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- From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: ZERO Nuclear impact (was: Is car pooling for real? etc)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.010143.29846@adobe.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 01:01:43 GMT
- References: <1992Jul26.165306.12370@sugra.uucp> <50926@dime.cs.umass.edu> <STEINLY.92Jul27164005@topaz.ucsc.edu>
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- In article <STEINLY.92Jul27164005@topaz.ucsc.edu> steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes:
- >finite injury rate for children from conventional ovens. Nader argued
- >that microwaves have a higher probability of injury, McCarthy
- >suggested the injury rate was in fact _lower_ - not zero.
-
- I agree with John much more than with Victor but in this case, Victor
- is correct. John did say NO ONE has been injured by microwaves, when in
- fact, microwaves can injury in a way that is unique and surprising even
- to the scientifically literate.
-
- Parents who use microwaves to heat formula and do not shake the
- bottle to eliminate the pockets of hot formula can cause rather
- painful injuries to unsuspecting infants.
-
- People who microwave popcorn and are not careful to avoid the
- hot steam which comes out when you open the package can also receive
- painful injuries.
-
- Both of these types of injuries are unique to microwave ovens because
- no other common cooking equipment heats in such an uneven fashion.
-
- I don't think anyone in this discussion thinks that microwave
- ovens are a bad thing, but it is not true that microwave ovens
- are without their own special hazards.
-
- --
- My opinions are my own.
-