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When we microwave in our house we say we're going to "zap it". What do you say? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

radiation exists in like everything to some small degree tho right?

[–] Fermion 7 points 4 days ago

The issue is the ambuguity in what someone intends when they just say radiation. It is valid to call any electromagnetic wave radiation. However, as for health concerns, what matters is "ionizing radiation." Microwaves are too low energy to be ionizing, so they don't match what most people think of when they say radiation with the implication of ionizing.