I measured my microwave oven with an inexpensive radiation detector, and it tested fine. So I have no worries, right?
Here are some facts to consider: All microwave ovens leak microwave radiation into the room. It is not possible to design a door that completely seals, so the government allows a generous amount of leakage. Most inexpensive radiation detectors are calibrated to allow for that leakage. In other words, what you tested was whether or not your oven meets government standards, not whether it was leaking. In addition to microwaves, these ovens also give off high magnetic fields, especially as they are started. You would have to stand back about ten feet to avoid these fields. Mothers’ milk reheated in microwave ovens lost much of its ability to counteract bacteria. In other words, the microwave radiation diminished the infection-fighting properties in breast milk. This research was conducted at Stanford University School of Medicine, as reported in Microwave News, Vol. XII No. 3, May/June 1992, p. 14. In a 1992 study by Drs. Hans Hertel and Bernard H. Blanc of the Swiss Federal Institute of
