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This video investigates the claims that microwave ovens are dangerous. A transcript and other further information can be found at my website. http://jasonlpsmith.googlepages.com/

All media used in this video is covered by Fair Use and Fair Dealing. This video is copyright free for educational purposes.

Excellent comics from Nick Kim http://www.lab-initio.com/

South Park clips (in case you hadnt guessed, I am a big fan)
Season 1 Episode 5, An elephant makes love to a pig
Season 3 Episode 15, Mr Hankeys Christmas classics
Season 9 Episode 8, Two days before the day after tomorrow
Season 10 Episode 3, Cartoon wars

The numbers in the bottom right of the video are for references if you want to look into the information for yourself (which I do recommend).

References:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldteo-HPdYU
2. http://www. herbalhealer.com/microwave.html
3. http://www. mercola.com/article/microwave/hazards.htm
4. the Skeptic, Winter 2003, Australia, http://www.skeptics.com.au/journal/2003/2_microwaves.pdf
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestion
8. Lassen, Anne. Ovesen, Lars. Nutrition and Food Science. 1995. Vol. 95, Iss. 4; p 8.
9. G. Lubec, Chr. Wolf, B. Bartosch, The Lancet. 9 December 1989, p 1392.
10. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2006/03/23/1597903.htm?site=science/gr...
11. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/heterocyclic-amines
12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/post_saddam_iraq/html/1.stm
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
14. http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html
15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheating
16. http://www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2002/602_plastic.html
17. http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2007/10/articles/food-safety-communication...

After completing the video I found this article, which also covers the concerns of microwave ovens: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0813/is_3_32/ai_n13664949/

Some excellent debunking channels:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AndromedasWake
http://www.youtube.com/user/cdk007
http://www.youtube.com/user/Potholer54debunks
http://www.youtube.com/user/Thunderf00t

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  • MICROWAVES ARE THE RESULT OF THE RADIATION AGE. A BI PRODUCT OF NUCLEAR STUDIES.THEY WE'RE DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT. PURPOSLY MARKETED FOR FINANCIAL GAIN AND THE DANGERS HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC TO PROCURE THE MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY MARKET. FACT? GO FIGURE.

  • @willeemina The microwave oven was not a by-product of nuclear studies. It is not related to nuclear reactions. It uses electromagnetic radiation with photon energy lower than visible light and hence is non-ionising (search wikipedia for "Electromagnetic radiation" and "Nuclear physics").

  • CORRECT. MICROWAVES KILL. THE OVEN IS A USELESS ITEM. THE WHEEL STILL WORKS FOR MOBILITY AND THE CONVECTION OVEN STILL WORKS FOR FOOD. LAZY HUMANS WILL TAKE ANY RISK FOR EXPEDIATING THEIR DESIRES AT ANYONES COST. THE MICROWAVE OVEN HAS CAUSED BREAST CANCER IN MY MOTHER IN LAW, SISTERS, FRIENDS, and IF YO DON'T BELEIVE ME, ASK THE DEAD.

  • @willeemina If your sisters have had breast cancer, then there is a chance that there is a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation in your family (it's worth getting checked). There are many known risk factors for breast cancer such as a gene mutation in BRCA1 or 2 which increases the risk to 80% chance of breast cancer in a female. Other known risk factors include alcohol, weight, smoking, etc. See the risks at breastcancer(dot)org

  • They studied the effect that microwaved food had on eight individuals, by taking blood samples immediately after eating. They found that after eating microwaved food, hemoglobin levels decreased. "These results show anaemic tendencies. The situation became even more pronounced during the second month of the study".

    Who knows what results they would have found if they had studied people who ate microwaved food for a year or more? put real science to work you eat safe microwave food for a year.

  • @greenearthnazi20204u The study you are referring to was a poorly constructed trial, even so the results were not statistically significant (google search "Dr Karl microwaves damage food" for further info). If the tiral was done properly, there would be a much larger sample size with a control group and the subjects would not know if the food provided was prepared using a microwave or not (to eliminate the nocebo effect).

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  • people just please go look up the electromagnetic radiation. Stop being stupid. Not all radiation is dangerous. Your bodies release infrared radiation all the time. and that is not dangerous. Microwaves are longer in wavelength and have less energy that infrared, so how can they hurt us?

  • THANKS!!! enjoyed it!

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  • just ate some microwaved buffelo chicken. mmm. If I die, who cares! 16,000 die of hunger each day, I am eating some chicken! and if I die sooner then later, so what!

  • @cellphonesaredeadly you antisemite! lol, jk.

  • Microwave ovens are perfectly save. But the real danger is cell towers that emit powerful signals everywhere we go. We are being bombarded by radiation 24/7. The dangers have hardly been studied and every year the signal gets stronger to produce higher data speeds. This explains the increase in cancer in the last decade.

  • I have no attachments either way but I just want to point out that the narrator twists the words of the Christian website. It did NOT say Jews killed 100 million christians, it's saying the banking system financed wars that killed Christians. There is some accuracy to this except it would be better to point out that people besides Christians died in the wars. The banking system did come from the Jewish culture and most bankers are Jewish, and wars are financed by the banking systems.

  • Read this people its for your benefit.. curezone.com/art/read.asp?ID=1­12&db=7&C0=1

  • I'm glad that I finally have come across a video that explains why microwave ovens aren't dangerous. There are so many videos on youtube saying that they are dangerous. When I saw the electromagnetic spectrum, I was surprised that microwaves have less energy than visible light. If a flashlight can't cause cancer, than how would a microwave oven cause cancer?

  • Credible, but I still remain a skeptic... meaning I simply won't ever microwave cook my food anymore, harming nobody and taking the "just to be sure" path. In any case, food is tastier when it's not microwaved. There may not be valid scientific evidence for microwaved food being a hazard to your health, but it might come one day or it might not. Whatever is true, science doesn't have the final answers either and I think it's better to think critically rather than assume dull-mindedly.

  • Thanks jasonipsmith, for proving that food cooked in microwave ovens is completely safe.

    Could you also make videos to show those conspiracy theorists that aspartame is a safe food sweetener?

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