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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.
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