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Reply	kleer001 says: I think the ambient heat and humidity in the air would have more effect than radiation from a shielded microwave.  (no votes) Tags: technology, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2009-06-17 18:48:29 | Report abuse

Reply	kleer001 says: The real test would be to place similar bowls of the salt in different places: outside in the shade, outside in the sun, in a cool dark place inside, in the bathroom, etc... Check the bowls in the morning and the evening. Keep lots of notes and let us know what happened.  (no votes) Tags: technology, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2009-06-17 18:50:21 | Report abuse

Reply	Simon says: Did you try it INSIDE the oven with it switched on?If that DOESN#39;T do it, you know it#39;s NOT an effect of the microwaves.:-)Simon  (no votes) Tags: technology, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2009-06-18 13:13:48 | Report abuse

Reply	Puckoon says: Epsom salts (Magnesium sulphate) is a salt which is capable of existing with various degrees of hydration. In high humidity it will absorb water to the extent that it is liquid and in dry or hot environments it will lose water and become dry and powder like. It has nothing to do with microwaves or TVs and everything to do with the environment. You can of course heat and dry Epsom Salts in a Microwave because of its high moisture level.  (no votes) Tags: technology, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2009-06-19 00:24:15 | Report abuse

Reply	Anonymous says: I know that this salt is a major absorbent of sound waves in sea water. It turns the sound waves into heat. Perhaps it reacts the same way when exposed to these devices that produce microwaves.  (no votes) Tags: technology, domestic science, human body.
	posted on 2009-06-21 10:11:38 | Report abuse Reply labsnark says: No, it doesn't.  Common salt barely absorbs microwaves at all, and the same is true of magnesium sulphate (epsom salt).  Generally, to get microwave heating, you need either a conducting or semiconducting solid or liquid, or solid or liquid with mobile electric dipoles (water, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran, for example) whose relaxation time is of the order of 10^-9 seconds.  The microwave field can interact with the mobile charges in either of these broad categories.  Salt/epsom salts don't come into either category.   (no votes) Tags: technology, humanbody, domesticscience. posted on 2009-08-10 08:53:07 | Report abuse

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