I spoke with a public health professor and a toxicologist to learn if microwaving leftovers is the reason why microplastics enter our food and body.

This is high steaks cooking. Got beef? Nuke it: A scientist says it’s best to pop that bad boy directly into a lazy chef’s preferred household appliance. “It’s always a good idea to heat the meat ...

That phase came to an abrupt end in my teens, though, when my parents got rid of our microwave because they thought the way it heated food was unsafe. Years later, I started testing microwaves for the ...