Lindsay sent me some interesting reading. ( Thank you Linds), which resulted in me removing our microwave from the kitchen today.
We never used our microwave to cook, but thought it was handy to defrost or reheat something. Well no longer. https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/are-microwaves-safe/
We never used our microwave to cook, but thought it was handy to defrost or reheat something. Well no longer. https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/are-microwaves-safe/
Reading the article below is quite sobering, basically putting into my words, �Microwaves cause cardinogen / cancer�.
Where would you be without your microwave oven? Aren�t they just a huge time-saver? You can cook a meal in seconds. Even frozen food can be defrosted and ready to eat in a matter of minutes.But have you ever wondered� are microwaves safe? Are there any dangers to using them? How could there be any dangers? If there were, the government would have taken microwave ovens off the market, right? These are the questions we�re going to explore in this article.
Microwave Ovens Use Microwaves � a Form of EMF
As the name suggests, �microwave ovens� use microwaves. These microwaves, which are a form of electromagnetic field (EMF) generated by a magnetron, vibrate at a speed of 2.4 billion times per second. This causes the water molecules in the food to resonate at very high frequencies and generate heat.
Conventional heating of food is a different, much more gentler process altogether. Heat is transferred by convection from the outside to the inside.Cooking with microwaves begins in the cells and molecules where water is present. This energy is transformed into frictional heat. These are called thermic effects. Added to this are athermic effects which are not currently measurable but are thought to deform the structures of molecules and have qualitative consequences.
Conventional heating of food is a different, much more gentler process altogether. Heat is transferred by convection from the outside to the inside.Cooking with microwaves begins in the cells and molecules where water is present. This energy is transformed into frictional heat. These are called thermic effects. Added to this are athermic effects which are not currently measurable but are thought to deform the structures of molecules and have qualitative consequences.
Microwave Ovens Microwave Your Home
Few people realize that when you use a microwave oven, the microwaves do not stay within the confines of the oven.
Microwave ovens have to meet safety standards set by the FDA. These standards �limit the amount of microwaves that can leak from an oven throughout its lifetime to 5 milliwatts (mW) of microwave radiation per square centimeter at approximately 2 inches from the oven surface.� This might sound quite rigorous, but it�s not.
My tests with an EMF meter show that even brand new microwave ovens emit significant levels of microwave energy, otherwise known as radio frequency radiation.
What this means is that when you switch your microwave oven on these EMFs permeate into your home� traveling through walls, ceilings, and you. These EMFs, though being in the non-ionizing range of the EMF spectrum, are not negligible.
In May 2011 the World Health Organization officially classified this type of EMF exposure as a class 2B possible carcinogen.
Added to this, a microwave ovens� cables and motor also give off high magnetic fields, often over 10 milligauss. Exposures of just 4 milligauss have been firmly linked to leukemia. Not surprisingly these magnetic fields have also been categorized as carcinogenic.
Microwave ovens have to meet safety standards set by the FDA. These standards �limit the amount of microwaves that can leak from an oven throughout its lifetime to 5 milliwatts (mW) of microwave radiation per square centimeter at approximately 2 inches from the oven surface.� This might sound quite rigorous, but it�s not.
My tests with an EMF meter show that even brand new microwave ovens emit significant levels of microwave energy, otherwise known as radio frequency radiation.
What this means is that when you switch your microwave oven on these EMFs permeate into your home� traveling through walls, ceilings, and you. These EMFs, though being in the non-ionizing range of the EMF spectrum, are not negligible.
In May 2011 the World Health Organization officially classified this type of EMF exposure as a class 2B possible carcinogen.
Added to this, a microwave ovens� cables and motor also give off high magnetic fields, often over 10 milligauss. Exposures of just 4 milligauss have been firmly linked to leukemia. Not surprisingly these magnetic fields have also been categorized as carcinogenic.
Over 70 Years of German and Russian Research Point to Microwave Dangers
Twenty years of Russian research, and German studies dating back to 1942 in Berlin, make a strong case against the safety of microwave cooking.
The Nazis are thought to have invented the first microwave ovens to provide mobile food support to their troops during their invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. After the war the United States War Department was given the task of researching the safety of microwave ovens. But it�s the Russians who are credited with having performed the most thorough research.
After the war the Russians set about researching the biological effects of microwave ovens. This led to microwave ovens being banned in Russia in 1976. The ban was later lifted during Perestroika to promote free trade with the west.
Their findings led the Russian government to issue an international warning about possible biological and environmental damage associated with the use of microwave ovens and other similar frequency electronic devices such as cell phones. (Note: Do cellphones cause cancer? Find out here.)
The Nazis are thought to have invented the first microwave ovens to provide mobile food support to their troops during their invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. After the war the United States War Department was given the task of researching the safety of microwave ovens. But it�s the Russians who are credited with having performed the most thorough research.
After the war the Russians set about researching the biological effects of microwave ovens. This led to microwave ovens being banned in Russia in 1976. The ban was later lifted during Perestroika to promote free trade with the west.
Their findings led the Russian government to issue an international warning about possible biological and environmental damage associated with the use of microwave ovens and other similar frequency electronic devices such as cell phones. (Note: Do cellphones cause cancer? Find out here.)
Are Microwaves Safe? What the Research Tells Us
The research on microwave ovens reveals the following�
� Microwaving prepared meats to ensure sanitary ingestion was found to provoke the formation of
d-Nitrosodienthanolamines, a well-known carcinogen.
d-Nitrosodienthanolamines, a well-known carcinogen.
� Microwaving milk and cereal grains was found to convert some of their amino acids into carcinogenic substances.
� Swiss clinical trials have found that microwaving food increases cholesterol levels. It was also found to decrease red and white blood cell counts while decreasing hemoglobin and producing radiolytic compounds.
� Thawing frozen fruits was found to convert their glucoside and galactoside containing fractions into carcinogens.
� Even very short exposure of raw, cooked, or frozen vegetables to microwaves was found to convert their plant alkaloids into carcinogens.
� Russian and Japanese studies have shown how food can lose nearly 60% to 90% of its food value when cooked or heated in a microwave oven. Significant portions of Vitamins B, C, E, and essential minerals have been found to be lost.
� Food cooked in a microwave oven with a little water can lose up to 97% of its beneficial antioxidants.
� Another issue with microwave ovens is that many people cook food in plastic and paper containers. Carcinogenic toxins can leach out of this packaging into your food. Studies have shown that chemicals such as polyethylene terpthalate (PET), benzene, toluene, and xylene can leach from the packaging of common microwavable foods such as pizzas, fries, and popcorn.
On another note, I could not resist posting a photo of Aiy�la�s 6 week �Birthday�. She has finally put on some weight, which has been a long time coming, up to 3.875 KG now. The saga with the hospital continues and having accompanied Kyla earlier this week, I can only describe it as a shambles. Putting it in a nutshell, Aiy�la still requires the thrombosis injections every morning at 07.00am. ( a challenge in itself, as she is usually asleep then following a 5 or 6 o�clock in the morning feed) Every morning Kyla wakes her up with an injection in her leg. So here is the challenge we are experiencing. The hospital has prescribed the �medicine / content of the injection�, but not the injections themselves.
�Where do we get them from �? � a simple question , or so I thought. After receiving the now well accustomed shoulder shrug ( which in different situations can be translated into , �no idea�, �I don�t know and I don�t care�, �I am not interested�, �not my aisle�, to �why are you asking me�? The latter I heard the nurse say last week. Lovely touch. We explained that we were asking her, as she had prescribed the medicine and maybe she could supply us with the actual needles/ syringes. Clearly a silly question. Her answer was the following: �I have no idea. Go to a pharmacy with an old syringe, show it to them, ask them for the reference and then come back to the hospital. Then I will look in our system if we have them�. What can I say. Off we went to the nearest pharmacy to ask that question, to which we were met with a �yes we have them, no you can�t have them, you need a prescription�. Well we know that, but the hospital can�t prescribe them until you tell us the reference number, which we need to bring back to the hospital, so that they can prescribe them to us�. Cutting a very long story short, after 6 hours ( from the blood test to finally leaving hospital and going to the pharmacy), we asked if we could just buy them, so which the pharmacist said �yes, �1.90 please for 10�. Yes, we did just buy the dam syringes!!
�Where do we get them from �? � a simple question , or so I thought. After receiving the now well accustomed shoulder shrug ( which in different situations can be translated into , �no idea�, �I don�t know and I don�t care�, �I am not interested�, �not my aisle�, to �why are you asking me�? The latter I heard the nurse say last week. Lovely touch. We explained that we were asking her, as she had prescribed the medicine and maybe she could supply us with the actual needles/ syringes. Clearly a silly question. Her answer was the following: �I have no idea. Go to a pharmacy with an old syringe, show it to them, ask them for the reference and then come back to the hospital. Then I will look in our system if we have them�. What can I say. Off we went to the nearest pharmacy to ask that question, to which we were met with a �yes we have them, no you can�t have them, you need a prescription�. Well we know that, but the hospital can�t prescribe them until you tell us the reference number, which we need to bring back to the hospital, so that they can prescribe them to us�. Cutting a very long story short, after 6 hours ( from the blood test to finally leaving hospital and going to the pharmacy), we asked if we could just buy them, so which the pharmacist said �yes, �1.90 please for 10�. Yes, we did just buy the dam syringes!!
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