GE Recalls 92,000 Microwaves

(CBS/AP)  General Electric recalled 92,000 combination wall and microwave ovens after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.

"CPSC does not want anyone else to experience a fire or possibly be injured, so consumers should contact General Electric right away," CPSC spokeswoman Judy Vallese said in a GE video news release.

The door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite plastic components in the appliance, the company said.

The lower thermal oven does not pose a hazard and no injuries have been reported, according to the commission.

Department and appliance stores sold the ovens between January 2000 to December 2003.

The ovens were built by GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky., and sold under the Kenmore, GE and GE Profile brands.

GE said consumers should stop using the microwave oven immediately and call the company, or Sears for Kenmore ovens.

General Electric Co. is offering a free repair or rebate on a new product, a $300 rebate toward the purchase of a new GE brand unit, or a $600 rebate toward the purchase of a new GE Profile brand unit. Sears is offering a free repair or $300 rebate toward the purchase of a new Kenmore brand unit.

The ovens were sold in white, black, bisque and stainless steel. The brand name is printed on the lower left corner on the front of the microwave door.

Consumers can call: GE's Recall Hotline: [phone] or listen here; Sears' Recall Hotline: [phone]; CPSC Recall Hotline: [phone]. General Electric also has details on its Web site, although the recall is not yet mentioned on the Sears site.

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ov442--Horse Hockey! Those are apocryphal stories on the level of the Grimm''s brothers fairy tales of which Eastern Europe is rife.

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Nancy-Naive--Now just why do infant formulas advise NOT to microwave formula? Have you seen what happens to microwaved proteins beyond what occurs in cooking? Y''all just keep using those microwaves and holding those cell phones right up to your ears...Much of my current work involves cancer research and it looks like Americans will continue to find inventive ways to acquire cancer and spend their substance on finding a cure...while warming up their doughnuts in the microwave....Read about what happens to your WBCs when you ingest microwaved food...curious isn''t it?

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The Microwave was outlawed in Russia after study of microwave ovens captured from the German Army during World War II determined that they destroyed nutrients in food....These huge field ovens had been developed to quickly cook hundreds of meals for the troops.

Swiss science on the subject was challenged--not in the laboratory, but in the courts--where manufacturing interest groups tried to silence the science.

I don''t own one and rarely if ever use one when away from home. American food is denatured enough without nuking it.

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What happens to the houses that were burn? Does GE have any responsibility on the accidents?
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