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Will a microwave make my food dangerous to eat?
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Really the: Greatest danger that a microwave poses to your food, is if you use non-microwave safe storage/cookware in a microwave, particularly plastic based. As this can allow harmful toxins to leach into your food.
Answered 1/14/2015
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