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From: ashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: microwave ovens harmful?
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Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 16:40:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 16:40:00 1985
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!ashby    Sep 24 15:40:00 1985


If you have a fairly recent oven, and treat it right (ie, don't
bounce it off the floor), then your fears are baseless.  There
are strict standards regarding microwave leaks, and I have never
heard of anyone becoming sterile as a result of a microwave oven.
As for a microwave's treatment of food, it is actually better than
a convection oven: there is much less (if any) nutrient loss with
microwave cooking.  All in all, these stories persist because 
there are people out there who are afraid of anything that is
new or is said to be "radioactive."  Just ignore them and enjoy
your oven.


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