Microwave radiation is odourless and invisible and therefore hard to detect.

Microwave oven radiation is present whenever a microwave oven is turned on. Once you turn off the oven, the microwaves disappear but until then, you may be exposing yourself to dangerous levels of radiation leakage.

A survey conducted among the Professional Service Associates, a group of microwave repair servicemen, indicated that over 56% of microwave ovens two years or older leaked levels of radiation 10% higher than the safety standards set by the FDA.

More often than not, a simple adjustment was all that was needed to stop the leakage.