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[Eye heating caused by microwave ovens]

N Leitgeb1, K Tropper

  • 1Abteilung für Krankenhaustechnik, Technische Universität Graz.

Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical Engineering
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Microwave ovens do not pose a risk to the eyes, even in worst-case scenarios. Eye heating observed was primarily from conventional heating, not microwave radiation, making eye damage from microwave oven use unlikely.

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