Making Microwaves Safer For Children New journal article recounts Rush pediatricians' campaign to protect children from severe burns News provided by Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A 15-year research and advocacy effort to make microwave ovens safer has led to a change in national manufacturing standards that will make microwaves more difficult for young children to open, protecting them from the severe microwave-related burns that scar hundreds of kids under 5 years old in the United States each year. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and other leaders of the campaign, who worked diligently to document the frequency and severity of these injuries and young children's vulnerability to them, published the results of their efforts in