Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Your'e probably quite right, . That anti-microwave-oven propaganda most likely is a kind of US/ex-SU Weapon of Mass Distraction. Se also one item which I forwarded yesterday, on those microwaves, with a note added by me about certain scares in general. Rolf M. At 15:02 2006-05-29 -0400, you cyberbarn9@... wrote: >I am definitely not saying that microwaves are good, but equally I don't >like information that isn't correct. I have always wondered if >the propaganda >machine of the old Soviet Union were instrumental in >banning microwaves. So I >had a look, and it seems that post-Perestroika the ban on domestic >microwaves was lifted as they didn't need to make them for weapons >use anymore! > >I have also found flats for rent that include microwaves in the list of >contents. So clearly microwave ovens in Russia are not as dangerous as they >previously were? > > >Cheers, > - who always likes to look at *why* people say things! > > > >_<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13818714.400.html_>http://www.newscient\ ist.com/article/mg13818714.400.html_ > >(http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13818714.400.html) > >01 May 1993 >BILL O'NEILL >Magazine issue 1871 > >The good news is that the production lines at the old Soviet radar factories >in Russia have adjusted to the end of the Cold War, and are turning out >microwave ovens instead of components for weapons systems. The bad news >is that >there could be a 'microwave-oven mountain' by the end of the year. >It's not that the ovens are poorly made or unsuited to Russian homes, >insists n , director of the Centre for Russian and East >European Studies >at the University of Birmingham. In fact, he says, the microwave technology >from the radar specialists is first class, as you'd expect, and the compact >ovens are just what cramped urban apartments need. >The trouble is that there have been so few successes in converting military >production lines into civilian ones that when the former designers and >builders of radar systems saw the opportunity they grabbed it - all of ... >The complete article is 2730 words long. > > >_<http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/samsung/sweetheart/_>http://www.artlebede\ v.com/portfolio/samsung/sweetheart/_ > >(http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/samsung/sweetheart/) >The ovens hit the shelves of all large Russian home appliances stores in May >2005. > >---------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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