-10-11T09:20:00.000+13:00I don't think you are correct in stating that the ...I don't think you are correct in stating that the IR radiation form a stove is more dangerous than microwave radiation. There are three reasons for this:<BR/>1) The cuttoff where radiation becomes ionizing is fairly sharp. Any radiation below that fequency will not cause any ionization damage so IR and microwaves both cause exactly the same amount of damage (i.e. zero).<BR/>Thank you for taking the time to write this blog.<BR/>2) As you point out, the only damage that can be caused is heating. This damage only becomes a problem if it causes temperatures to raise to dangerous levels within the body. Since the microwave oven uses only radiation to transfer heat to foods, and your stove uses primarily conduction, the total heat energy that the microwaves can deliver using radiation is much higher than what the stove can deliver.<BR/>3) Because your skin is opaque to IR radiation, but transparent to microwaves the microwave oven can deliver the heat direcly to ones internal organs which is much more dangerous.<BR/>This is why microwaves are sheilded and stoves are not. <BR/>Don't get the wrong idea, I am a huge advocate of microwave ovens. I believe that on the hole they improve nutrition since they make cooking healthy foods, such as vegetables, much easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758276645215331440.post-76137632160450541672007-09-13T11:15:00.000+12:002007-09-13T11:15:00.000+12:00Unfortunately there are too many people out there ...Unfortunately there are too many people out there like that, but if we can educate some of them then maybe the world can be a better placemc2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11560386019874468904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758276645215331440.post-7264048080566742142007-09-13T07:22:00.000+12:002007-09-13T07:22:00.000+12:00"...IR radiation from your stove top is more dange..."...IR radiation from your stove top is more dangerous than your microwave."<BR/><BR/>Thanks, I'm going to use this next time some idiot talks about the imaginary evils of cooking in a microwave oven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com