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Anonymous
| So, do the anti-microwave folks have and use cell phones? |
Anonymous
| I ask a serious question -- do you know even one person who has checked their microwave for leaks? Even one? Can you even tell us how that is done? |
Anonymous
FROM THE WEB: Even if the oven door has multiple layers of glass, those layers are there for your protection. If you touch the outside of the metal grid while the oven is on or get close enough to it through the last layer of glass, you'll be able to absorb some microwave power and it'll probably hurt. That's because while the holes in the grid are too small to allow the microwaves to propagate through them and truly escape from the oven, they do allow an "evanescent wave" to exist just outside each hole in the grid. That evanescent wave dies off exponentially with distance beyond the hole, so it won't travel around the room. But you don't want to put your finger in it. |
Anonymous
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Also, it helps if you don't use a microwave that's like 20 years old. The newer ones are safer and if they are newer, less likely to leak.
Everything in moderation. I try to use as natural products as possible - lots of 7th Generation stuff, clean my house with vinegar not chemical sprays, buy mostly organic produce and milk, use baking soda instead of anti-perspirant (a big messy pain but I'm scared of any product that prevents me from sweating) but you also have to live your life. I use a microwave every once in a while, I can't find organic shampoo that I like so I use regular, etc. The goal is to minimize stuff but again, you have to live your life. 20-30 years ago people were regularly building with asbestos, everyone smoked everywhere, etc. So we've made a lot of improvements but also use more chemicals. |
Anonymous
Hilarious. Standard conspiracy crap for the most part, where it starts with a dab of scientific truth to establish credibility. Then it goes off the rails. I think this article sets a high water mark by trying to defame the microwave by linking it to the Nazis. And asking provocative questions, like why did the Russians ban them in the 70's? Then of course, having thoroughly scrambled your brains so you think that science can give you no answer, bing! There is the answer. Trust your motherly intuition. Well, this is a perfect example of how to sucker the lay person by abusing some working knowledge of science. Usually, the conspiracy theory aspect is more subtle, but the Nazis! The Nazi's! (I guess we should shut down NASA and stop buying VW's, since they are directly responsible for those) If every generation followed our motherly intuition on cooking technology, we would be cooking on charcoal and coal fires. Ugh. Let's call this what it is. This article patronizes women by dizzying them up with pseudo-science and then sucks up to them by appealing to their womanly intuition. This is intellectually dishonest. Women are better than this. I'd write a point by point rebuttal to this trash, but really do I have to (The Nazi's!??? The Russians?!!) |
Anonymous
| I didn't read the article but I trust my intuition, and I did before i was a mother, too. I don't trust microwave ovens. I have never owned one as an adult (even though my OWN mother has tried giving me one at every possible gift-giving opportunity, for years). Science has told us that all kinds of things were safe that turned out not to be. It's not that hard for me to use a stove or an oven. Not a big deal. |
Anonymous
You know this report is based on an extremely small sample size, right? Like just a few boys? And that in once case identical twins were involved, and one had the problem and one didn't though they used the same tea tree oil products? |
Anonymous
My ob/gyn told me to stop using the traditional kind because they were contributing to vaginal infections. And she was right. I stopped using them and haven't had an infection since. Method makes some new ones that are plant-based, but I don't use them in loads that include my underwear. |
Anonymous
Bless you. I agree... all this crap is driving me insane. Get a hobby other than crying that the sky is falling over phalates, parabens, and oxygen. 
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Anonymous
It doesn't drive me insane. I just try to keep things simple and avoid getting duped by those out to make a buck at my family's expense, that's all. |
Anonymous
Yeah, but this is where your intuition fails you. The other cooking methods are actually less safe. I have covered some of the chemicals you expose your children to by using a gas stove in earlier posts. And traditional cooking methods on both gas and electric stoves can produce carcinogens during the cooking process, none of which you get from microwaving. For example, and I'll just give one example, is the production of HCA in any high temperature cooking of meats (saute pan, grill, etc.) : http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/heterocyclic-amines HCA's are actual carcinogens. BTW if you read this article, you can see how microwaves are better on this front. And then from time to time concerns arise about metal pans and teflon coated pans, although I do not personally find that persuasive. The only method superior to microwaving is probably steaming food on an electric burner. For most of civilization, our life expectancy was stuck in the low to mid 40's. Even in 1900 after many societal improvements, children born then could expect to die before the age of 48. The dramatic life expectancy increase we have experienced in the last 100 years is largely due to technology. (Even today, societies living away from technology tend to have lifespans that do not exceed their 40's.) But the improvements our scientists brought us have added thirty years to our lifespan, and so children born today can expect to live 78 years. So while once in a while scientists get it wrong, most of the time they get it right. |
Anonymous
| I don't cook meat at high temperatures just because I don't use a microwave. I also, I don't use teflon. I try to stick with either cast iron or stainless steel. |
Anonymous
If you are cooking meat in a cast iron or stainless steel skillet, you are cooking high enough to produce a lot of HCA's. If you brown your meat well or develop fond, you are creating HCA's. |
Anonymous
| High fat foods and sedentary lifestyles are far, far more dangerous to us than a lot of this stuff. |