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Someone ‘Proves’ Microwaves Are Very Dangerous, All Their ‘Facts’ Get Debunked One By One
The microwave oven is generally believed to be invented by American engineer Percy Spencer, who, while visiting a lab that was testing radar technology after WW2, felt a peanut bar start to cook in his pocket.
His curiosity piqued, he did further research by harnessing the microwave energy in a box and directing it towards some popcorn and an egg. The popcorn exploded all over the place, while the inside of the egg heated up so quickly it burst the shell and left an assistant with egg on his face. Soon after in 1946 his company, Raytheon, patented an oven that heated food using microwave energy, and the microwave oven was born.
Ever since, rumors have circulated about the dangers of microwave ovens, with people most likely spooked by the word ‘radiation,’ and conspiracy theories making links to things like DNA damage and cancer.
Jump to 2018 and we are still at it. A post recently showed up on Reddit’s ‘MurderedByWords‘ sub, with somebody using a secondary school project as ‘evidence’ for the insidious nature of the humble microwave.
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While the experiment itself was pretty cool and raises a few questions, this person took an inch and ran a mile, making some pretty outrageous claims on the back of it.
Now, there are responses, and there are responses. Carefully deconstructing the claims piece by piece, we learn about DNA, cells, radiation and vitamins, among other things, meaning that yes, you can go ahead and zap that popcorn in peace.
Here’s what people had to say about the word-murder
What do you think ?
John Louis 7 years ago
I have commented several times on the fact that to deny science is to hinder science. This kind of superficial junk science misinforms and distorts what real science is and what real science does.
SandaPanda 7 years ago
Very true and very scary. Every time I get a new prescription from my doctor I start doing research (to see if it's compatible with my other meds, lifestyle etc.) My doctor has many patients and even though I trust her with my life I still like to remind myself that she's human so I can do a little extra in case she was tired that day or something. It's REALLY hard to find the serious articles today... I even found a website one time that said "all people who uses Keppra are under the governments control." Wtf? x'D
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Just a Purpler 7 years ago
Lol I dunno why but this was the funniest word murder I've read in a while... The original post was so stupid it's like they wanted to get made fun of XD
Yvonne Bernal 7 years ago
I saw a murder of crows... now I am left wondering if they microwaved their water before drinking. LOL (sorry I couldn't resist.)
ViolinLover 7 years ago
I think I want to try that trick with sending massages to the past. My back needed some massaging a few hours ago
FrenchScience 7 years ago
I tried the experiment of waterinng the plants. And I certified it works. I have a scientific explaination : you have to cool the water before watering the plant with microwaved water...
Irene McIver 6 years ago
There might actually be something in that for all I know: did she cool both water samples to the same temperature, or did she just leave them both to cool for a short while and assume they were equivalent? Microwaved water may heat unevenly, reach higher temperatures and take longer to cool.
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Daria B 7 years ago (edited)
I like it how the article introduces us to the topic with "Carefully deconstructing the claims piece by piece", and then you start reading the actual thing, and it bombs you with "a s**t ton of f***s" right from the start. That's not my definition of "carefully". But, please, moderators, DO NOT change the text, it's really awsome as it is. ♥
soundlessblue 7 years ago
I'm just a little surprised at that nurse that 'warmed' the blood for transfusion- in a microwave?!?!
Harish Bhardwaj 7 years ago
There is no point denying... Microwave kills! . . . . . . Try dropping it on ones head. (Thats the only way it could)
Lee Davidson 7 years ago
There's more radioactive material in smoke detectors. David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016[1]), sometimes called the Radioactive Boy Scout or the Nuclear Boy Scout, was an American who in 1994, at age 17, attempted to build a homemade breeder reactor. A scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Hahn conducted his experiments in secret in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. While his reactor never reached criticality, Hahn attracted the attention of local police when he was stopped on another matter and they found material in his vehicle that troubled them, and he warned that it was radioactive. His mother's property was cleaned up by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ten months later as a Superfund cleanup site. Hahn attained Eagle Scout rank shortly after his lab was dismantled.[2]
John Louis 7 years ago
I have commented several times on the fact that to deny science is to hinder science. This kind of superficial junk science misinforms and distorts what real science is and what real science does.
SandaPanda 7 years ago
Very true and very scary. Every time I get a new prescription from my doctor I start doing research (to see if it's compatible with my other meds, lifestyle etc.) My doctor has many patients and even though I trust her with my life I still like to remind myself that she's human so I can do a little extra in case she was tired that day or something. It's REALLY hard to find the serious articles today... I even found a website one time that said "all people who uses Keppra are under the governments control." Wtf? x'D
Load More Replies... Just a Purpler 7 years ago
Lol I dunno why but this was the funniest word murder I've read in a while... The original post was so stupid it's like they wanted to get made fun of XD
Yvonne Bernal 7 years ago
I saw a murder of crows... now I am left wondering if they microwaved their water before drinking. LOL (sorry I couldn't resist.)
ViolinLover 7 years ago
I think I want to try that trick with sending massages to the past. My back needed some massaging a few hours ago
FrenchScience 7 years ago
I tried the experiment of waterinng the plants. And I certified it works. I have a scientific explaination : you have to cool the water before watering the plant with microwaved water...
Irene McIver 6 years ago
There might actually be something in that for all I know: did she cool both water samples to the same temperature, or did she just leave them both to cool for a short while and assume they were equivalent? Microwaved water may heat unevenly, reach higher temperatures and take longer to cool.
Load More Replies... Daria B 7 years ago (edited)
I like it how the article introduces us to the topic with "Carefully deconstructing the claims piece by piece", and then you start reading the actual thing, and it bombs you with "a s**t ton of f***s" right from the start. That's not my definition of "carefully". But, please, moderators, DO NOT change the text, it's really awsome as it is. ♥
soundlessblue 7 years ago
I'm just a little surprised at that nurse that 'warmed' the blood for transfusion- in a microwave?!?!
Harish Bhardwaj 7 years ago
There is no point denying... Microwave kills! . . . . . . Try dropping it on ones head. (Thats the only way it could)
Lee Davidson 7 years ago
There's more radioactive material in smoke detectors. David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016[1]), sometimes called the Radioactive Boy Scout or the Nuclear Boy Scout, was an American who in 1994, at age 17, attempted to build a homemade breeder reactor. A scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Hahn conducted his experiments in secret in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. While his reactor never reached criticality, Hahn attracted the attention of local police when he was stopped on another matter and they found material in his vehicle that troubled them, and he warned that it was radioactive. His mother's property was cleaned up by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ten months later as a Superfund cleanup site. Hahn attained Eagle Scout rank shortly after his lab was dismantled.[2]
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