True or False: You shouldn't stand near a microwave while it's on.

[crab]

Whew...I'm safe. I sit in my wheelchair beside it regularly.

 

[cyclohexane]

why though? Microwaves have less energy (< 1ev) that even visible light.

 

[rezinn]

There's evidence that EMFs from microwaves and other devices (wiring) can cause health problems, so you shouldn't really stick your face next to the microwave while it is on.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

Originally posted by: ucdnam
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.

microwaves have smaller wavelength than visible light and you can see through it can't you

You're kidding right?

why, does not being a self-proclaimed microwave genius get you banned or something?

 

[Ophir]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Ophir

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

Originally posted by: ucdnam
You're ok, unless you remove or damage the mesh that covers the microwave. The wavelength of the waves used by microwaves is larger than the size of the holes in the mesh. I think that's the explanation. Hopefully someone has a clearer definition or has taken a microwave class.

microwaves have smaller wavelength than visible light and you can see through it can't you

You're kidding right?

why, does not being a self-proclaimed microwave genius get you banned or something?

 

[Fritzo]

Maybe a 1977 microwave. They're properly shielded now. If your skin starts to blister, you're too close.

 

[Ready]

2.45 ghz

wavelengh = 3.0 * 10^8m/s divided by 2.4.5 * 10 ^ 9

Your wavelengh = .122 meters
or 12 centermeters

 

[StageLeft]

Unless there is something wrong with your microwave, like it's physically damaged, there is no problem.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

the microwaves cannot escape the screen

 

[SparkyJJO]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Unless there is something wrong with your microwave, like it's physically damaged, there is no problem.

yeah like ours was - it would turn on when you opened the door :shocked:

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Just hope you don't have a psycho neighbour that turns his microwave into a beam weapon and cooks you with it over time through the walls of your apartment like happened to that one couple.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: SparkyJJO

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Unless there is something wrong with your microwave, like it's physically damaged, there is no problem.

yeah like ours was - it would turn on when you opened the door :shocked:

You are the only person I have ever heard of that has experienced something like that aside from myself. I was starving, and tried to cook some bagel concoction in the microwave at the Mapco service station, and discovered that the microwave there would only work with the door open.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: rezinn
There's evidence that EMFs from microwaves and other devices (wiring) can cause health problems

no there isn't

 

[Savij]

Most microwave units are just fine as long as you can't see condensation from your breathing on the glass. Unless you work at a nuclear plant or somthing similar, the most significant source of radition in your life time is going to be the sun, followed by your significant other. Sun is obvious, SO b/c of potassium decay as they are sleeping next to you for 8 hrs every day.

***I know nothing about this subject and should be completely ignored. In fact you should comletely disregard anything you have read in this thread by anyone since you read it on the internet.***

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: rezinn
There's evidence that EMFs from microwaves and other devices (wiring) can cause health problems

no there isn't

Simply amazing how these myths grow, isn't it?

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Just hope you don't have a psycho neighbour that turns his microwave into a beam weapon and cooks you with it over time through the walls of your apartment like happened to that one couple.

:Q wha? link?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Maybe Mythbusters will build a giant microwave and get a family to keep it in their house for a year. Then we'll know for sure.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Just hope you don't have a psycho neighbour that turns his microwave into a beam weapon and cooks you with it over time through the walls of your apartment like happened to that one couple.

:Q wha? link?

I can't find the news article online anymore. This was many months ago. All I can find now are the plans for turning the microwave into said weapon.

 

[aplefka]

Nobody ever asked this question in chemistry? Our bodies are make to take radiation, 2 cm or 2 feet away, doesn't make much of a difference. The radiation that comes from a microwave would take literally years of constantly standing in front of the microwave without ever moving before anything really happened.

 

[deejayshakur]

i wear a lead apron just to be safe.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: Anonemous

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Just hope you don't have a psycho neighbour that turns his microwave into a beam weapon and cooks you with it over time through the walls of your apartment like happened to that one couple.

:Q wha? link?

How to convert your microwave into a gun

 

[Aztech]

The effects of radiation are cumulative. Personally, I stay away from the microwave while it's doing its thing. I also move my alarm clock over 2 feet from my head. Read these and other tips in Dr. Andrew Weil's "Eight Weeks to Optimum Health". He's a natural remedies type of guy.

 

[Electric Amish]

False...unless you have a pacemaker type device.

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Aztech
The effects of radiation are cumulative. Personally, I stay away from the microwave while it's doing its thing. I also move my alarm clock over 2 feet from my head. Read these and other tips in Dr. Andrew Weil's "Eight Weeks to Optimum Health". He's a natural remedies type of guy.

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[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: Ophir
Depends on the situation:

If you work in a microwave testing plant, where all they do is test microwave function, and your job is to stand next to a powered microwave 8 hrs a day? Yeah that's probably not good for you.

If you use a microwave 5 times a day at 30s a pop to heat up your breakfast burrito? You'll probably be fine.

It's not doing anything supernatural, BTW.

not really. the burritos would kill ya.