[FACT OR FAKE #22] If Microwaved Water Can 'Kill' Plants, We're Next
Pictures of a 6th grade science fair project are (again) doing rounds of Internet and Social Media sites in which it has been "tested" that the effect microwaved water would have on a plant is that it will "kill them." So we decided to get to the bottom of the truth to find out the so-called dangers of watering your plants with microwaved water.
By Judith Yeoh — 06 Oct 2013, 08:16 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
FAKE: Water that has been boiled in a microwave does no harm to plants!
Supposedly this little research gem was carried out by a student as a science fair project. And guess what! The microwave watered plants wither while the others flourish!
mcgill.caOne can come up with all sorts of possibilities explaining why differences could exist even if a legitimate attempt were made to carry out such an experiment properly.
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Was the soil the same in the two plants? Were they given equal amounts of water? Could they have been exposed to different lighting conditions? Was there some difference in the seeds?
snopes.comHeating water in a microwave oven does nothing other than raise its temperature
Any talk about “the structure or energy of the water being compromised” is plain bunk. Water has no structure other than an attraction between the partially positively charged hydrogens in one molecule and the partially negatively charged oxygen atoms in adjacent ones.
snopes.comAs far as altering the energy of the water, well, yes, that’s what heat is all about. Anytime anything is heated in any fashion its energy content is increased. The idea that microwaving water somehow changes its properties for the worse is plainly absurd.
mcgill.caWATCH: This is a detailed video that debunks the rumour about microwaved water being harmful to plants!
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