The dangers of never saying no

Learning a little self-control might just get your life back on track, writes Tim Elliott.

Home Radiation Levels 'perfectly Safe'

NEW Victorian research has busted the myth that the modern techno-friendly home is bathed in dangerous radiation.

Emission Statement

Cut your energy bill while also saving the environment, writes Helena Keers.

Dilemmas

WHILE a raw diet has its charms, there comes a time in every eco-warrior's life when a strawberry Tibetan goji berry smoothie just will not cut the mustard. Sometimes a person needs a little warmth in their life. Occasionally we might want our food to be cooked. It is nothing to be ashamed of.

Mothers' Little Helpers Failing

Domestic appliances such as dishwashers, microwave ovens and deep-freezers are designed to save you time, right?

Workplace Microwave Health Query

BOSSES have been warned that microwave ovens in workplace staffrooms could be emitting potentially unsafe levels of radiation even though the machines show no obvious signs of damage.

The Dvd Takes Off In Record Time

It is being called the DVD revolution, and it has been one of the quietest, yet most profoundly successful consumer shifts on record. The take-up rate of DVD players has been quicker than microwave ovens, compact discs - even television.

Brainwave's Rapid Advance

THE wonders of microwave ovens opened the door to professor Anthony Leong's mind a few years ago. Together with colleagues in Italy, Professor Leong recently developed the `Ultra Rapid Tissue Processor', bringing microwave technology into the pathology laboratory. The machine uses microwave i

Powerpc Maker Hit By Apple Move On Clones

MOTOROLA may increasingly pull its PowerPC chips out of the spotlight of personal computing and send them to work in the less glamorous world of cars and microwave ovens. There is speculation in the computer industry that the company will use its annual analyst conference this week in the United

Style Changes Help Accord's Limo Image

SO MANY Japanese cars are like microwave ovens. They're well made, work every time, and can claim to be an indispensable part of our lives. The Honda Accord is all those things, yet America's second biggest-selling passenger car is something else. Freshened up for 1996 with some subtle changes,

Electricity Distributor Faces Big Surge Bill

The south-eastern Melbourne electricity distributor United Energy faces a potential fine of up to $100,000 and a hefty damage bill after a power surge hit more than 70 Doncaster homes. Televisions, video recorders, microwave ovens and computers suffered breakdowns when the surge struck in the ea

Food Poisoning On The Rise

AN alarming rise in the incidence of diarrhoea from contaminated food is believed to be linked to inadequate cooking of chicken in microwave ovens and fast food outlets, as well as contamination from pets. There were 2,000 reported cases of food poisoning from the bacterium, campylobacter jejuni

Ooh Aah Oh Yeah

Are you crazy? Unless you are a Buddhist monk and the Herald subscription service has mistakenly rerouted the Metro to the third cave up the mountain path north of Lhasa, you probably are a little short on serenity. Rising noise levels, stupid television programs, microwave ovens that won't warm

How Microwave Cookers Helped Stop Scud Missiles

BOSTON, Wednesday: If you bought a microwave oven when they first came on the market, in a small way you were striking a blow against Saddam Hussein. When people began buying microwaves in their millions from the early to mid-1970s, they were adding to the fortunes of a Boston-based elect

Microwaves Fail Tests

Some microwave ovens on the Australian market could be as much of a food-poisoning hazard as the British models implicated last year, a Choice magazine test has revealed. A number, when used according to instructions, can leave food undercooked and potentially dangerous, according to Choic

The Global Case For The Pilots

TEN YEARS ago, the Samsung Company in Korea had an engineer working in a corner of a Quonset hut developing a prototype microwave oven. In 1987, that company made 3.5 million microwaves in 250 models for more than 20 countries. Of course, we don't produce microwave ovens in Australia - th

So Which One Do You Buy?

WHAT microwave should you buy given all the alternatives now available? According to a survey on microwave ovens carried out last July by Choice magazine, Panasonic microwaves faired better than rivals-Philips, Sanyo, Toshiba and Sharp. However, several brands were not tested. NEC,

Microwave Way To Boost Crops

Farmers soon may be flocking to buy microwave ovens in order to improve crop yields and food quality, according to agricultural researchers. NSW Agriculture Department scientists have found a new technique to measure crop fertiliser needs which depends on farmers first drying a plant sampl

Using Plastics In Microwaves Might Really Cook Your Goose

People risk cancer by using some cling-wrap plastics and polystyrene containers in microwave ovens, The Australian Consumers' Association (ACA) has warned. And microwave oven manufacturers have responded to the dangers by including safety advice in their instruction booklets. Last ye

.the Thorn In Jaguar's Side

SEPTEMBER'S will be a very '80s issue of Choice. The cover story, which will have America's Cup suppliers rushing to the stands on Wednesday to vilify or defend the choice of Moet et Chandon as the official Cup tipple, will be on champagne. There'll be another instalment on microwave ovens, a st