Recently my wife expressed concerns that our microwave is unsafe and I’m too ignorant to know why she is wrong. Please explain why microwaves are safe to use.
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The greatest danger of microwaves (as long as they are used correctly) is just the heat they produce. Boiling water is not good for anybody’s skin!
If you were to somehow lose the front panel of a microwave and still turn it on, now the greatest danger of the microwave… is still the heat it produces. Getting your skin hit with a microwave can burn your skin, effectively boiling the parts that it hits. Which is still not good for anybody’s skin! But even then, it takes a bit of time and isn’t an instant scalding (if it was that strong, things would heat up in them faster).
Fortunately, microwaves (the things, not the appliance) are physically incapable of going through the walls and door of a microwave (the appliance, not the things). So a properly put together one is completely safe (barring the amount of heat it can put into food).
*note: microwaves (the appliance) deal with *large* amounts of electricity, so if yours is falling apart then the electrical cables can be dangerous. Do not take them apart unless you are professionally trained and take the proper safety precautions.
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