If I were back home, I would try this experiment out. I think that important info might be the age of said microwave. Maybe the microwave is 25 years old and has a damaged magnetron.
1) She microwaved the water in a container (plastic, probably) that leaches out bad stuff when heated/excited
I was thinking something similar. If she heated the other plant's water on the stove, it was in a metal container. She didn't microwave metal, obviously. Hence she was using two different containers, possibly negating her results.
Still, kind of interesting.