Appliance Repair Las Cruces
Appliance Repair Las Cruces
Did you know that every day in this country, roughly 21 people visit a hospital’s emergency department due to injuries that they sustained from a microwave oven? It may seem hard to believe at first, but it’s true. Most visits involve burns but there are occasions when impact injuries are to blame. And that’s not all of the disturbing statistics that our appliance repair pros wanted to share in today’s blog post. It seems that microwaves are also responsible for a surprisingly large number of structure fires and direct property damage.
The National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Analysis and Research Division have been keeping track of microwave related fires for years. Their figures show that the seemingly innocuous kitchen appliances have a history of causing more than 7,000 fires annually, leading to more than $30 million in damages, substantial injuries to humans and minor loss of life. The most common reasons why may be traced back to electrical malfunction or outright appliance failure.
Over the years, entities like the World Health Organization have also expressed concerns over microwaves. However, they were more focused on the amount of radio waves being emitted from the appliances. It was believed that those waves could cause health problems, especially for those individuals outfitted with medical devices (e.g. pacemakers). At the time, it was believed that the frequencies emitted by the appliances and medical devices would react negatively with one another, thereby causing both to fail or otherwise malfunction.
In the years since their initial concerns cropped up, both the healthcare and appliance industry have taken a great number of precautions to significantly reduce those risks. As a result, radio wave exposure is only a concern now when microwaves are malfunctioning. Therefore, having an appliance repair team address any microwave problems early on will often eliminate potential RF exposure altogether.
To discuss microwave safety issues further and arrange to have our appliance repair techs inspect your residential kitchen equipment, please contact us at SoBellas today.
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1300 G El Paseo #203
Las Cruces, NM 88001
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