accumulation of fat).
4. Heating prepared meats in a microwave
sufficiently for human
consumption creates the cancer-causing agent
d-nitrosodiethanolamine.
5. Cancer-causing free radicals were formed
within certain
trace-mineral, molecular formations in plant substances
--
particularly in raw root vegetables.
6. Ingestion of microwaved
foods caused a higher percentage of
cancerous cells within the blood
serum.
7. Microwaving foods alters their elemental food substances,
leading
to disorders in the digestive system.
The use of microwave
ovens was banned in Russia in 1976.
Dr Hans Ulrich Hertel
Food scientist Dr Hans Ulrich Hertel fought for 10 years to have
his
findings concerning the dangers of microwave ovens acknowledged.
His
statement that inspired the microwave manufacturers to use the Swiss
courts
to silence him was: 'Food cooked or defrosted in a microwave oven
causes
changes in the blood indicative of a developing pathological process
as is
also found in a carcinoma.' Put simply, microwaved food causes
cancer.
In 1989 Hertel teamed up with professor Bernard Blanc of the
Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology. They proposed to the University of
Lausanne a
research programme to look into the effects of microwaved food on
humans.
Their application for funding was turned down on the grounds that
there was
no need for research in this area. Undeterred, the two scientists
decided
to fund a smaller research programme themselves.
They selected
eight individuals and fed them on a range of raw,
conventionally cooked and
microwaved foods. Blood samples were taken from
each volunteer before and
after eating. Serious irregularities were found
both in the structure of the
food microwaved and in the blood of those
eating the microwaved
samples.
The microwave industry reacted to the research by taking Hertel
to court.
He was convicted under Swiss unfair competition laws. And such was
the
pressure put on Blanc (he told Hertel that he feared for the safety of
his
family) that he publicly dissociated himself from the
research.
[Another source
blpublications.com/html/body_microwaveovens_.htmlwrites: "As
soon as Doctors Hertel and Blanc published their results, the
authorities
reacted. A powerful trade organization, the Swiss Association of
Dealers for
Electro-apparatuses for Households and Industry, known as FEA,
struck swiftly
in 1992. They forced the President of the Court of Seftigen,
Canton of Bern,
to issue a 'gag order' against Drs. Hertel and Blanc. In
March 1993, Dr. Hertel was convicted for 'interfering with commerce'
and
prohibited from further publishing his results. However, Dr. Hertel
stood
his ground and fought this decision over the years.
"Not long
ago, this decision was reversed in a judgment delivered in
Strasbourg,
Austria, on August 25, 1998. The European Court of Human Rights
held that
there had been a violation of Hertel's rights in the 1993
decision. The
European Court of Human Rights also ruled that the "gag order"
issued by the
Swiss court in 1992 against Dr. Hertel, prohibiting him from
declaring that
microwave ovens are dangerous to human health, was contrary
to the right to
freedom of expression. In addition, Switzerland was ordered
to pay Dr. Hertel
compensation."]
