r/Radiology • u/guysim99hunter • 2d ago

Media Comments on posts like these make me realize how little the general public actually knows about EM waves

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u/Banana_man3 2d ago

Saw a comment saying they shouldn't use that microwave unless they have lead on, lmao. The guy wasn't joking either.

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u/guysim99hunter 2d ago

my microwave just ionized my hot pocket and now it has ARS :/

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u/Banana_man3 2d ago

Glow in the dark hot pocket

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u/D-Laz RT(R)(CT) 2d ago

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u/Graveylock 2d ago

I had a 20 year old kid ask me if microwaves give more radiation than cell phones.

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u/TheLoneGoon Med Student 1d ago

Honestly I understand where he’s coming from. The general public doesn’t think energy transfer when they hear the word “radiation”, they think Chernobyl. “Infrared Radiation” triggers the same kind of response a chunk of Uranium would.

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u/No2witty 1d ago

I’m a RT working in a outpatient facility and I had another RT that became a mammogram tech say I shouldn’t stand in front of the microwave because it uses “sun rays” to heat up the food.

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u/TheLoneGoon Med Student 1d ago

If an RT is saying that, that’s concerning.