Friday, June 20, 2008

Is it necessary to seal food completely when it is put in the microwave in order to prevent health risks


Is it necessary to seal food completely when it is put in the microwave in order to prevent health risks?
I'm wondering this because my parents say that the radiation is bad.
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1 :
A. if you seal it too much it will explode in the MW B. Don't trust anybody like them with knowledge about how technology works.
2 :
Most parents can't hook the DVD player up to the TV. They aren't really the best source of technology information.
3 :
No, the microwave doesn't make your food radioactive. All a microwave does is heat the water molecules inside the food, you can put completely unprotected food inside it with no problems.
4 :
Sorry, but I don't think your parents know what the word "radiation" means. The cooked food does not retain any "radiation"; it's not that sort of radiation. It's the microwave radiation that cooks the food. If the sealing kept the radiation out (it doesn't), it wouldn't even cook. And if you seal it completely, the water vapour pressure might burst the seal.



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