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Basically nothing. Microwave radiation isn’t ionising like x-rays or UV are, the danger is just that they can heat you up in the same way that they heat your food up (and that there’s a heap of electricity involved in running the machine)
I knew a guy years ago who worked security at Vendenberg AFB. He said on cold nights, when they’d do the rounds, they’d linger for a bit in front of the microwave transmission tower dishes to warm up. Always gave me the willies.
I’ve never much liked chocolate myself (aside from the occasional craving), but supposedly the invention of the microwave as a cooking tool happened when a researcher walked past a microwave dish with a chocolate bar in his pocket and found it to have subsequently melted.
It’s not roughly zero, it is zero. The only way a microwave oven can hurt you with microwave radiation is if you rig the door switch and put a body part in.
And all that’ll do is burn you.
But microwaves can kill you if you try to take them apart due to the capacitors needed to run the magnetron. Same reason you shouldn’t ever take apart a CRT monitor.
How much microwave exposure does one get whem opening the door of a running microwave oven? Obviously the machine stops, but not instantly.
Basically nothing. Microwave radiation isn’t ionising like x-rays or UV are, the danger is just that they can heat you up in the same way that they heat your food up (and that there’s a heap of electricity involved in running the machine)
I knew a guy years ago who worked security at Vendenberg AFB. He said on cold nights, when they’d do the rounds, they’d linger for a bit in front of the microwave transmission tower dishes to warm up. Always gave me the willies.
How did the chocolate in their pockets do?
You mean I’m not the only one who doesn’t like to be far from chocolate?
I’ve never much liked chocolate myself (aside from the occasional craving), but supposedly the invention of the microwave as a cooking tool happened when a researcher walked past a microwave dish with a chocolate bar in his pocket and found it to have subsequently melted.
That’s pretty bizarre.
And I mean about not liking chocolate, not the microwave thing.
I’ve never claimed to be normal, but your username makes me suspect you’re biased.
Maybe a little
Words to live by:
Don’t jump in front of a naval radar dish.
My guess would be roughly zero, but I’m interested if there is a more concrete answer
It’s not roughly zero, it is zero. The only way a microwave oven can hurt you with microwave radiation is if you rig the door switch and put a body part in.
And all that’ll do is burn you.
But microwaves can kill you if you try to take them apart due to the capacitors needed to run the magnetron. Same reason you shouldn’t ever take apart a CRT monitor.
yup, quite a few people managed to kill themselves trying to burn wood with electricity:
The Most Deadly Craft: Fractal Wood Burning
Microwaves are just a form of light we can’t see.