Absolutely NOT.
I am against chemically treating pips as well
BTW the microwaving of pips (specifically TSP P1 Curl & few Dr.Neubauer rubbers) was the excuse used by ITTF for passing the
1998 Durban Apsect Ratio Reduction Massacre. But the fact of the matter is that no top player I know of used TSP P1 Curl ( before 1998...........I repeat before 1998) . Just about 100% of them at pro & top amateur levels used Feint Long Classic & they definitely did NOT use Feint Long Classic because they thought they can fool the likes of Kong Linghui & Waldner etc but because Feint Long Classic was the least unpredictable (meaning most controllable) rubber available for chopping.
ITTF knew all this but the ywent ahead anyway because
the REAL reason for the 1998 Durban Apsect Ratio Reduction Massacre. was 100% political & 0% technical especially given that rubbers just as unpredictable as P1 Curl such as Phantom 007 & Double Fish 1615 etc remained or remain legal as of today.
Yet there were some USATT officials who are well know for using the other lame excuse also used by iTTF for the 1998 Durban Apsect Ratio Reduction Massacre. They said it would bring back millions of juniors who left the sport because they left the sport because of Microwaved P1 Curl (but yet as if Yasaka Phantom 007 or Double Fish 1615 which remained legal would not bother the juniors LOL)
Another thing. The booster supremacists controlled ITTF always makes big deal of players treating pips. I am not saying there are not players who treat pips but the ratio of speed-glue & booster cheats ito pips treating cheats s like 500 to 1 if not 1000 to 1. But all you hear about is pips treat cheats only beacaus eteh booster supremacists & two-wing extremists far outnumber pips cheats in table tennis.
Again, I ask you, did ITTF say that microwaving the pips a health hazard (like speed gluing & boosting) ? Of course not
Speed gluing & boosting are PRIMARILY serious health hazards & secondarily permormance issues. (but ITTF wants you to forget all this)
Microwaving the pips is NOT a health issue