If I have a film on, In a microwaveable dinner without any pierces or lifting of the film and I cook the meal like that in the microwave for about 4 and a half minutes. Will the food still be okay without any radiation and toxins
Answers (2)
Your food does not contain radiation and toxins from being in the microwave. If the instructions say lift the corner of the film or pierce the film then do it.
It prevents the steam from building up and blowing off the film and splattering your food all over the interior of the microwave.
"Do microwaves put radiation in food?
"Craig Good
Craig Good, Promoting a healthy relationship with food.
Updated Dec 10, 2016
Yes. So does your stove. The stove does it at a different wavelength. The radiation coming off of the screen you're looking at right now is called light. Yet another wavelength.
The word radiation is widely misunderstood and feared. But it's as common in the universe as gravity.
Does a microwave oven make food radioactive? No. Not even a different kind of radiation that could hurt you, called ionizing radiation, can do that. What a small amount of ionizing radiation can do is kill stuff or damage DNA, which is why some food is irradiated to kill bacteria and pests. It doesn't matter that the food's DNA may be damaged, because the food is already dead. Your body isn't affected by the DNA in what you eat.
Here is a complete list of every effect a microwave oven can possibly have on food. Ready?
Make it hotter
That's it."
Follow instructions and you will not only be totally safe but you will also have a properly heated dinner.
As for radiation, that can do exactly two things in a microwave oven:
1. Make things hot.
2. Induce sparks in metal or some kinds of plastics. That is why you don't put metal or some kinds of plastics in there.
BTW if you don't follow instructions and lift the film, the film will burst and spray bits of food here and there inside the oven.