Are Microwaves Dangerous to your Health?

I recently came across a website for a documentary I wanted to watch. On the website was an article about microwaves and how they may be extremely dangerous to human health, blaming everything from brain damage to decreased hormone production on this little, convenient appliance. Being a skeptic at heart, and not knowing anyone who has dropped dead from “nuking” a burrito, I had to look into this more…

The article asks “Is it possible that millions of people are ignorantly sacrificing their health in exchange for the convenience of microwave ovens?”. The article goes on to state many alarming “facts” such as: “microwave oven manufacturers are suppressing the facts and evidence” and lists the following as supporting evidence…

The authors mention a lawsuit against a hospital in Oklahoma in 1991 in which a microwave was used to warm blood for a transfusion. Although blood is regularly warmed, microwaves are not usually used. In this case, the patient died as a result. The authors use this as evidence that microwaves must be doing something terrible to the insides of our bodies when we eat microwaved foods. But it may not be so simpe. My guess is that what happened is not a result of some hidden effect the microwave had on the blood, it’s a result of it doing what it’s supposed to do… It cooked the blood! Blood contains proteins, which when heated, are cooked! My guess is that cooked blood doesn’t flow as well in your veins. When proteins are cooked they are “denatured”, and although this is fine for your stomach to handle, blood probably doesn’t fair as well. Heating the blood to too high of a temperature in a regular oven would probably do the same thing. And when I looked into this I found the truth: the incident did happen, but the jury found that her death was due to a blood clot, not the microwave.

I’m not saying that microwaves don’t cause ANY damage, there’s no way to know 100% either way. But when articles like these that misrepresent information to support another agenda is just wrong. All in all, this article is just a bit dramatic and one –sided for me. I did a bit of research into the issue myself, and couldn't find any credible evidence against microwave use.

Read this article for yourself and you decide:
http://www.foodmatters.tv/what-is-your-microwave-doing-to-your-health.html

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