Microwaved water and plant health from Wally Richards newsletter in Garden Gloves newsletter

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I also received a very interesting email with pictures which
originated from a School Science Project. The project was to determine whether two lots
of tap water heated in different ways would have any significant difference. Half the
water was boiled on a stove and other half boiled in a microwave oven. To determine if
there was a difference in the water after cooling they were applied it to two identical
seedlings, potted up and placed in a sunny spot.
One would be watered as it needed moisture with the microwave water the other with the
normal boiled water. The results as shown in the pictures astounded the students involved
and made a number of people reconsider the use of microwave ovens for heating or
cooking food.
From the pictures which were taken every second day; this is what occurred:
Day 1; the plants which look like primula seedlings look great and the one receiving
microwave water appears a bit big and better potted than the other one.
Day 3; things have changed greatly the microwaved water plant has gone backwards and
is not looking good where the other plant has grown and is a picture of health.
Day 5; The microwaved water plant has lost many of its leaves and lost colour, looks
poorly, the other plant is growing nicely.
Day 7; now the microwaved water plant has lost all but one sick looking leaf at the base,
the other plant is growing well.
Day 9; the microwaved watered plant is now dead and other plant has preformed as one
would expect and is very healthy.
The sender also added a footnote to the pictures which reads; I have known for years that
the problem with microwaved anything is not the radiation people used to worry about,
It's how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it. So the body
wraps it in fat cells to protect itself from the dead food or it eliminates it fast. Think of all
the Mothers heating up milk in these "Safe" appliances. What about the nurse in Canada
that warmed up blood for a transfusion patient and accidentally killed them when the
blood went in dead. But the makers say it's safe. Never mind then, keep using them. Ask
your Doctor I am sure they will say it's safe too. Proof is in the pictures of living plants
dying. Remember You are also Living. Take Care. (signed)
I personally have avoided using a microwave oven for many years but find its great
for sterilizing my dish washing cloths. Funnily enough another gardener I was talking to
this week also told me of another school where a very similar experiment was conducted.
They had more plants which each one was watered with a different type of water, these
were, rainwater, tap chlorinated water, filtered water and microwaved water. Results
were; Microwaved plant dead, chlorinated water plant ok but not as good as the filtered
watered plant, healthiest one at end of the trial was the rain watered one.