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Does Radiation From A Microwave Alloy With Skin Even Temporarily ?
" I am always wondering & maybe a little worried... If I cooked something inside a microwave , been close around it , let it cook something , take food out & been right next to the microwave or in the area of it & then decided immediately afterwards to go to & be close to & or use my electronics like my CD player & especially important handle & use my CD's & DVD's , will my just now being around the microwave & the radiation , however little it emits , will that be on or around me at the time I am in close or physical contact with my electronic devices & CD's or DVD's to where they can be damaged because of the radiation being on my skin because I was just close to a working microwave ? I am wondering even after I use the microwave even being far away from it , that just being in close or even in the kitchen in the same room as the microwave that waves or radiation will get on my skin & I always unsure of myself to touch my CD's or DVD's or any of my electronics just after being around the microwave & it's immediate proximity. I want to know that even after being around a microwave cooking something , that I can go into my livingroom , pick up a CD or DVD with my hands , the same hands I used to be around the microwave & handle things in & around the working & cooking microwave , & be able to handle & touch CD's or DVD's with or without worry that anything that I experienced from using the microwave only moments ago would have any immediate or adverse or negative effects on my electronics & or CD's & or DVD's. Does anyone really know ? Seriously. Please no guesses or sidebar talk or banter. I need some real answers from the Pro's in here who know some real answers. Please clear my mind. I am always worried to be around my CD's because of recent radiation related business being taken care of with my microwave. I am wondering if microwave radiation alloys to the skin for however short of a time. I am not worried about me or my skin or my health. My main concern is the handling of my CD's & DVD's & what may be on my hands that will effect those items in such a catastrophic way , possibly by having those items be in contact with radiation or any type of microwave related airborne emissions or air particles emitted from the microwave.
Sorry for the long question. I will be watching for my answer here like a hawk. I always monitor all my questions closely constantly all day. Again , please provide only professionally based answers. No guesses or commentary. "
Thank you everyone.
I was also contemplating throwing away my re-usable shopping bag. The vinyl type you get from Walmart or Food 4 Less or anywhere else those re-usable big bags are sold , simply because those re-usable bags are in the kitchen in the same proximity of the microwave being in use. I use those vinyl re-usable bags to put my CD's in that I buy off of amazon.com when bringing them home from the post office. Are my vinyl re-usable bags effected
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- az_lenderLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
You are confusing different meanings of the term "radiation". Microwave radiation has almost nothing in common with the ionizing radiation that is emitted by nuclear reactions. Every source of light or heat "radiates" electromagnetic waves, including your body, your dog, your light bulbs, and the moon. Excessive doses of such radiation can be dangerous: you can get a harmful sunburn, you can be burned by getting too close to a hot fire even if you don't "touch" it. You could be burned by your microwave oven if you tried to cook your foot or something. "Waves" and "radiation" from your microwave cannot "get on your skin" any more than waves and radiation from a light bulb can. If you were talking about radioactive substances, such as food grown near Fukushima Daichi, THAT can get on your skin. Your microwave has absolutely nothing to do with this.
- Irv SLv 77 years ago
No. Micro-wave radiation might INTERACT with the skin instantaneously,.
during the exposure, to raise it's temperature, but that's all.
