▲ 186 ▼ Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave (www.bonappetit.com) submitted 3 years ago by ono@lemmy.ca to c/science@beehaw.org 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] regulatorg@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) What about the radioactive waves that touched my food? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 3 years ago* Radiation isn't always the same as radioactivity. Microwaves aren't gonna cause you to mutate (they could boil the water in your body tho) or make your food irradiated. But I'm pretty sure the plastic is still plastic, and if all plastic is bad plastic then maybe we shouldn't use microwaves at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Spzi@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago When it was growing in sunlight, aka red shifted gamma radiation coming from an open nuclear reactor? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 3 years ago* Radiation isn't always the same as radioactivity. Microwaves aren't gonna cause you to mutate (they could boil the water in your body tho) or make your food irradiated. But I'm pretty sure the plastic is still plastic, and if all plastic is bad plastic then maybe we shouldn't use microwaves at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 11 points 3 years ago When it was growing in sunlight, aka red shifted gamma radiation coming from an open nuclear reactor? permalink fedilink source parent