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Cooking with gas in a kitchen also exposes people to toxic fumes. Burning wood in a wood stove without adequate ventilation exposes people to carcinogens, parti
by linkregister 9y ago
Cooking with gas in a kitchen also exposes people to toxic fumes. Burning wood in a wood stove without adequate ventilation exposes people to carcinogens, particulates, and carbon monoxide.
The secondhand smoke discussion is a good topic derailment for marijuana legalization. People will argue about that issue instead of just thinking about ways to consume it without exposing others to harm, such as going outside or any of the non-smoking ways to consume cannabis.
Second-hand smoke is an actual risk, but the studies that WHO cite all consider indoor use. Burning carcinogens should simply never be done without adequate ventilation, whether for food preparation, science experiments, or recreation.
http://www.who.int/tobacco/research/secondhand_smoke/about/en/ http://www.who.int/tobacco/research/secondhand_smoke/about/e...
- XorNot 9y agoCooking with natural gas is in no way equivalent to second hand smoke. A gas flame produces almost no particulates, and can't produce complex toxic organics. It's also misdirection to suggest carbon monoxide is dangerous in the same way as smoke is.
- linkregister 9y agoIt's misdirection to disregard the extremely effective mitigations to the risk of secondhand smoke in the context of a legalization debate.
- XorNot 9y agoNeverminding that I made no reference to second hand smoke, let's unpack that anyway: Research has shown that the volume of airflow needed to be mitigate the second hand smoke risk in at-risk workers is not met by any establishments, nor is it likely to be (because it's huge) - http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/FedOHSHAets.pdf http://www.tcsg.org/sfelp/FedOHSHAets.pdf. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/secondhand_smoke/protection/ventilation/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/seco.... So please tell me, what "extremely effective" mitigations exist? Does anyone implement them in the workplace?
- linkregister 9y agoI don't really understand your rationale. You reply to someone who is refuting a point related to cannabis legalization. I'm not interested in following this argument to whatever winding road you're attempting to steer it to. I don't like secondhand smoke, and studies are clear about its harmfulness. Nobody in this entire thread is advocating burning carcinogens indoors. The effective mitigations (not sure why you used scare quotes) are 1. Burning carcinogens outside 2. Accomplishing the goal without burning carcinogens, e.g. ingesting chemicals through oral consumption or vaporization.