Do You Think The Rise In The Cancer Rate Among The General Population Could Be Attributed To Microwave Ovens?
Most people have microwave ovens now. Food is bombarded with radiation and then people eat it. Surely this could cause cancer?
Is there any scientific basis for my theory or am I completely wrong.
I’ll be glad to admit it if I’m wrong.
There is no scientific evidence that suggests that eating food heated in microwave ovens causes cancer in humans. To understand why, you have to understand exactly how a microwave works.
Microwaves heat food and liquid by bombarding them with radiation at a specific frequency, around 2.4 Gigahertz. This frequency lies somewhere in between radio waves (what your cell phone uses) and infrared waves (what your body puts out). At high concentrations, this radiation causes the molecules in food to spin around and align themselves with the electrical field generated by the radiation. This rotating motion is converted into heat. It’s also why water heats up faster than thick objects like steak or beef, because water molecules are highly polar (meaning one end is negatively charged, while the other is positive, so they are more sensitive to changes in the electrical field).
Thus, microwaves do not actually change the chemical composition of food in any way. They only excite the molecules that make up food, causing them to heat up due to kinetic energy.
In addition, due to its relatively low frequency, microwaves do not have enough energy to disrupt the DNA inside your cells (which is what cancer really is, mutated DNA). In fact, you are more likely to get cancer from being exposed to visible light than microwaves because light is much higher up on the frequency scale than microwaves.
Actually, there hasn’t been a rise in the incidence or most types of cancer over the last several years. For example, breast cancer rates haven’t changed appreciably in the past 20 years.. The death rate has gone down though, because of earlier detection and treatment.
Studies into microwaves and cancer haven’t found proof of a connection.
Most experts say that microwave ovens don’t give off enough energy to damage the DNA in cells so they can’t cause cancer.
I don’t think microwave ovens can cause cancer. It might be the type of food that is being reheated in the microwave that does.
Leading an unhealthy lifestyle or having habits such as smoking, drinking too much, eating processed and fast foods most of the time and living a sedentary life are found to be the reason why cancer is very common these days.
There has been much scientific study on the affects of using microwave ovens on the human body. The only thing that can be affected is your heart if you have any mechanical rhythm devises controlling your heart.
There is no evidence of cancer.