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[โ€“] [email protected] 75 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as a chemist by trade: all sorts of random chemicals

also some people believe that microwaves are harmful and 5g towers will turn all your frogs gay or something like that. gee i wish they were consistent in their beliefs, if they were i'd never find them on internet

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Microwaves are harmful. Unless you mean the device. Which still can be harmful if it's broken. Edit: I see the good old Reddit behavior of downvoting facts is back.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or dropped on someone

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

maybe if you manage to get microwave burn, these can be nasty. otherwise no

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only sort of, it's not ionizing radiation so it can only burn you. Internally.