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Microwaved foods are radioactive.
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Is it true that Microwaved foods are radioactive?
No. Multiple sources state that microwave ovens use nonionizing radio waves, not ionizing radiation, and that microwaving does not make food radioactive. One reference directly answers that microwaved foods do not stay radioactive because microwaves are radio waves, not radiation.
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Microwave ovens. (2021). open.canada.ca. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/693c96e2-901f-4a56-8abe-a2e8b402d906
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PubMed: Electromagnetic energy and food processing.. (n.d.). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3072397/
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Is food immediately taken out of the microwave safe to eat?. (n.d.). cooking.stackexchange.com. https://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/14846
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Barrett, E. & Mingo, J. (2003). Just Curious about Science, Jeeves. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=YY6fURnWzxgC&dq=Microwaved+foods+are+radioactive.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api
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Mudgett, R. (1988). Electromagnetic energy and food processing.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1080/08327823.1988.11688061
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