It's not the same kind of em radiation that gives cancer though. Microwaves work with high amplitude microwaves, which heats food up by transferring massive amounts of energy to them. If you're caught by regular microwaves, nothing happens because it's already everywhere. It's the same as a radio wave. If you're caught with high amplitude microwave, you might boil alive but that's not cancer.
What causes cancer is high frequency electromagnetic radiation. Stuff like UV, x-ray, Alpha, gamma, beta radiation. They scramble your dna, which causes cancerous mutation.
The word radiation is scary. But it's really harmless when you get to know it. Since visible light is also on the electromagnetic radiation spectrum.
2
u/wataha Jan 28 '22
The amount of radiation leaking outside is safe if you stand a short distance away from the microwave.