Ben

Microwave safety

Notes
 * 1) sometimes heats unevenly
 * puts cold spots next to hot spots
 * raw meat could keep dangerous bacteria
 * 1) leaks very little radiation
 * throughout a microwaves life span it releases a very safe level of radiation
 * 1) alters food normally
 * any form of cooking alters food
 * possible that altering food actually helps the food and its quality
 * there have been occasional reports of bad food quality but not enough to be really harmful
 * 1) government agencies decided that microwave food was safe and convenient
 * 2) //**I believe that because of the uneven heating that a microwave is a great safe way to heat food but should not be used to cook food.**//

Microwaves if used in the correct ways a microwave can be a great tool to use for cooking food, but like all methods it has its dangers. first of all users should be aware that when you use a microwave oven it can sometimes heat food unevenly. in the case of cooking (especially with raw meat) this can leave harmfull bacteria on if the food wasn't cooked before hand. also turns out that a microwave oven actually does leak radiation. but before you go throwing you microwave out hear this, throughout a microwaves lifespan if you combine all the radiation it leaked the level is still below what could actually harm humans. also there have been complaints that microwaves alter food but to speak truely all cooking methods alter food so no one should be fussing. also some sientists (not all) believe that this faster way of cooking might alter food in a good way. finally i would wish that all reader know government agiences and most large buissneses have deemed microwaves a safe and convient way of cooking. i think that microwaves are good relyable ovens but should be used to heat up pre cooked food in order to avoid sickness.

How do Microwaves use electromagnetic radiation? well microwaves use a magnetron to produce electro magnetic radiation in the form of microwaves. microwaves don't bounce off food but like radiowaves travel through walls microwaves travel through the food making the molicules shake rapidly. the faster the molicules shake the more energy they pruduce, effectivly heating the food quite quickly. another the reason a microwave heats food faster than other cooking devises, is that in a microwave the waves are distributed directly to the food instead of having something near the food be heated. to stop these waves from harming humans a microwave is formed so that it leaks little or none radiation. i beleive that a microwave uses radiation in a good non-harmfull way.

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