Many people are convinced that radiation from a working microwave, if the door is open, can cause cancer. Check if this is so.

Rumors regarding the microwave oven (as microwaves are officially called) are divided into several types. More than once or two, you could hear that the food from the microwave is carcinogenic. We hasten to dispel this rumor: on the contrary, American scientists have established that thanks to microwaves in America, the incidence of stomach cancer decreased.

All because the oil is not added to the food when cooking, and the cooking method resembles the most harmless - steamed. Another rumor is that harmful radiation spreads even from the recently turned off the furnace. This opinion also has no serious reason. But the answer to the question "Can we harm a microwave working with an open door?" At first glance, it is not so clear. After all, we usually try to avoid such a situation.

That's what Installed In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO):

The design of microwave furnaces guarantees that the microwaves are inside the oven and can only be spread when the oven is turned on and the door is closed. The leak through the glass door is limited to the structure to the level of significantly lower than the threshold recommended by international standards.

The energy of the microwaves can be absorbed by the body and release heat in open tissues. Organs with weak blood supply and temperature control (for example, eyes) or sensitive to temperature (for example, testicles) have a higher risk of thermal damage. However, thermal damage can occur only with prolonged exposure to waves of very high power levels, significantly exceeding those that are present in microwave ovens.

American scientist Gary Zeman solidarity With WHO and advises not to compare, for example, X -ray devices and microwaves. According to him, in the worst case, with the opening door open, you can burn the skin, and then he did not hear about any such incident.

The only thing: implanted pacemakers can be sensitive to the intensity of the flow of microwaves. Therefore, the WHO recommended that people with pacemakers abandon microwaves.

However, microwaves have useful properties. Exist researchshowing that they reduce the level of activity of HIV, bird flu and hepatitis C. But with coronavirus everything is not so simple - there is no reliable data yet. But in any case, this property is clearly not used independently without consulting a doctor.