With the advances and new technology, food preparation has changed. "A relatively new technology - the microwave oven - is dramatically changing the U.S. food industry. The microwave oven revolution is young" (Guenthner, Lin, and Levi, 1991). Microwave ovens have allowed people to cook their food in minutes making meal preparation faster. It gave people the opportunity to eat foods they might not have otherwise, especially snacks like microwavable popcorn. Microwave ovens are so important that "Americans ranked the microwave oven as the No. 1 technology that makes their lives easier, right ahead of the telephone answering machine and the automatic teller machine" ("30th Anniversary of Microwave Oven," 2010). Therefore, the microwave has proven to be a useful technology throughout the years.
Some people worry about possible dangers that the microwave oven could cause. One of the main concerns is that they leak radiation, however the small amount of radiation that they do release is allowed by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) because the level is way below the known amount to harm people. Microwave energy decreases dramatically as a person moves away from it. No negative health effects of microwave heating have been proven after all these years.
Some people worry about possible dangers that the microwave oven could cause. One of the main concerns is that they leak radiation, however the small amount of radiation that they do release is allowed by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) because the level is way below the known amount to harm people. Microwave energy decreases dramatically as a person moves away from it. No negative health effects of microwave heating have been proven after all these years.