If a dog is man’s best friend, then the microwave is the best friend of a man who has been very lazy tonight. Yesterday’s ratatouille, frozen spinach tray or pasta box և presto, voila. But if the microwave has found its place in many kitchens, it still isHousehold appliances not freeto others for fear of adverse health effects. Because, like other technological innovations, the advent of the microwave has been accompanied by more or less well-founded fears, the most common of which is undoubtedly the supposed carcinogenic effect. But what is it really?
As their name suggests, microwave ovens run on waves. Or rather, with electromagnetic waves, which is also called “write-offs«. A term that may be scary, but that encompasses a huge range of waves at different energy levels. Their danger depends on their frequency…
Source: Le Figaro