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86: Accidental Microwaves

65 min • 7 december 2020
Microwaves are a wonderful convenience of modern life, but how were they invented? Are they dangerous? Do they make food less healthy? We’ve got all the answers and a lot of nonsense in this week’s episode!

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References and Further Reading 
  1. https://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/Phthalates_FactSheet.html
  2. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-microwave-oven-was-invented-by-accident-2015-4?r=US&IR=T
  3. https://www.livescience.com/57405-who-invented-microwave-oven.html
  4. https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/percy-spencer
  5. https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201510/physicshistory.cfm
  6. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200714-is-it-safe-to-microwave-food
  7. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwave-cooking-and-nutrition
  8. https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/resources-you-radiation-emitting-products/microwave-oven-radiation#:~:text=Microwaves%20are%20produced%20inside%20the,heat%20that%20cooks%20the%20food.
  9. https://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-microwaves-work
  10. https://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm
  11. https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/9C02A4720258
  12. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00442.x
  13. https://www.livescience.com/38169-electromagnetism.html
  14. https://www.invent.org/inductees/percy-l-spencer
  15. https://engineering.mit.edu/engage/ask-an-engineer/why-cant-we-put-metal-objects-in-a-microwave/
  16. https://www.wired.com/2014/05/wuwt-microwave-metal/
  17. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22949852/
  18. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27424259/
  19. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27822670/
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