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Health check: is it safe to microwave your food?

  • Written by Senaka Ranadheera, Early Career Research Fellow, Advanced Food Systems Research Unit, College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University
imageSome say cancer-causing chemicals can leak into packaging and into your food.osseous/Flickr, CC BY

Today every kitchen would seem “under-equipped” without a microwave, with its efficient ability to cook, defrost and reheat a variety of different foods. The handy appliance uses microwave radiation to do so. This is a type of...

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